Media Matters - Smear Machine


	Media Matters - Smear Machine

billpar

5-12-2009 11:41 PM

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5-13-2009 3:10 AM

fauxscot

Wow. A smear machine? Like perhaps newsbusters.org?

Ever heard of Rupert Murdoch?

Methinks thou dost protest too much. (That's a cultural reference, by the way. You'll have to do some study to appreciate its context.)

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