The Lies the Media Tell Us

Metallicman ^ | 18DEC18 | editorial staff

[humblegunner]

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Nah, you can just post it.

It's only a blog.

[sparklite2]

pay income taxes or else our bridges would collapse

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Bridges didn’t get erected and maintained by themselves, chum.

[central_va]

Fuel taxes and freight taxes are supposed to be used to maintain the roads etc., not income taxes.

[marktwain]

Not impressed.

Even though his heart is in the right place, I think.

[ml/nj]

Bridges didn’t get erected and maintained by themselves, chum.

Around here (metro NYC) bridge tolls are used to fund other things (e.g. subways, skyscrapers), chump.

Originally bridge tolls were instituted to pay off the bonds issued to build the respective bridges. After that the tolls were supposed to be removed. (Ha, Ha.) But you friendly pols just couldn't part with all that money coming in. The bridges are just roadways that need to be maintained just like Fifth Avenue and the Brooklyn Bridge. And we have gasoline taxes to maintain old roads and build new ones. Bridges like the Throgs Neck Bridge (built early 60s) between the Bronx and Queens cost 25 cents each way when it opened. Now it's $8.50 each way now that those bonds have been paid off.

ML/NJ

[The_Media_never_lie]

and it has reached a point that where today, watching any form of media is opening yourself up to manipulative propaganda.

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Perhaps the best info in the whole article and, very true.

[UCANSEE2]

The media is the deep state.

[JayAr36]

It would be much easier to list the truths. The list would be very much shorter.

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[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>Because the media tells us, that’s how we know.<<

I’ve been telling people that for years, and most of them just shrug and yawn, but the sad fact is that almost everyone who reads the papers and watches the news programs simply assumes that what they’re reading and hearing is true and beyond question. My view may be considered seriously jaundiced but I tend to doubt the truthfulness of damn near everything the news media reports.

[vannrox]

Bless you! At least you YOU get it.

Big contrast from... "it's JUST a blog", and "Ho hum... I'm unimpressed" by people who OBVIOUSLY did not bother reading the entire article.

The absolute control of the "news" by foreign oligarchs is BIG BIG BIG news. It's far bigger than any of these reposts of CNN, ABC, MSNBC or the like.

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[Kickass Conservative]

95% of so called Journalists are self admitted Democrats, Liberals, Progressives and / or Socialists.

Of the remaining 5%, four out of five are Liars.

Well, 99% of Journalists already are Liars anyway, but you get the point. #8^)>}{

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[YogicCowboy]

Much worse since 1996, unthanks to Clinton.