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pinboy3niner

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6. Media make the same excuse for every Trump lackey they hire

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 22, 2017, 02:31 AM

Mar 2017

They say they get inside knowledge and access. But they're shamelessly handing a megaphone to diehard partisans and paying them for it on the chance they'll get some news advantage in return.

The reality is that it's the everyday job of news reporters and producers to cultivate inside sources--no payment or megaphone required.

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He was hired as a entry into the Trump Empire. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #3

Media make the same excuse for every Trump lackey they hire pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #6

Usually it is a pay back for a previous favor. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #8

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That's who I was thinking of BainsBane Mar 2017 #10

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The "normalize drumpf crew" CNN hired are all a bunch of lying idiots. democratisphere Mar 2017 #11