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DallasNE

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14. Only Covers The "Informed" Aspect

Reply to Tierra_y_Libertad (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 04:31 PM

Feb 2014

It does not cover the equally "to be informed" aspect to free speech. Media that as policy misinforms is every bit as big of a problem as the wrongs listed here and perhaps more so. And this problem is far from limited to Fox News though they are the worst (along with hate radio). Manning should have been sent to jail though one could make a case that the sentence is excessive.

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