XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.politics.media, soc.culture.usa   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: angie.3@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:27:47 -0700, MattB wrote in   
   :   
   >   
   > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:58:13 -0600, Dänk 42Ø   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Just a few minutes ago I was watching Anderson Cooper and some douche   
   > >speculating whether the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine was an act of   
   > >terrorism, and Cooper noted that it occurred on June 17, the same day   
   > >that TWA Flight 800 was "shot down" over New York.   
   > >   
   > >He actually said TWA 800 was SHOT DOWN, which had been speculated at the   
   > >time but was eventually determined to a fuel tank explosion caused by a   
   > >design defect.  This was a scandal in itself, as the government wasted   
   > >so much time trying to find evidence of terrorism that it ignored a   
   > >serious mechanical problem that put thousands of other planes at risk   
   > >for years.   
   > >   
   > >CNN pretends to be a reputable news outlet, but all it cares about is   
   > >ratings.  If it has to lie about historical events to generate ratings,   
   > >so be it.  And it is such an OBVIOUS lie, something any American who   
   > >lived through the 1990s would instantly recognize!  Anderson Cooper   
   > >seems smart and should have known what he said was false, so this means   
   > >he said it to generate ratings.   
   >   
   > In you opinion is it worse than MSNBC?  Fox?   
   >   
   > Personally I find no single source to give unbiased information   
   > anymore.   
      
   Was there ever one?   
      
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