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chrisa

(4,524 posts)

3. Actual US history, not the "Disney" version we teach in schools.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 10:10 AM

Feb 2014

(Some of many) Ignored items:

- Tuskeegee Experiment
- The Business Plot
- Support of the Contras
- Smuggling weapons to Iran, a country which at the time held US citizens hostage with the purpose of continuing banned support for the Contras covertly.
- The real story of Native American genocide
- Wars we didn't win, like The Korean War
Etc. Etc.

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15 Things Everyone Would Know If There Were A Liberal Media [View all] marble falls Feb 2014 OP

K&R KeepItReal Feb 2014 #1

K&R nt Mnemosyne Feb 2014 #2

Actual US history, not the "Disney" version we teach in schools. chrisa Feb 2014 #3

All topics that get discussed here. And I'm smarter for it. Where did the meme of 'liberal press' .. marble falls Feb 2014 #4

Post Watergate reporting of truth and mikeysnot Feb 2014 #8

Think it may go back even further... malthaussen Feb 2014 #16

Probably mikeysnot Feb 2014 #17

Ah, yes... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #19

One more thing that wasn't included is the effect of the court decision on the internet rurallib Feb 2014 #5

not even "liberal" media - how about honest media? true media? not RW owned media? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #6

I remember the "liberal media" when it used to be called "truth." mountain grammy Feb 2014 #7

I might add... ReRe Feb 2014 #9

If there was a Liberal media PatrynXX Feb 2014 #10

The "liberal media" consists of about 5 people. SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #11

Thanks, Bill Clinton. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #12

DU does not talk much about some of these things hfojvt Feb 2014 #13

Itsas bad as you say. I spent an hour or so surfing for information on racism and US prison.... marble falls Feb 2014 #23

Found a place to start the conversation: marble falls Feb 2014 #26

15 Things Everyone Would Know If There Were A Liberal Media... progressoid Feb 2014 #14

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #15

So true.... ut oh Feb 2014 #18

Very important "news" that we would not know Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #20

Thom had a great segment about this alp227 Feb 2014 #21

DU can, as long as your savvy enough to weed out the BS propaganda from the corporatist plants. nt NorthCarolina Feb 2014 #22

Big Recommend! KoKo Feb 2014 #24

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2014 #25

What I find hilarious nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #27