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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:36 PM
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USA Today, brought to you by Faux News


Take a look at today's front page of USA Today. My jaw absolutely dropped when I saw the story lineup and, more importantly, the headlines that were used:

"EPA gives industry freedom to upgrade"
"Americans back Bush on Iraq, war on terror"
"77% back Ten Commandments display"
"Judges go soft on sentences more often"

What in blazes is going on here? This page looks like it was dictated directly by Karl Rove.
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Stevendsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:42 PM
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1. What a Joke!
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:43 PM
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2. My advice:
read a real newspaper.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:48 PM
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3. Yeah. USA Today is Infotainment...
It's for people who won't read unless there's pretty pictures involved.
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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:51 PM
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4. It is, but ...
... it's also the most widely-read daily newspaper in the nation, like it or not. They've evolved into agenda-setters, and that's why today's front page so disturbs me.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 01:58 PM
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5. Anyone have details on the 77% figure?
What was the exact poll question? What were the possible responses?

Article that refers to this:
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030828/5448765s.htm
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 02:57 PM
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6. Clean Air Rules Relaxed.. Public Free to Breathe Toxins
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