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The former POTUS's quote "America does not have a functioning democracy at this point in time" was covered in few U.S. outlets, and initially reported in the Ge
by sehugg 13y ago
The former POTUS's quote "America does not have a functioning democracy at this point in time" was covered in few U.S. outlets, and initially reported in the German paper Der Spiegel in the German language.
Perhaps the most visible outlet to include the quote was The Huffington Post, but they can't be bothered to do their own translation. So they cover it via a link to The Inquisitr, which can't bring itself to validate the source, questioning the accuracy of the German newspaper Der Spiegel (which it calls "Die Spiegel").
Note: Carter made this statement in Atlanta, Georgia, not Germany.
Maybe Carter should have also said "America does not have a functioning news media at this point in time."
- eeky 13y agoTHIS. I mostly go to RT for actual news these days. The American media is propaganda and it's killing our country with DELIBERATE misinformation.
- griffordson 13y agoDeliberate misinformation has a pretty long history. Here's a good report about the CIA manipulating the US media from Carl Bernstein (yes, that Bernstein) circa 1977: http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php I agree this is causing a great deal of damage to democracy around the world, I'm just pointing out that it has been going on for a very long time. Thanks to the Google News archive, you can see lots of examples of those CIA "journalists" advancing the interests of the CIA throughout the '50s and '60s. It is fascinating to compare that known manipulated media content to what is now contained in the historical record about those same events. You'll also see many striking similarities to the way every modern story is reported and commented on in the modern media.
- foobarqux 13y ago"Few" is and understatement. Searching on Google News for "no functioning democracy" yields only two recognizable US outlets: Huffington Post and The Atlantic Wire.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agohttps://news.google.com/news?ned=us&q=America%20has%20no%20functioning%20democracy&btnG=Search+News https://news.google.com/news?ned=us&q=America%20has%20no%20f... Sad.