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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2016: The great battle of our time. Fighting the Fake News Makers.
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http://stupidpartymathvmyth.com/1/post/2016/01/2016-great-battle-time-fighting-fake-news.html
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)I've bookmarked it for future reference since there's so much good stuff to read.
Thanks.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Explains everything. That's the problem.
PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)..a great read...
Fake News Makers = Media Whores
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Has no one heard of Hearst, who pushed us over the edge into the Spanish-American War but yet still was oneof the prime movers for FDR's plans. 16 NYC dailies and maybe a hundred small weeklies all screaming for attention and readers. Hearst was the largest media empire in the world at the time and it could be argued that he was greater in influence than Murdock will ever hope to be.
Newspapers publishing propaganda goes all the way back to Franklin, who was no stranger to it.
A former NY Post editor (pre-Murdock, btw) told me very simply that "we all lie-- it's up to you who to believe"
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)Also, have you noticed how the new trend on cable news is to push Trump's invincibility to saying anything that would hurt his popularity? Make a note of it next time you watch a discussion about him on cable news.
MattSh
(3,714 posts)Include a couple of paragraphs from the link. People often will not click through to the article.