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The Way Forward

AmericaUnderSiege

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4. Where do truthful media come from though?

Reply to samsingh (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 01:19 PM

Feb 23

Healthy bullshit detectors in random citizens are usually worth more to democracy than superhero journalism. Only a handful of people are capable of the latter, and they only have so much time to spend while liars can make up anything in an instant.

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The right relies on mega-donors who can and will write checks for millions. To help steal or kill this Democracy. [View all] usaf-vet Feb 22 OP

the rich on the left do not seem to want to invest their money in Democracy. samsingh Feb 22 #1

Democracy is the desired ROI, not an investment. AmericaUnderSiege Feb 23 #2

you need to have newspapers and media that are truthful samsingh Feb 23 #3

Where do truthful media come from though? AmericaUnderSiege Feb 23 #4