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BlueStreak

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7. The MSM coverage of Mandela's passing was horrible

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 01:43 AM

Dec 2013

It was nonstop for several days, but absolutely superficial. It was as if they all just kept reading the same Wikipedia paragraph over and over and over.

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"Six Things Nelson Mandela Believed That Most People Won�t Talk About" [View all] applegrove Dec 2013 OP

Fox "News" Channel isn't going to talk about this, PM Martin Dec 2013 #1

Okay. Will change my op. I skimmed over that introductory part. applegrove Dec 2013 #2

"As the world remembers Mandela, here are some of the things he believed that many will gloss over." NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #3

Yeah I skimmed the article. My bad. applegrove Dec 2013 #4

Gotta wonder if the US would have drone striked him if they could back then NoOneMan Dec 2013 #5

Since communism fell, I think there is less messing with democracy on the whole. The West applegrove Dec 2013 #6

Knock them off before they become that well known BlueStreak Dec 2013 #8

The MSM coverage of Mandela's passing was horrible BlueStreak Dec 2013 #7

The US media is so Shallow! The best coverage for Madiba's Cha Dec 2013 #9

^ Wilms Dec 2013 #10

I have always found it mind-boggling that Reagan would support unions in Poland and then kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #11

Nothing hard to understand about that. The common factor BlueStreak Dec 2013 #12