Fall of the Fourth Estate: A Critique of Mass Media

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They must have been given some shit about that headline, because they changed it, and locked the comments section.

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I’m all for organ donation (and I’m a designated donor myself), but this definition bugs me for the same reason. Brain is OK? Heart is OK? Sounds more like they are a possible transplant recipient rather than donor. If they have enough healthy organs to donate and aren’t brain dead, what is keeping them in an irreversible coma?

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Deferential does not equal fair.

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The problem is American’s love this stuff.

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Current polling would suggest they do not. But they sure as hell can be manipulated.

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I usually avoid the comments sections of hot articles just like a werewolf avoid garlic, but this time the readers bing some interesting points on the IDF denying the access of media and even the killing of reporters and photographers in Gaza.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-presidential-power.html

I think It is a buzzword now.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/trumps-maximalist-agenda-finds-its-limits-00346389

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Oh please fuck all the way off this fucking planet. And then keep fucking off until you’re out of the solar system. What the actual fuck. I know these are guest essays, but they don’t have to accept them.

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Isn’t there supposed to be an age restriction on that kind of content?

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:thread:

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Morning Joke.

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This contains good advice about spotting media bias / manipulation, using attempts by :tangerine: :clown_face: to distract from the Epstein files as an example:

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