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mikalcharles

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18. The Unacceptable Truth
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 10:59 AM
Jan 2015

I hate to admit this but I have completely given up on television news. Its either shiny objects or in the case of Fox, misleading propaganda. Trumped up drama, unreliable experts, basically uniformed people giving useless second by second commentary on things they cannot comprehend. The standards for excellence in journalism are pretty well hidden these days. And television is just not a medium for the real story. It depends too much on corporate advertising. So really as a people we are dependent on sites like this, on informing one another where to look for, where to find the truth. And for those of us who work for a living, spending 50-60 hours at it, there's not a whole lot of time to search.

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No Shit ...55 [View all] pbmus Jan 2015 OP
Don't forget, months on disappearing planes. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #1
+1! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #2
Who in their right mind would consider this progress? world wide wally Jan 2015 #3
In a time when the populace Unknown Beatle Jan 2015 #4
+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #17
Sad, but true. n/t Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2015 #5
============---+++++++++++++++++++++++ MindMover Jan 2015 #6
K&R! nt Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #7
Nightly focus on freeway car chases. kairos12 Jan 2015 #8
Absolutely NO SHIT! ReRe Jan 2015 #9
K&R. Terra Alta Jan 2015 #10
Ebola! Planes Crashing! Fear this! Fear that! raven mad Jan 2015 #11
+1 Enthusiast Jan 2015 #16
Does anyone else recall nightscanner59 Jan 2015 #12
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #15
Have you seen Good Morning America lately? KrazyinKS Jan 2015 #13
K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #14
The Unacceptable Truth mikalcharles Jan 2015 #18
This past weekend libodem Jan 2015 #19
I've met PLENTY of folks like this Plucketeer Jan 2015 #20
Crazy, huh? libodem Jan 2015 #21
But what is the point? mikalcharles Jan 2015 #22
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