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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts) Wed Jul 31, 2013, 06:55 AM Jul 2013

CNBC: "Happy Birthday Milton Friedman!" Verbatim. [View all]

Anybody who says this station "leans left" . . . yeah, kicked right in the junk, do not pass go.

"Friedman was a key opponent of activist Keynesian gov't policies" . . . said like it's a good thing. UNbelievable. Not even a hint of objectivity. That's the stuff of a true propaganda arm at work right there.

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CNBC: "Happy Birthday Milton Friedman!" Verbatim. [View all] HughBeaumont Jul 2013 OP

Yechhh. Link? DirkGently Jul 2013 #1

It was their news ticker on TV. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #2

Milton Friedman is a monetary fascist. Octafish Jul 2013 #3

And a supporter / enabler of fascist fascists. DirkGently Jul 2013 #4

The Shock Doctrine opened my eyes to lots of things. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #8

Put it another way malaise Jul 2013 #5

And yet . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #6

Well even Sachs jumped shipped and presented evidence that malaise Jul 2013 #7

There Ought To Be A Hell For This Vicious Reptile To Spit-Roast Eternally In, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2013 #9

Vicious in the sense that he was grandfatherly and nice in tone. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #10

Kinda like Ronnie Reagan, eh? YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #11

He Has Killed Millions, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2013 #12