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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Sun Sep 6, 2015, 02:42 AM Sep 2015

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue for American voters.. The onion news

I know its from 2008 but still rings true for the tv media in this election cycle

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Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue for American voters.. The onion news (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 OP

This is just ironic. We have fox news trying to pass off fake news as real. And here are jtuck004 Sep 2015 #1

Nicely stated, jtuck. joshdawg Sep 2015 #2

So. On. The. Money. valerief Sep 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author progree Sep 2015 #4

Poe's Law alert Populist_Prole Sep 2015 #5

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

1. This is just ironic. We have fox news trying to pass off fake news as real. And here are

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 03:26 AM

Sep 2015

these folks, passing off real news as fake.

I guess it helps keep the cosmos in balance.

joshdawg

(2,648 posts)

2. Nicely stated, jtuck.

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 04:47 AM

Sep 2015

valerief

(53,235 posts)

3. So. On. The. Money.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:57 AM

Sep 2015

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progree This message was self-deleted by its author.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

5. Poe's Law alert

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 02:11 PM

Sep 2015

If there were a substitution of terms and the actual word "bullshit" wasn't used, I dare say plenty of the low-info dopes I know would not recognize this as satire.

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