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    11 months ago

    I looked up this guy’s name and found this —

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/gonzalo-lira-red-pill-dating-coach-who-is-accused-of-shilling-for-putin-is-arrested-in-ukraine

    ‘Red Pill’ Dating Coach Gonzalo Lira, Accused of Shilling for Putin, Is Arrested in Ukraine

    Gonzalo Lira, a prolific online personality who became an outspoken supporter of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, had his home in Kharkiv raided by the security services.

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      11 months ago

      Every journalist speaking truth is a traitor. And of course they are going to discredit him however they can.

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        11 months ago

        Indeed, the war was declared by Putin, and you are engaging in the murder of truth on his behalf.

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        Either you’re a paid shill or a useful idiot. One is deplorable, the other is pitiable.

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        So actual news sources are bad, but YouTube videos, memes, and Ben Garrison comics are okay?

        You really need to readjust your truth sensors, because you are being lied to. And it is not “the MSM” doing it.

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          34% Americans’ trust in the mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly”. source

          Well if you really trust mainstream propaganda outlets you are in the minority. Why else would there be so many competition popping up.

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            I think this study more shows Republicans (and to a lesser extent Independents) have been successfully indoctrinated to only accept propaganda sources, rather than that media has become worse over time. These are the people who think that COVID vaccines don’t work and that Trump is still President. They are factually wrong and they seek out biased sources to confirm their prejudiced untruths.

            And that’s exactly why this competition exists now; to use fools for political power. And, as usual, to separate them from their money.