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Hillary Clinton

JSup

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32. I understand...

Reply to forjusticethunders (Original post)

Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:41 PM

Jun 2016

...I also used to rely on 'news' sources like that.

I go now by this simple rule: If I can detect the author's emotion in the words of the article I don't trust it. Trigger words are words like "stooge", "shill", "warmonger", "commie", "bleeding-heart". Is it yellow journalism?

Edit: Although I did trust Anderson Cooper's emotion when he was listing the names of the Orlando victims. I was choking on tears along with him.

http://theamericangadfly.com/2015/01/28/the-rise-of-sensationalism-in-the-internet-age/

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Let's talk about the "left" online media. [View all] forjusticethunders Jun 2016 OP

K&R Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #1

100% correct turbosteve Jun 2016 #2

You hit the nail on the head. nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #3

Great post. ⬆⬆⬆ EVERYONE, READ THIS OP! ⬆⬆⬆ NurseJackie Jun 2016 #4

They (the far left) have used the internet pretty successfully BootinUp Jun 2016 #5

I personally think Bernie beats Trump in a landslide too forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #7

I agree creon Jun 2016 #26

What an excellent post! skylucy Jun 2016 #6

Agree! SharonClark Jun 2016 #8

Soooo true. And so well put. ucrdem Jun 2016 #9

yeah the words "controlled opposition" forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #10

the Progressive Entertainment Complex, epistemic closure geek tragedy Jun 2016 #11

Off to the Greatest page Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #12

My conversion was in 2000 with George W Bush ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #13

Something I always say is that I learned the price of ideological purity on 9/11 sweetloukillbot Jun 2016 #43

Thank you for an excellent post! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #14

Thank you! mcar Jun 2016 #15

Sounds like you are describing something like a "FOX of the Left" Her Sister Jun 2016 #16

I've been calling them the profiteering left for a long time.. what was the name of Cha Jun 2016 #17

Hey Cha, blue neen Jun 2016 #18

Mahalo, blue neen! That was it.. I use to call her and greenwald.. greenham.. for all Cha Jun 2016 #19

Amen to that, Cha! blue neen Jun 2016 #20

Ah yes.. leftbaggers & the teabaggers.. anything to take down Obamacare.. that's only Cha Jun 2016 #21

Not only was she besties with Norquist, but she was trying to sell the idea of joining forces with BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #23

110% correct and an enthusiastic KNR! This is exactly how my evolution began back in 2004 BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #22

CommonDreams is just...I dunno, "completely unhinged" would be an understatement Tarc Jun 2016 #24

1968 creon Jun 2016 #25

There has to be a way though to include AAs, POCs and working class whites into the left brush Jun 2016 #28

I think creon Jun 2016 #29

Good stuff. Your last sentence sums it up well. brush Jun 2016 #30

Build on that creon Jun 2016 #31

In past years I would go to "Common Dreams", Counter Punch" and "Alternet" . . . brush Jun 2016 #39

The left creon Jun 2016 #41

It's not neccesarily the case that it HAS to be that. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #33

That is so. creon Jun 2016 #35

I think Sanders "cares" in a sense but forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #36

I understand. creon Jun 2016 #38

K&R!!! redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #27

I understand... JSup Jun 2016 #32

Sensationalism creon Jun 2016 #42

HA Goodman... IS Despicable justMYcause Jun 2016 #34

The online left creon Jun 2016 #37

This discussion in the thread is awesome. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #40