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HomerRamone

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15. Carter, Sanders, Warren, and you are not the press

Reply to HomerRamone (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:58 AM

Sep 2014

That they or you are in favor of bombing yet again does not relieve the press of its obligation to consider all sides, NOT be government propaganda *sources*

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Top US "journalists" helped Obama hone his speech on ISIS [View all] HomerRamone Sep 2014 OP

Rubbish and flamebait. I see this article is being repeated by some Obama hate sites: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

That's...really kind of grotesque, and I can't imagine it happening here in the UK. Or in Canada. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #2

No, it's not. It's another distraction. People would be shitting bricks if he DIDN'T meet. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #3

I know! How dare people not want all the spin that can be mustered!!11!1! PSPS Sep 2014 #5

Maybe the NYT is a more credible source? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #9

Oh it's so "grotesque".. Cha Sep 2014 #12

That people here think the press should be helping to sell a war HomerRamone Sep 2014 #4

It's the swooners -- the same people who think the NSA law breaking is "a big fuss over nothing." PSPS Sep 2014 #6

Yeah, "the swooners" like Jimmy Carter, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.. Cha Sep 2014 #11

Given that the press was one of the institutions attacked by ISIS, it seems appropriate to me. stevenleser Sep 2014 #7

Exactly, Steven. Cha Sep 2014 #13

Ridiculous. moondust Sep 2014 #8

this TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #14

Did President Obama "sell it" to Bernie, Elizabeth, and Jimmy Carter, too? Cha Sep 2014 #10

Carter, Sanders, Warren, and you are not the press HomerRamone Sep 2014 #15