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Threedifferentones

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2. IKR

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 09:51 AM

Sep 2014

Obviously the American news media can be criticized for serving the interests of our own rulers.

But this shit is at least one step up from even Fox News. It would be like the president choosing the next head of Fox News and then banning all the other networks from cable. Compared to RT most American news outlets are scholarly fucking journals!

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This is the guy Putin hand picked to run RT. [View all] sufrommich Sep 2014 OP

Incoming false equivalence in 3...2...1... NuclearDem Sep 2014 #1

IKR Threedifferentones Sep 2014 #2

So corporations control the media in America and the government in Russia, pick your poison. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #3

America Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #4

There is no comparison.Americans have access to multiple and varied sufrommich Sep 2014 #6

Have you no ability to make distinctions? frazzled Sep 2014 #9

Oh really? 99Forever Sep 2014 #10

I would add a c to that equation.... elzenmahn Sep 2014 #13

Yeah, really frazzled Sep 2014 #16

Thanks for the stupid insult. 99Forever Sep 2014 #17

Yeah... sure... 99Forever Sep 2014 #5

Apparently some think Russians have no social media and no ability to Google...just sayings so make Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #7

Russia Declares War With Sweeping New Censorship Law sufrommich Sep 2014 #8

Like most of the civilized world outside America, Russia has hate speech laws, something Americans Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #14

This post is so full of fail I don't even know where to begin. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #18

Yes, Russia has done an excellent job banning hate speech against the government. jeff47 Sep 2014 #19

. stonecutter357 Sep 2014 #20

Didn't take long to bring up Hitler! zappaman Sep 2014 #23

You seem immune to context, you are a large crowd at DU. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #24

Nah, I just figured I'd let others hand you your ass in this thread. zappaman Sep 2014 #27

You do realize that comment threads are.....comment threads? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #28

"Bloggers also aren’t allowed to defame another person or group in their posts" reorg Sep 2014 #26

Actually, with the latest laws, they really don't. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #11

"choosing Glenn Beck to pick and choose which media outlets Americans will have access to" reorg Sep 2014 #12

In the U.S., the Koch Brothers control the news. nt valerief Sep 2014 #15

And yet some DUers think RT is the greatest thing since sliced bread... SidDithers Sep 2014 #21

But RT is a trusted news source watched by over 50 million Americans! zappaman Sep 2014 #22

Its all true, but that is NOT an argument to not listen to RT LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #25

Burying or burning the hearts of gays? FFS! freshwest Sep 2014 #29