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Buckeye_Democrat

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4. I doubt that a wall is ever constructed, but time will tell. I mostly think it's...

Reply to virtualobserver (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 09:18 AM

Apr 2017

... interesting what the national media covers and how it affects people.

I still recall Geraldo Rivera doing a TV special on human-sacrificing Satan worshipers, giving the impression it was a widespread problem, and later hearing all kinds of people around me discuss it like it was reality.

And what was often shown from the BLM protests? It seemed to me that the more violent displays were covered.

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