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Propaganda Debunking

eppur_se_muova

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5. As Al Franken pointed out in "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them", publishers and editors ...

Reply to watoos (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 09:22 AM

Dec 2017

... tend to lean right. Actual reporters are a little left of center, not by much. But the guy who owns the network/station/press -- and that almost always means someone in the top 1% -- sets the overall policies, and reporters who buck the policy don't last long.

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I have my doubts about CNN [View all] RainCaster Dec 2017 OP

I don't know that it's that different. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #1

Their short game...the GOP...is going to be Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2017 #3

I'm just guessing watoos Dec 2017 #2

As Al Franken pointed out in "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them", publishers and editors ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2017 #5

CNN is neither right nor left. Amimnoch Dec 2017 #4

I disagree watoos Dec 2017 #7

And why do they have so many rightwing pundits on, RandomAccess Dec 2017 #8

CNN International seemed more informative when I traveled twenty some years ago. rickford66 Dec 2017 #6

That was my thinking RainCaster Dec 2017 #9