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Posted by: Posted by Yul Baritugo - Apr 13, 2007 - 5:16 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Apr 13, 2007 - 7:23 AM PDT

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

In its attempt at holding the corporate-controlled MSM to account, this article itself makes claims without appropriate sourcing or evidence to back up these claims. Good idea but bad journalism.

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Jim Lang
3.2
by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece drubs liberal journalists as tools of business interests with very little sourcing and a bit of logic. It states that a watered-down version of the truth is reported. It demonstrates itself that a trumped up version is also reported.

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Naomi Isler
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by Naomi Isler - Oct. 1, 2008

I'm always amazed when someone else discovers that big media ownership corporations act in concert with their 'class' and control the flow of information accordingly. BUT remember that when media were less corporately controlled, they tended to be highly conservative anyway (remember how the media boosted Senator McCarthy with very little dissenting opinion until he began to self destruct.

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Yul Baritugo
4.0
by Yul Baritugo - Oct. 1, 2008

The opinion has some historical context not found in today's fast food news...

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