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(43,548 posts)Chainfire
(17,757 posts)We can't change the way campaigns are financed because the people who write the checks to the lawmakers will not allow it.
We have the best Democracy that money can buy.
hay rick
(7,672 posts)Unrepentant lawbreaking is viewed as a sign of strength- not a deficiency of character.
Ford_Prefect
(7,943 posts)Imagine...
malthaussen
(17,241 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,943 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)the trial, condemnation, and death of Socrates.
When I say "some say" . . . it was Plato. Plato was the one who said so.
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sop
(10,303 posts)lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)Another conspiracy is born.
dlk
(11,606 posts)Republicans keep finding new lows to sink to.
crickets
(25,995 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,596 posts)Hekate
(91,055 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,012 posts)planetc
(7,860 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,681 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Yet here we are in 2020 and his "Gonzo Journalism" which favored sensationalism & first person emotion over objectivity is arguably one of several cornerstones of today's Fox News style of reporting.
(Thompson defined gonzo journalism as a style of reporting based on William Faulkners idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism)
JHB
(37,166 posts)They were based on the contemporary talk show Agronsky & Company, but I've always wondered about his take on how... standardized ... that caricature became in real life.
dflprincess
(28,095 posts)were based on the Point/Counterpoint 60 Minutes did with Shauna Alexander and James Kilpatrick.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,544 posts)He found his obvious modern role...
I don't get the comics regular anymore, and stopped reading them long before that... but enjoyed this.