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merrily

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4. This is what passes for news.

Reply to RetroGamer1971 (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 03:32 AM

Jan 2013

We have propagandists and we have shit stirrers galore

News media, not so much.

Then again, news reporting is not as easy as repeating what some dumbass says and pretending that's somehow newsworthy.

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This is what passes for news. merrily Jan 2013 #4

Extreme theorist with disgusting idea that the deaths at Sandy Hook may not be real! CarmanK Jan 2013 #5

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Locking, sorry, this is opinion, not breaking news. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2013 #11