Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV'
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Pontiuth Pilate
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You mean the trifecta of being lazy, foolish, and biased? Now there's a flush. or straight. Or something. I don't play poker.
Lawlz pwned.
You mean the trifecta of being lazy, foolish, and biased? Now there's a flush. or straight. Or something. I don't play poker.
Lawlz pwned.
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
You aren't weren't kidding; MobBoss didn't even mention the paper it was published in.zulu9812 said:
BasketCase
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While some politicians have advocated the above as a campaign strategy, very few actually follow through on it--and those who do don't win a lot of elections. His talk was a lot different, but Clinton's actual policies and actions weren't much different than any other President.CIVPhilzilla said:
What I think happens is that every now and then, a politician really does run for office with the interests of the common people in mind--then receives clearance for access to classified government info, sees what's really going on in the world, and realizes that idealism isn't going to work. (It's not such a long stretch, either--several people right here in CFC have advocated dictatorships as a good idea for some Third World countries who "aren't ready" for democracy)
But, of course, there's no way to know that for sure without getting at all that classified info.
Anyway, something to keep in mind--independent publishers are just as capable of tossing fake news out into the public view as the government is. You've got left-wing indie papers saying the government is trying to impose a state religion and ban gays from owning houses, you've got right-wing indie papers saying the government is trying to dumb down education and facilitate a Communist takeover of the planet. Most likely, they're all wrong.
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
Don't worry, my expectations aren't so high as to assume that you'll actually read what somebody posts.Pontiuth Pilate said:
There's no reason to believe this story. You've got an organization here (the "Center for Media and Democracy") that has very far-left political motives.
Any "studies" this group does will have a predetermined outcome: [insert one of following: Bush/capitalism/U.S./Israel/Republicans/Rupert Murdoch/Tony Blair/Don Rumsfeld] is a [person/corporation/nation/economic theory] that is destroying the planet.
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Pontiuth Pilate
Republican Jesus!
rmsharpe said:
Did you not read what I linked?
Clearly, your policy of not trusting or even clicking on things provided by Evil Libruls is saving you from lots of embarrassment
zulu9812
The Newbie Nightmare
Urederra said:
A national broadsheet is as mainstream as it gets
rmsharpe said:
No, but by casting aspertions on the author he casts aspertions on the publisher.
Aramazd
Deity
He probably means until a U.S. news source has the story.zulu9812 said:
I would like to see this story corroborated though. If this was true, then it should be a major news story on other news websites.
Saddam was a "President."Swiss Bezerker said:
I agree. As likely or unlikely as I might believe this is (I'm seriously of two-minds on it right now) I would prefer a U.S. based source to a UK source, and then a mainstream one at that (CNN, Fox, MSNBC -- any of them really would do just fine).Abgar said:
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