Gotta say, not a fan of stuff like this. There's little enough trust in media right now and handing out more ammunition doesn't seem great. Yes, you have a training effect, but it's always going to be small. With arrogant comments to boot.
NPR didn't "push" it, they didn't catch @FDRLST 's @bdomenech saying it on air. And the federalist clearly isn't known for being a thoroughly neutral and fact checked outlet. But let's continue to spin this into something it wasn't.
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Of course it was, and it worked. That's the point. You can't reason people into developing bullshit detection abilities, not this many of them. I got blown up real bad a few times when I first got into politics, repeating dumb Kos shit without checking. If a 20yo can learn
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Guy, c'mon. If you're doing serious news and you let people come on your air and say Mueller's indictment uses the word "gooch" 37 and is full of racial slurs, not catching it isn't the defense. It's the crime
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