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forest444

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1. We have our lovely news media to thank for that.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 07:16 PM

Jun 2016

They could do so much good by just shining a light on these problems - but don't because the corporations that buy their ad time wouldn't like it.

Thinking back on the Argentine Dirty War from the mid '70s, the dictatorship itself was forced to curtail it by 1979 thanks to pressure from the Carter administrations and from European and North American media.

Sunlight truly is the best disinfectant; but then some clouds (corporate influence over news media) are just too thick.

Thanks as always Judi for shining a light on these realities. Such is the world.

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Mexico is Massacring its Citizens and Nobody Seems to Have Noticed [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2016 OP

We have our lovely news media to thank for that. forest444 Jun 2016 #1

I was constantly asked why. a la izquierda Jun 2016 #2