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	The NSA wiretapping story nobody wanted

ratilfar

7-18-2009 1:06 PM

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ratilfar says:

So much for the "liberal"...corporate, media.

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7-19-2009 12:51 AM

darkeforce

It's always been a Corporate Conservative Media. "Liberal Media" is just what the right-wing nutjobs call the objective truth, because they're screwed in the head.

Like any commercial media owner is going to let its company go liberal... the idea is laughable.

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