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FakeNoose

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12. I'm glad she's bi-lingual and she's working for our side

Reply to catbyte (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 09:17 PM

Jan 2019

...but my point is, how many or how few, reporters can even speak a 2nd language?

This is a huge deficiency among American journalists. One of the reasons that I really like and trust Richard Engel (broadcast journo on NBC) is that he is fluent in Arabic. I don't know of any other in American news media who can say that. I'll assume that at least some of the writers and analysts must be fluent in other languages. But it doesn't seem like many can understand Russian.

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This tweet from November is really resonating today. [View all] catbyte Jan 2019 OP

Hey look, Mel the Mole in the photo too. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #1

Nah that just looks like "Mel the Mole", that's Trumps thumb, wierd camera angle. marble falls Jan 2019 #6

Heh heh. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #7

That creepy, phony-ass, effin grin towards Putin drives me nuts. yonder Jan 2019 #2

Or dreamy reminiscing of a hot love affair? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #5

+1. "creepfest criminal cuckold" yonder Jan 2019 #13

How many American journalists can read another language? FakeNoose Jan 2019 #3

Here's an exerpt from Julis Davis- Wikipedia page: catbyte Jan 2019 #8

I'm glad she's bi-lingual and she's working for our side FakeNoose Jan 2019 #12

When I said in Hamburg I learned German in US, no one believed me because--- bobbieinok Jan 2019 #11

Hooookymoookie, how did I miss that big poop eating grin? Good find! marble falls Jan 2019 #4

It's quite telling, isn't it? Compare it to Macron and even Merkel. catbyte Jan 2019 #9

Trump is a Russian asset... BlueJac Jan 2019 #10

"Oh shit, the BOSS is coming...quick, SMILE!" VOX Jan 2019 #14