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Bucky

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12. The difference is that Politico BEGAN as a mouthpiece for the establishment

Reply to mrr303am (Reply #3)

Sun May 29, 2016, 10:39 AM

May 2016

They were also a real amateur operation when they started up. In their first few months they broke at least three stories that they had to retract for being mostly inaccurate. It was clown time, but because of their connections they were able to ride out the train wrecks and stay online.

Their assessment of Salon is pretty much on target here, but the reason for an attack piece like this is because Salon's existence still seems like a threat to the PTBs

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Politico: The fall of Salon.com [View all] romanic May 2016 OP

Salon was one of my favorites back in the day malaise May 2016 #1

I'll co-sign that. Bohunk68 May 2016 #2

The pot calling the kettle black mrr303am May 2016 #3

The difference is that Politico BEGAN as a mouthpiece for the establishment Bucky May 2016 #12

Nobody's perfect. Octafish May 2016 #4

Thanks for this article Octafish trudyco May 2016 #15

If Salon has gone down the tube sulphurdunn May 2016 #5

Why? Because they haven't completely sold out to the Clinton Machine? n2doc May 2016 #6

I wish they'd limit themselves to ONE article about Trump per day XemaSab May 2016 #7

Both Salon and HuffPo depend on unpaid commentators sufrommich May 2016 #8

I just find it all too negative and depressing madville May 2016 #9

reality has... sendero May 2016 #18

Salon = monkeys flinging poo. arely staircase May 2016 #10

Salon's so crammed with pop-up ads that it's virtually unusable. Paladin May 2016 #11

oh shit yeah. I stopped trying to look at them on a phone even before the writing started stinking. arely staircase May 2016 #13

Scroll all the way down to this part (a.k.a. Follow the Money) JHB May 2016 #14

IF they aren't paying their writers then trudyco May 2016 #16

I used to read PasadenaTrudy May 2016 #17

Its hard to argue with this piece Johonny May 2016 #19