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Egalitarian Thug

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9. I don't ever believe anything I see in the American corporate press until enough time

Reply to Mass (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 04:20 PM

Jan 2014

has passed for the story to be checked and verified by someone with no dog in the fight. Of course this practice has exposed that 90% of the tiny percent of stories that are actual news, is corporate spin and Soma.

American Journalism died two generations ago.

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Just to remind people that what you read in papers about foreign countries is not always correct [View all] Mass Jan 2014 OP

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #1

US corpmedia will say whatever supports the furthering of their owners' fascist agenda. blm Jan 2014 #2

The American RW view of France sometimes amazes me LeftishBrit Jan 2014 #3

I find all sorts of inaccurate "information" about Japan in the U.S. press Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2014 #4

I find all sorts of inaccurate "information" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #7

That too, that too Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2014 #8

Great post. geardaddy Jan 2014 #5

How have we forgotten Lafayette? Without France's help, we would have lost the American Rebellion. tclambert Jan 2014 #6

I don't ever believe anything I see in the American corporate press until enough time Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #9