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If you’re supposed to be working for the propagandists, then why do I have to go to so much trouble to find your content?

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At this point, I only know two things for certain.

My government and their media outlets lie to me constantly and their agenda has nothing to do with my personal security or well-being.

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Love you Alex, but the funniest part of this post is that you think the times has only been torching their credibility for two years. They’ve been a tool of the political establishment for a much longer period of time.

I’m sure they were actual journalists at some point, but it was before my time.

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I appreciate your opinions, even if I don't always agree. And that's ok. We'll never be able to agree on everything. My logic is simple. If the govt is trying to cover up something, there's likely "there, there". They deleted files previously on the govt website related to the labs. We have historical info on Obama going in 2005. We know Ukraine became a client state of the US after 2014. We know from the Anthrax attack that the US develops BWs, even on our own soil. Ergo it is likely there are BW labs in Ukraine.

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I found the following statement very curious: "I promise you that the frontline war reporters on the ground in Ukraine really are putting their lives on the line to get to the truth." Really? Maybe they THINK they're reporting the truth, but what truth are they really able to tell? And how much of the truth will their employers EVER allowed to be told? And the reports on the ground of what is unfolding don't touch the larger truth of the long history of Ukraine being caught between European powers to the west (i.e., Germany) and the Russia behemoth to the east. America has had its fingers all over Ukraine for a very long time. Saying that the reporters who work for the media industry that you otherwise say consistently lies to the public to serve corporate/government interests are NOW telling the truth is equivalent to saying, Oh, you know, big pharma and their government puppets have lied to us for years, but are NOW telling the truth about covid. Riiight...

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You are correct about the fact that they lost our trust. However, I do not think a single person here doubts anything relating to the invasion and I believe we all think it's a horror. We are specifically skeptical of the government walking back Nuland's statement. Why should I believe that at all? The reporters are squawking like parrots repeating the government's walkback without bothering to ask what in the world she was talking about. That is THEIR job, but they refuse to do it.

The war correspondents are fine and are greatly appreciated.

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I’d like to personally thank the woke idiots at every mainstream media organization for completely pulling the veil off of our deep state controlled media machine, that was carefully crafted by maniacal sociopaths over decades. The genie is not only out of the bottle, but he took up residence on the moon, so good luck getting him back in there. Those guys risking their lives would be well-served to start a Substack. I personally don’t know a single serious person who takes anything the NYT has to say on subject seriously.

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Now do: "Bomber Gap", "Missile Gap", "Babies in Incubators", "WMD in Iraq", "Operation Northwoods", "Tonkin Gulf", and "We're Winning the War in Vietnam."

Just going with history, if the US is engaged in a conflict, the media is almost surely cheerleading it.

Only later on do we find out what specifically the Uniparty Warmonger Administration was lying about at the time. After all the money is made, checks are cashed, dividends paid, new billionaires created, and all the people are dead.

COVID was just the first time in recent memory that our "health" agencies started acting as corruptly as Defense/Industrial over the past 60 years. (Assuming we ignore AIDS, and Tuskeegee, of course - they appear to be "practice runs" for COVID19).

And of course the media acted as little shill puppets for our Oligarchy class. And still are. Minus the right-wing-fringe-group Epoch Times, which is now daring to report facts. Maybe because they didn't get their "vaccine promotion check" from HHS.

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What on earth was the Victoria Nuland testimony about? Anyone know? That was a bizarre exchange with Marco Rubio

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We trust you Alex (on things that you have expertise) but on the rest of it you're just one of us that may or may not have the correct opinion due to lack of knowledge or whatever. So don't take it personally, we're here to learn and confirm we're not crazy thinking differently than the sheeple (at least that's why I'm here)

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So, we know from the anthrax attacks after 9/11 that the US government was absolutely developing biological and chemical weapons. Their justification was that their intentions were not bad. We also know the US was working with the Chinese to manipulate coronavirus strains. Fast forward to today and our government is insisting it doesn't develop biological weapons....and we are supposed to believe this?

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Wake me up when you actually skewer Biden for something.

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Another thing, we learn for the second time that Vicky Nuland has no business anywhere near our foreign policy.

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I like hearing your viewpoint. I have learned to get many, and to "trust" none. I do find you a bit arrogant at times, or at least you sound arrogant.

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Diverted my monthly NY Times subscription to Substack and the Informed Consent Action Network. I sleep real well.

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Most of the news I see coming from Ukraine is coming directly from the ukranian govt so i genuinely don't know which journalists you're talking about.

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