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>BTW this article reminded me of a great show that Last Week Tonight did... Last Week Tonight is one of the most blatant examples of media-driven manipulation

• hiram112 9y ago
  This is so true. The right has always had its own junk - things like Fox News, various 'Think Tanks' and academic institutions who are quite blatant in their bias. But in the last few years, at least, I've been amazed at just how obvious it is when the left pushes a narrative, regardless of whether it's a hit piece against Trump or any of a dozen other themes: immigration is needed, climate change will destroy us all, women are bullied in tech, etc. The same exact story, from out of nowhere, is suddenly blaring at me via CNN at the airport and McDonalds, headlining a dozen different magazines at the grocery store checkout, editorials in all the major papers, jokes from three different late night comedians, surprisingly highly-voted articles on Reddit, hashtags on Twitter, a placement in a popular sitcom or movie...