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Related: About this forumSpinning the Chomsky interview (This is laughable)
Al Jazeera interviewed Noam Chomsky.They reported it online with this headline:
Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders has the best policies
Politico retold the story under this headline:
Chomsky: I'd 'absolutely' vote for Hillary Clinton
which is how it appeared this morning here on DU.
So which should you believe.
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Spinning the Chomsky interview (This is laughable) (Original Post)
Mike__M
Jan 2016
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Jarqui
(10,130 posts)1. Clinton ad money buying media friends? nt
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)2. LOL!
That's some industrial strength spin right there.
Mike__M
(1,052 posts)4. Yeh
North Korea's nuclear technicians may want to look into it, to see if they can harness the centrifugal effects of this kind of thing.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)5. Baghdad Bob lives!
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)3. Pretty fucking shameless. Especially because...
...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/noam-chomsky-bernie-sanders_us_56a25a6de4b0d8cc1099d089
Hope Politico is getting rightfully reamed over their disingenuousness.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)6. What a rousing endorsement of Hillary! Wow
Noam Chomsky's First Campaign Contribution Was To Bernie Sanders*
Online FEC records dating back to 1997 show he's given to just two candidates.[/i
Online FEC records dating back to 1997 show he's given to just two candidates.[/i
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)7. Here's my spin
Chomsky: Bernie Sanders has the best policies of the Democratic presidential contenders, but does not have a real chance to win
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)8. Yeah. That is why Chomsky donated to Bernie's campaign.