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Re:America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan by avgcorrection on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:55PM (#35144306)
The Press’ place is to massage public opinion. It is not their place to worry about the consequences of yelling Fire.
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Re:America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan by flandish on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:09PM (#35145903)
Except for when they are a purchased tool for a philosophy called “manufactured consent.” Remember all those articles about why we “should” go invade iraq? Or that report about a completely fabricated gulf of tonkin incident?

The media has a duty to report facts, only after they know them to be facts.

Well.. they used to have that duty. Now it’s just clickbait.

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Re:America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan by avgcorrection on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @02:19AM (#35148013)
That’s what I meant by massage public opinion.
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