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One wonders if Oliver is getting pressure from the network to tone his stuff down?

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I don’t wonder that, I’m quite convinced of it. Anyone working for corporate media has to consent to the largely unwritten rules of “manufactured consent.” We’ve just recently seen what happens to those who don’t, or who even seem like at some point they won’t.

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https://archive.ph/8sdT6

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Some nuance, at least:

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American YouTuber who entered island of isolated Indian tribe has bail plea rejected

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/american-youtuber-who-entered-island-of-isolated-indian-tribe-has-bail-plea-rejected/ar-AA1D2r3N?ocid=msedgdhphdr&cvid=85988b16ed9542bcfdfba3f7c8781a2b&ei=18

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Bail would be a bad idea, because he’s already shown that he doesn’t have much regard for laws telling him not to go somewhere, so could be expected to leave the country immediately.

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Not surprising but strange that people fall for this again.

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Fair. These women earned that comparison:

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Mae Jemison > Gayle King.
Ms. Jemison is the real model of a proper astronaut. a scientist!
Gayle King is teevee fluff whose “accomplishment” is being Oprah’s girlfriend.

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Slight quibble: the first woman in that photo array – Valentina Tereshkova – didn’t earn a COMPARISON to anyone, because she’s the OG.

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It’s almost like white supremacists are violent assholes bent on killing a whole bunch of people… But I heard there were very fine people on BOTH sides… /s

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