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In reply to the discussion: Obama's Approval Rating Spikes to 50% [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)Not any more. We have stenographers. For true investigative reporting, we must access real journalists in other countries, Greg Palast, Glenn Greewald, Linda Poitras, etc.
We are the closed society. The truth cannot get into print nor on the TV or radio. All we get is sensationalism, gossip, and propaganda.
The only way we stand a chance of finding out what is really going on is through the internet. Or travel. Or correspondence with people outside the US echo chamber.
Obama has done a really bloody knife job on Putin---but if one looks to the rest of the world, the truth comes out. The US is despised for its spying, droning, crashing computers, invading and overthrowing democratically elected countries, pushing deadly trade deals, and a whole lot more.