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Every day there is more solid proof that journalism is mostly dead and forgotten my most. If you can't see this reality, I don't think you ever will because you just don't want to. I wish the original mission of journalism was taught in our schools, there would be at least a chance for it to return and give the future generations a chance to think for themselves.Blazer Bob wrote: And suddenly the Onion is not satire.
donsurber.blogspot.com/2020/06/nyt-denounces-nyt.html
"The New York Times today denounced the New York Times for publishing a rare column by a conservative.
The newspaper ran a column on Wednesday by Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas who argued that we should stop the rioting and looting in the country.
Today, reporter Marc Tracy of the New York Times responded with a story, "Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire."
The subheadline said, "Staff members at the newspaper, including a Pulitzer winner, denounced an opinion essay by Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, calling for a military response to protests."
The story was a cry for censoring the New York Times by the New York Times."...
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hillfarmer wrote: You are absolutely right - that describes Fox News and NewsMax perfectly.
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hillfarmer wrote: You are absolutely right - that describes Fox News and NewsMax perfectly.
OH, and there is INFO WARS....yet another awesome news source.
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hillfarmer wrote: You are correct - there is no hope that I would ever fall for the ideologies and ideas you promote. The article by Tom Cotton was an exercise in racism and white privilege that perfectly captured that ideology.[
AND MY ANSWER FROM THE TEST....(TOPIC)....COTTON was mimicking his muse......
TRUMP testing the waters...a dictator deciding IF he could powergrab the protectors of the Constitution....IF our military leaders were malleable,
and could be MANIPULATED....much to his chagrin, the command was called out and cancelled....THAT WAS A SIGNAL....the king's demands are
being dismissed...watch what happens,as he continues to hunker down BEHIND his wonderful WHITEHOUSE WALL.....
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Rick wrote: I’m curious what you both think of the topic posted, not the comments we made but what the NYT did.
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