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Feb 2022
45m 31s

The Problem with the Media

MEIDAS MEDIA NETWORK, LEIGH MCGOWAN
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Between Tucker Carlson doing an entire prime time segment on the brown M&M's shoes, to The New York Times printing deceptive clickbait titles and op-eds from known liars because they think it’ll sell, to major corporations systematically buying up and dismantling our entire media structure in the shadows, something has clearly gone wrong with media in Americ ... Show More
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