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11. I'll be blunt

Reply to pbmus (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 12:51 AM

Apr 2018

I agree that the right wing propaganda machine is not news. In fact it is worse than you say. It's not entertainment. It's intentionally constructed propaganda, created by GOP billionaires, whose purpose is to destroy truth so that billionaires can have more control over politics.

As for your first statement, I'll be blunt: if you don't think every paragraph ever written has some slant and thus expresses an opinion, you don't understand how propaganda works.

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NYT publishes article by Koch operative -- claims Tea Party was a grassroots movement [View all] american_ideals Feb 2018 OP

Its an Opinion....like everyone has one....not factual... pbmus Feb 2018 #1

False. That's what the right wants you to believe american_ideals Feb 2018 #2

I am not sure what you are saying ... pbmus Feb 2018 #7

The division between "news" and "opinion" is mostly a mirage american_ideals Feb 2018 #8

Again, you divert to encourage my agreement...and I do not agree pbmus Feb 2018 #9

I'll be blunt american_ideals Apr 2018 #11

The New Yorker even fact-checks CARTOONS american_ideals Feb 2018 #3

So stick with the New Yorker. You've made your point. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #4

But the NYT's exploitation by the GOP basically got Trump elected. american_ideals Feb 2018 #5

From what I've gathered from Indivisible BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #6

Nah. Tea Party was kicked off by Beck. The GOP has no grassroots - only astroturf and lies american_ideals Mar 2018 #10