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Rat Patrol wrote:http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/3/13155 ... ting-costs

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http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/10/06 ... gery-voice

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http://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/swat ... /?single=1

Not without quibbles, but I thought this was basically a good piece on bias against Sanders.
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eumaas wrote:http://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/swat ... /?single=1

Not without quibbles, but I thought this was basically a good piece on bias against Sanders.
My impressions at the time was that the press coverage—the critical, that is—was coded in a caricature of Millennials as unserious, lazy, and fantasy-driven. Clinton was for adults (Boomers) with long resumés and know-how to apply the same solutions to any given problem. There's almost certainly a lot of my own analytical bias in all that, but the anti-Sanders coverage was generational.
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eumaas wrote:http://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/swat ... /?single=1

Not without quibbles, but I thought this was basically a good piece on bias against Sanders.
Good read. As you say, not without quibbles, but a better analysis than I've come to expect from self-proclaimed liberals this year.
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Wolter wrote:
eumaas wrote:http://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/swat ... /?single=1

Not without quibbles, but I thought this was basically a good piece on bias against Sanders.
Good read. As you say, not without quibbles, but a better analysis than I've come to expect from self-proclaimed liberals this year.
Frank is definitely on the populist side of modern liberalism.
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The Podesta stuff is fascinating — it appears that every annoying know-nothing asshole you ever knew is running the DP/country.

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https://theintercept.com/2016/10/19/is- ... omi-klein/

Pretty good. Looks like Assange has probably gone nuts. Still, Podesta emails have been revealing. It's interesting to get a glimpse into how the ruling class operates.
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eumaas wrote:https://theintercept.com/2016/10/19/is- ... omi-klein/

Pretty good. Looks like Assange has probably gone nuts. Still, Podesta emails have been revealing. It's interesting to get a glimpse into how the ruling class operates.
Related to the above, re. Assange's rationale: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/want-know ... pockethits
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Schilling. Breitbart. To quote Stan Lee, "It had to happen."
http://deadspin.com/report-curt-schilli ... 1788121332
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Schilling. Breitbart. To quote Stan Lee, "It had to happen."
http://deadspin.com/report-curt-schilli ... 1788121332
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Flex wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:Schilling. Breitbart. To quote Stan Lee, "It had to happen."
http://deadspin.com/report-curt-schilli ... 1788121332
Sometimes matches really are perfect.
Meh. InfoWars has much better meth supply nowadays after the recent Editorial exodus from BB. Way to settle for 2nd-best, lardbutt. :shifty:

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Rat Patrol wrote:
Flex wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:Schilling. Breitbart. To quote Stan Lee, "It had to happen."
http://deadspin.com/report-curt-schilli ... 1788121332
Sometimes matches really are perfect.
Meh. InfoWars has much better meth supply nowadays after the recent Editorial exodus from BB. Way to settle for 2nd-best, lardbutt. :shifty:
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