Mussolini burned newspaper offices because he knew they were agitating for the communist revolution Italy faced after WWI. FReepers have criticized me in the past for justifying that (as an attack on a free press), but it is clear now that it wasn’t an impartial media - very biased. We have the same here, easy to ignore - but it is impossible to ignore the millions that devour their BS as gospel truth.
The website for the Newark Star-Ledger here in NJ never misses an opportunity to slam Trump, recently going so far as to run a headline saying Brazil’s Trump (their president; I guess not leftist enough) was cutting down the rain forest. The comments ripped the editorializing apart; now I get my news from comments to fake news stories.
“...The comments ripped the editorializing apart; ...”
Well, the bright side is, THAT part right there is what is encouraging; people realize it and are not letting them get away with spouting the bullsh*t.
...now I get my news from comments to fake news stories.
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Me, too, which is why comments are either disabled or monitored and moderated. See r/The_Donald.