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Our "free press".
1 posted on 07/21/2023 5:20:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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34 posted on 07/21/2023 7:18:32 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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The “Press” in this country is worse than the Press in Russia, China, N. Korea etc. In those countries, the Press is is controlled by the government and told what they can and can’t say. The Press in this country does the government (Democrat) bidding voluntarily. So, while it is a free press, it chooses to do the bidding of one party, which in my mind makes it worse than the press in Russia, China etc.


36 posted on 07/21/2023 8:04:32 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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congressional republicans are impotent


37 posted on 07/21/2023 8:31:28 AM PDT by coalminersson
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ALL PROPAGANDA


38 posted on 07/21/2023 12:41:52 PM PDT by Pearfect
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The key to recognising propaganda is to understand the words used

For exampleGrassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine.

Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't use one of their current most favorite terms "baseless", instead of "unverified". I suspect that the latter was used instead of the former because the documents in question were generated by the FBI.

A less propagandist headline or lede might be something like this:

Grassley releases full FBI memo alleging illegalities related to Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine.

To bend over completely they might try:

Grassley releases full FBI memo alleging irregularities related to Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine.

Instead, we get straight propaganda.

39 posted on 07/21/2023 11:57:55 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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