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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 15 Aug 2018
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    A free press is obviously indispensable, but a free press which feels the need to proclaim its indispensability is not. If that makes sense...

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      2. Gadfly M  ⌛️‏ @GadflyMorse 15 Aug 2018
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        A #FreePress is obviously indispensable... but we should never confuse corporate-#MSM with a "Free Press"... they're NOT the same conceptually or in reality. #CorporateMSM #CorporateFascism #FakeNews #Propagandahttps://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/06/01/these-15-billionaires-own-americas-news-media-companies/ …

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      1. Distant Spirit‏ @adissig 15 Aug 2018
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        Yeah. It's like when someone has to say they're really smart or funny. If you have to say it, you're probably not.

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      1. Sean van der Lee‏ @SeanvanderLee 15 Aug 2018
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        Yes. Because if they walked the walk instead of talking the talk, the case for their importance would make itself

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      1. Ragnarok Lobster‏ @eclecticbrotha 19 Aug 2018
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        Nothing you say makes sense.

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      1. little_girl_blue‏ @EdgedInBlueish 15 Aug 2018
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        Would you condemn members of society that defends their place in society when cornered and attacked? Would you rather they suffer in silence? Roll over when kicked? Play dead?

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      1. Greg Slepak (@taoeffect@mstdn.io)‏ @taoeffect 16 Aug 2018
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        Propaganda outlets that pretend or claim to be free press are the problem.

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      1. People, keep your game face on‏ @LEROPER1 16 Aug 2018
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        No

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      1. AmbireSeiche‏ @AmbireSeiche 15 Aug 2018
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        They haven't changed an iota since Pulitzer/Hearst and USS Maine days, and their definition of "free press" may as well have been coined by Edward Bernays http://www.historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/bernprop.html …

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      1. Rick Brody‏ @RickJBrody 15 Aug 2018
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        Also a "free press" which is silent about the silencing and sanctioned vilification of journalists and whistleblowers is...not a free press, but a corporate one.

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      1. Gregory S.‏ @GregInThe440 16 Aug 2018
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        Makes much sense.

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      1. #HandsOffVenezuela New Paris-ite  ⏳‏ @NewParisite 16 Aug 2018
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        A "free" press where "some" speech is allowed instead of all speech isn't free. Period.

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      1. Carl Benedetti Jr.‏ @CBenedettiJr 15 Aug 2018
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        Anyone proclaiming indispensability is irritating. Unfortunately, when you see the polls on Republican perception of the press, it begs the question if some folks need to be reminded of that indispensability...

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      1. Reech Keesh‏ @ReechKeesh 15 Aug 2018
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        A "free press" that is 90+% Leftist, works AGAINST the will of the people, actively detests 1/2 the population, & functions as the Weaponized arm of only ONE of the two national parties is NOT a free press... It's a Leftist propaganda dispensation tool.

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      1. Rick Barrett  ⚔️ 🛡 ⛪️  📻‏ @BarrettBrief 16 Aug 2018
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        Yes, when they equate themselves as the ONLY form of press

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      1. Sarah Labance PhD‏ @sarahelabance 16 Aug 2018
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        Analogous to, “I’m not a racist, but...”

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      1. asterix.asterix‏ @hashallthehash 16 Aug 2018
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        So the thing is true, unless the press asserts that the thing is true. A+ logic.

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      1. theBelgian‏ @jericho71 16 Aug 2018
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        It doesn’t. But it suggests the asinine extent of your self-loathing.

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      1. KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot?‏ @DoItForMaMa 16 Aug 2018
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        KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot? Retweeted KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot?

        yephttps://twitter.com/DoItForMaMa/status/1030287618129448961 …

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        KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot? @DoItForMaMa
        THIS IS THE CIA THAT TODAY'S GOLDMAN SACHS OLD DEAL DEMOCRATS FIGHT SO HARD FOR. TRUMP: MADE BY THESE RIGHT WING DEMOCRATS >HOW CBS News Aided the JFK Cover-up https://consortiumnews.com/2016/04/22/how-cbs-news-aided-the-jfk-cover-up/ …
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      1. Angélique‏ @ange1914 17 Aug 2018
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        #FreePress but not #FreeSpeech since WE the people & the @POTUS aren't allowed to disagree w/the press-brainwashing propaganda! or criticize their opinions The Press Oligarchy turned Disagreeing into 'hate speech' #FreePress but THE PRESS IS NOT A 4th #POWER Press is not ELECTED

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