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Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @07:48PM (#21580076)
You continue to be concerned with whether or not they should pay more taxes, which is completely and totally irrelevant. Whether or not you consider yourself a stakeholder in some hypothetical lie which you've mind-read into this situation is totally irrelevant.

You've dodged my very direct question so I will put it to you again. What is the mechanism by which we, the public, should judge a piece of writing to be able to determine whether it is straight journalism or political activism? Where is the line? That is the only question that matters. This is a question of literary analysis of a piece of writing, not a fact check.

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Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by mthoms on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:06PM (#21580174)
Why is the delivery more important to you than the facts? I find that very, very curious. In all honestly, it reads like you're desperately trying to change the topic.

For more, see my other comment. But I'm respectfully bowing out of this thread now.

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Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:41PM (#21580371)
It doesn't matter which is more important. Two things can be important. The distinction is important precisely for the reason why you think it might not be good for NYT to be legally considered a PAC instead of a newspaper. We have different regulations for different types of organizations. Which one you fall under matters. If it helps, Fox News is in the same boat as NYT here. They are both PACs pretending to be journalism.
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