Yup , news and lies did indeed marry a long long time ago,
with the difference between then and now being but the
size the global news family has grown to.
Fairly soon , one will get more facts in a cup of spent tea leaves than the combined media (print,electronic etc.)
At least the referenced story did get one thing correct, there was an election. Of course several alien observers
laughed themselves to death, disgorging a bevy of three headed bush babies , but thats another story.
Try this one on for size. DOJ decides that materials leaked to whistle blower sites like WikiLeaks are IP, and so entitle the government to remove the DNS entry for any site that references evidence of wrong doing because the evidence is the governments intellectual property.
"Fear is easy to sell, with the price of purchase being but your FREEDOM" --DrClue
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News and lies were married a long time ago.
Yup , news and lies did indeed marry a long long time ago,
with the difference between then and now being but the
size the global news family has grown to.
Fairly soon , one will get more facts in a cup of spent tea leaves than the combined media (print,electronic etc.)
At least the referenced story did get one thing correct, there was an election. Of course several alien observers
laughed themselves to death, disgorging a bevy of three headed bush babies , but thats another story.
COICA vs WikiLeaks
Try this one on for size. DOJ decides that materials leaked to whistle blower sites like WikiLeaks are IP, and so entitle the government to remove the DNS entry for any site that references evidence of wrong doing because the evidence is the governments intellectual property.
"Fear is easy to sell, with the price of purchase being but your FREEDOM" --DrClue