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nadinbrzezinski

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10. Western media...you know what is on my tv?

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 10:58 PM

Apr 2013

The Lawrence O'Donnell show...not a peep of any of this. CNN, ditto

In fact, American TV has been down right unremarkable and inwards looking, to the point that if the DPRK launches a thing, anything, and that restarts hostilities, this will come as a great surprise to the average...even news watching, American.

No serious, coverage has been next to non existent.

I learned from my BIL that the battle group I knew was near Korea...is there, thanks to Mexican media...you'd think the US media would cover this more, given the division of troops at Camp Casey and the direct line of fire...alas they are not

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