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cyclonefence

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:49 PM Jun 2017

A Modest Proposal [View all]

How about we stop using the phrase "main stream media" and call it what it is--the media? Especially now, with Fox viewership dramatically down and Breitbart losing sponsors, why don't we differentiate the "fringe media" from the media?

IOW, how come *normal* news outlets are labeled as if they are not the norm?

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A Modest Proposal [View all] cyclonefence Jun 2017 OP
Because what you read on sites like Slate and Vox marylandblue Jun 2017 #1
That's an excellent point. Squinch Jun 2017 #2
The original "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift longship Jun 2017 #3
!! H2O Man Jun 2017 #4
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