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The other term for "non-state hostile intelligence service" is "free press".
by davidgerard 10y ago
The other term for "non-state hostile intelligence service" is "free press".
- LeeHwang 10y agoI caught that as well. It really gives the fake news meme a horrific twist. Especially in the light of the all the warmongering in the mainstream papers. https://theintercept.com/2017/04/07/the-spoils-of-war-trump-lavished-with-media-and-bipartisan-praise-for-bombing-syria/ https://theintercept.com/2017/04/07/the-spoils-of-war-trump-... Yet everyone I know on the right and left is anti-war. The alt-right of all people even had a huge protest in DC. Its beginning to feel like Iraq WMD's again. Sad times.
- tdb7893 10y agoIf a newspaper was getting a lot of their information from foreign intelligence services and were using it specifically to try to weaken US organizations I think they would've gone past being "free press". The CIA seems to think that is what wikileaks is doing (whether intentionally or unintentionally)