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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Dec 2018
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    Michael Tracey Retweeted Michael Tracey

    You can be critical without being gratuitous, in a way that acknowledges the solemnity of death but doesn’t descend into all-out worshipful propaganda mode. Mass commercial media is obviously incapable of thishttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1068923450541125632 …

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    Michael TraceyVerified account @mtracey
    I’ve had the misfortune of watching cable news this morning and I’ve heard literally not one single critical word about George HW Bush. It’s 100% adulation. If you don’t see the political function of this, you’re deluding yourself
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    • 🌹Vote Bernie No Matter Who🐦 Be kind and loving ✡️🙏🏾🌹🌸🦋🇺🇸🇮🇱🥰❤️💜💞💕 Jenna Mr Isaac Audrey Herbert Rin The Humble Libertarian Chad Riley Fanny Flutters 🇩🇴
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      1. Vin Sidious‏ @VinSidious 1 Dec 2018
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        Gonna be awkward as Hell when Trump dies. I plan to watch Don Lemon’s coverage, in particular, to see if he can contain the glee. I imagine it’ll be like watching SNL actors trying not to laugh during a sketch.

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      1. Arve Henriksen‏ @LostViking9 1 Dec 2018
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        In a world where children die of cancer, a general rule should be that we spend as little time as possible mourning those who pass away at 94. It's sickening to read the unfiltered praise suddenly heaped upon the warmonger.

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      1. Jerry Long‏ @Longbroscomedy 1 Dec 2018
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        The media will spend days honoring the memory of leaders who championed or carried out policies that led to the casual infliction of death without a nanoseconds reflection on those who died as a result of the policies. #GHWBush #McCain

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      1. Bill C.‏ @billycuth 1 Dec 2018
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        You really make me shake my head sometimes.

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      2. Joseph Bellofatto‏ @JoeBellofatto 1 Dec 2018
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        I have a problem with both the heaping of unworthy and cringy praise but also using the news event of someone passing in an advantageous way just to vent one's spleen and vomit ugly and demeaning criticism. Show some class and just keep quiet until the proper time.

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      2. Foggy Anabasis‏ @foggyanabasis 1 Dec 2018
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        How about just saying RIP and abstaining from policy hot takes for about a week. Lots of current events to talk about now.

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      3. sNarKaLepTic‏ @mrStealyoValor 1 Dec 2018
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        Somebody needs to balance out the undeserved respect and praise being dished our.

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      1. Paul.Money‏ @PaulMoney11 1 Dec 2018
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        Truly, it's almost as if we're living in a country where the media are subserviant to the political establishment. If I didn't know better, I'd say we have court reporting, not a free press. But then I am reminded by @nytimes that for only a $1 a week, I'll be informed, really.

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      1. Rightbrain Pierre‏ @rightbrainkurt 1 Dec 2018
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        I spent a while watching Fox, MSNBC & CNN last night. Weirdly, only Fox had critical coverage; CNN had weirdly reserved language about him being ‘sometimes misguided’ at one point.

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      1. M. Valerius Corvus‏ @corvus_m 1 Dec 2018
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        The media is certainly capable of criticizing the dead; it does so all the time. It may choose not to in this instance.

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      1. MrRavini‏ @MrRavini 1 Dec 2018
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        Same thing will happen when Kissinger goes...

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      1. voting beats marching‏ @ToddLMay 1 Dec 2018
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        Highlighting the positive aspects of someone when they die doesn't eliminate history, doesn't prevent the writing of accurate biographies, doesn't keep journalists/historians from doing their work. There's nothing wrong with a respectful pause of criticism for a few days

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      1. Gideon_UK‏ @pootswin1 1 Dec 2018
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        I see nothing wrong in taking a solemn approach to reporting a death initially. The criticisms can wait until a later time I think. Too many people just can't wait to feast on the corpse, that's the problem..🤔

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      1. Judith Greene‏ @musicmommy23 1 Dec 2018
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        Yeah, I got nauseous after about 2 minutes.

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      1. Curious Chak‏ @Curious_Chak 1 Dec 2018
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        what i find baffling is the hagiography for a man who as CIA director was ultimately responsible for running Operation Condor - right wing death squads that butchered hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans just for their left wing viewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMif-qZ-YSQ …

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      1. V.C. Bestor‏ @VCBestor 1 Dec 2018
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        V.C. Bestor Retweeted V.C. Bestor

        You've read "Franklin Scandal" about trafficking while #Bush41 was in the White House, so you know about this whistleblower on #GeorgeHWBushhttps://twitter.com/VCBestor/status/923554111361970176 …

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        Papa Bush grabbed this 15-yr-old boy by the balls... and torqued them >> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inside-enemy-v-c-bestor/?published=t … #pedogatenews #Pedogate #bushsr #Bush41
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      1. NotPCJustRight‏ @NotPCJustRight 1 Dec 2018
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        From another angle (not opposite but certainly not the same), I’m tired of all the leftist newscasters acting like they supported any of the Bush presidency when it was happening.

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