Tue
May 30 2006
02:48 pm
By: talidapali
Are you really sure that the local news you are watching is real news?
uh huh, hmmm...uh...not so fast
Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products. [MORE>>]
Don't believe everything you read or watch these days...make sure you check different sources...even ones that have a bias you don't agree with...just to get both sides of the story if you can.
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Fake news ... like the
Fake news ... like the Katrina fairy tales made up in the collective minds of the BDS suffering media? Or perhaps real news ignored because it casts a postive light on America and the efforts to quell terrorism?
Funny how that happens ...
"Funny"
I love how the 101st Keyboard Commandos lecture everyone on the "real news" which is allegedly being suppressed coming out of Iraq.
Sign up and post from the Middle East, and then come back for the sermonizing, 'k?
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