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jillan

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14. No shit. True journalism is total and complete fiction in this day and age.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 02:55 PM

Jun 2012

eta - just because American President was a movie - doesn't mean that one can't wish for a Presidential Speech coming from President Obama like the one Andrew Shepard gave at the end of the movie, can it?

If one cable news host watches this series and decides they are going to do more investigative journalism, wow - that would be a huge win.

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