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4. The problem isn't with them, really. It is with the press. Basic mistakes on facts should not

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 10:25 PM

Feb 2012

be tolerated when talking about going to war.

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Thanks for the rant.... Bigmack Feb 2012 #1

No problem NT BrentWil Feb 2012 #2

The press doesn't think on its feet, that's the problem. randome Feb 2012 #5

their job is scribe, not fact check. unblock Feb 2012 #9

The corporate media isn't there to think or ask questions TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #15

I don't think it is some big scheme... BrentWil Feb 2012 #16

I hope things start to turn around... BrentWil Feb 2012 #18

I agree grantcart Feb 2012 #7

Depends on the type of attack, etc. BrentWil Feb 2012 #8

If America were run on the same rules Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #11

Some limited domestic power, at least in the past.... BrentWil Feb 2012 #12

Who knows? Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #13

Life is a "mystery wrapped in an enigma"... BrentWil Feb 2012 #14