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In reply to the discussion: How often do we have to have bullshit from "Russia Today" thrown at us? [View all]billhicks76
(5,082 posts)16. No a Different Than CNN
I've seen lots of good stuff on RT. Are we supposed to believe Al Jazeera America is propaganda too because it's based out of the Middle East. Our media is the worst but people aren't critically thinking regarding it. People seem to forget that fascism has reigned here since 911 and that fact hasn't changed.
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How often do we have to have bullshit from "Russia Today" thrown at us? [View all]
Archae
Jun 2014
OP
You have to admit Russian Culture is the only one it is acceptable to hate on
newthinking
Jun 2014
#17
The only time I get to see Thom Hartman and Cenk is when someone makes an RT post.
Enthusiast
Jun 2014
#2
It's nuts because it is one of the ones complaining that keeps posting them
newthinking
Jun 2014
#11
Huffpo runs lots of fluff and oversold headlines, but please give a link
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#7
Alternet is a good site. Skinner once okayed it for me when a post was locked...
madfloridian
Jun 2014
#26
Maybe DU should start censoring all those old progressive/liberal commie websites.
Zorra
Jun 2014
#62
Yes, there's a few on here who post Putin's RT bullshit propaganda in GD to push their own
Cha
Jun 2014
#8
Two fucking wrongs.. you can keep Putin's fucking propaganda.. and cnn can keep their
Cha
Jun 2014
#19
Yes. Nowadays every story needs to be smell tested before consumed. Reading multiple
GoneFishin
Jun 2014
#30
We need a committee to let us know what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable to post.
Autumn
Jun 2014
#37
Most of us are. Not all. I haven't the slightest inclination to govern what other people post/read.
GoneFishin
Jun 2014
#50
As often as CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, WSJ, NewsWeak, USA Today are presented as legitimate news sources?
MattSh
Jun 2014
#46
What's fun is watching people trying to claim it isn't anti-Semitic...
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2014
#55
The desire by some DUers to control sources is reaching impressive levels.
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2014
#58