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TreasonousBastard

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1. This is nothing new. Back in the 80's I would grab the Times and WSJ for the hour+ ride to work on..

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Fri Oct 23, 2020, 06:28 PM

Oct 2020

the New York Subway.

The Times would run a story, and the Journal would often run the same story, but with a way different slant. Both stories were "true" as far as they went, but the slants gave different impressions. Once in a while, though, the Journal editorial section would grab a story and turn it into some sort of incredible bullshit that it was tough to believe it was the same story in section one. It was effectively three newspapers covering the same story.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

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This is nothing new. Back in the 80's I would grab the Times and WSJ for the hour+ ride to work on.. TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #1