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Martin Eden

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8. "When people are wrong on the demonstrable facts, the media fails ...

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:00 AM

Oct 2015

... when it doesn't treat them like they are wrong."

The media doesn't merely fail in its responsibilities as the Fourth Estate; it is complicit in blurring the lines between fact and opinion. The intent is to degrade the informed consent of the governed and to divide the electorate so the Powers That Be can rule as they please.

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