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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 08:35 AM
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BorowitzReport via Twitter: #Mubarak says that he got the idea of eliminating all the news
...from CNN. #Egypt #Jan25
36 minutes ago

https://twitter.com/#!/BorowitzReport/status/31697090425921536

:rofl: Thanks for the laugh, Andy!
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 08:39 AM
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1. Truth in satire
although I'd suggest that Mubarak's news model is closer to FAUX than CNN.
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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 08:40 AM
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2. I got CBS News coverage of Sadat's funeral in 1981 and they interviewed Mubarak ....
Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 08:41 AM by hadrons
and he was talking in circles even then ... if he was American he would have made a great GOPer, he could talk nonsense for hours without shame.

Still, he isn't all wrong ... does CNN report (real) news anymore
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 08:46 AM
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3. You always have the cool old footage...
:thumbsup:
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