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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by stfu on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:10PM (#5701737)
This is about agenda setting. Media coverage determines what gets covered and what not.

Scandals like these make government's ongoing privacy intrusion a real, tangible issue. If I go around spreading the gospel, I am just an internet tinfoil head. If it is the headline on a national newspaper, it is a real issue that needs discussion.

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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by yew on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:31PM (#5701854)
You seem to be assuming the direction of causation there. Not that you're wrong, necessarily, but you never can be sure.
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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by stfu on Monday May 13, 2013 @07:12PM (#5702047)
Well, it is certainly bi-directional. Probably we can settle for the good old echo-chamber description. :)
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