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Get wrecked, Putin apologists.
RT is different than the other media fights. Why? Because it's government-funded and based on (a) spreading Putin's propaganda and (B) driving Americans apart by poking at and expanding wounds by portraying the U.S. as in disarray w/a corrupt system while ignoring Russia's record
And, while on the subject of government-funded media outlets....#DefundNPR
Republicans have a stranglehold on America by using media (owned by the elite) to promote lies that convince the average person to vote against their own self interest.
In this thread, I'll help you reject #fakenews and your life will be improved. Please RT and read on...
In this thread, I'll help you reject #fakenews and your life will be improved. Please RT and read on...
2/ If @JoeBiden is elected it'll be one small step in saving America, but with extremist right wing media so powerful, the risk of people voting for whoever it is that the billionaire class supports on their #fakenews will remain.
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3/ Unfortunately in the time when Obama was in office, he didn't use the FCC or any regulatory body to help ensure that our citizens would be protected from deceiving/brainwashing sources like @FoxNews @Breitbart @DailyWireNews @newsmax @OANN.
We need regulatory help.
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We need regulatory help.
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(THREAD) Someone asked me to address the #DefundNPR hashtag that circulated in the last day or so. My first thought was, "UGH: this again???" @NPR is a constant, convenient whipping boy for people across the political spectrum (right and left). Here are a few things to know.
First, I think some people want NPR defunded because they know, deep down, that it's damn good at what it does. If you want to kill it the moment it makes an error, then it must not make too many of them.
Some folks love to throw rocks at things that shine.
Some folks love to throw rocks at things that shine.
Next, NPR is not a line item in the federal budget. Congress funds @CPBmedia, which gives grants to public radio & TV stations. Those stations CHOOSE where to spend that money, including on NPR programming or their own shows. So to defund NPR, you'd actually have to defund CPB.
Here’s Bill and I chuckling at all the folks who don’t realize ya really can’t #DefundNPR since it’s like 2%. gov’t funded.
But they wouldn’t know that, because they’re not smart enough to listen.
But they wouldn’t know that, because they’re not smart enough to listen.
*Here are Bill and I...[deep apologies to my grammar crowd]
By “smart,” let me be clear: many intelligent people don’t listen to NPR. (Like my dad.) But it’s smart to listen, because if you DO listen, you know how fair, fascinating, and nuanced @NPR coverage is.
