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Re:Twitter’s Misguided Quest to Become a Forum for Everything by dvfjsdhgfv on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:02AM (#17781328)
> In 2003 they helped launch an illegal and murderous invasion of Iraq

Yes, they participated in negative campaigns like this one (not all of them though[0]), but they also did a lot of good things. There is a huge difference between a well-researched article about Roundup in a major newspaper and a tweet on the same topic, even by someone with many followers.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/13/iraq.guardianl...

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Re:Twitter’s Misguided Quest to Become a Forum for Everything by not_weev on Friday August 17, 2018 @12:35PM (#17784038)
A British source? I distinctly recall American sources like the New York times & NPR acting as court stenographers during the period. I can still hear Bob Edwards' voice talking about the pending Iraq War as though it were the most sensible thing in the world and there being absolutely no criticism of its justifications.
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