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You also don’t know whether government employees have subscribed using personal email addresses.

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Desist. You cannot stop us.

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Stop you (whoever "us" is) from doing what?

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Not funny.

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It is funny. Now if Lil Al Kolodin said it, it wouldn't be funny. You at least have a sense of humor, as demonstrated most recently last week.

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The joke is on us for voting for clowns like you over and over again which resulted in an environment in which Cheeto Jesus could be elected (twice). I'm not laughing.

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I thought it was hysterical. Good one.

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How about a story on Arizonans who have been fired by Elon Musk.

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Your article raises the question of whether we need a "wall of separation" between media and state, except for the occasional advertisement of a public event or program. For years, conservatives complained about public subsidies to public radio and TV, which were often liberal and not just in their news shows. Of course, there is also my personal favorite and perennial target: requiring government entities and businesses to post unread public notices in tiny print on the backs of newspapers that are no longer read.

While you may not like Trump, it looks like he will remove NPR news from the public dole, with apologies to Melissa Block.

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Guess what, sport...we will still listen to All Things Considered. And there's not a goddam thing you can do about it.

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I cannot but beware of the DOGE.

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Hah...the Big Bad Wolf? Not worried about fElon. He sells his cars to NPR/PBS listeners/viewers. Based on the increasing pushback against DOGE...they are on a crooked path. Nobody cares about pennies...everybody likes "Fresh Air".

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What aren't conservatives aggrieved about?

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oh man don't even get me started on public notices... I have ptsd from my captimes days

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We’ll see how mothers, grandmothers and great grand mothers feel about cancelling Big Bird and Elmo. BTW. You’re in the Arizona legislature, change the law where you have to post that stuff. You’re complaining about the wrong people. Mirror, please.

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Excellent piece. A responsible, free press is essential to democracy. The alternative is the kind of propaganda and bull$hit currently being generated by this temporary, grifted administration and enabled by MAGA-media. I'm confident that your supporters will remain interested in truth.

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Responsible it the key word. In retrospect, many stories billed as facts were phony. Starting with the reporting on a crack addicted kid in DC reported by the Washington Post. Recently the Russian-Trump connection was finally admitted to be an operation that Hillary's team fed to the CIA. Then the 51 intelligence chiefs signing off on the "hallmarks of a Russian operation" regarding Hunter's laptop. Then the hysteria over COVID for everyone. Or going back again, the AIDS scare that caused C. Everett Coop to mail EVERY US address with a warning of high risk of the disease for straight heterosexuals? Man made Global Warming anyone? All journalism is yellow.

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And there you have it. Another example of the fine art of making shit up.

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That indeed is the art which William Randolph Hearst perfected.

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Wow, watch Fox News much?.

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Got all my examples from the NY Times, the Washington Post and the Columbia Journalism review. All journalism exists to create consumers who will pay.

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All politicians spew garbage for votes.

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You must have gotten those examples from the opinions pages.

The Mueller report can be read for free. Volume 2 p. 2

https://www.justice.gov/storage/report_volume2.pdf

"If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment. The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."

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In this country, a person is innocent unless proven guilty. Ergo, your Mueller report says "we looked everywhere but darn, nothing to find." Mueller could investigate anyone of us and issue the same tripe.

So, you are left to conclude that Trump is the greatest criminal mind of all time or the FBI covered it up for him-Comey? No way.

Finally, Putin took Crimea under Obama and did zero during Trump's term. Then 2 months into Biden's term he takes another 3rd of Ukraine. The question really is, what does Putin have on the Democratic party?

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Your comment "nothing to find" is incorrect. They may have found something, but it could not be litigated because of the rules that a sitting president cannot be charged. That is very different from "nothing to find."

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Poppycock. If that were true, the report would have said that. As Robert Hur reported that Biden broke the law but he was too old to testify.

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Balderdash. Here is the text of the conclusion of the report -

IV. CONCLUSION

Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw

ultimate conclusions about the President’s conduct. The evidence we obtained about the

President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were

making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a

thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice,

we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach

that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a

crime, it also does not exonerate him.

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CYA by Mueller and his team. But believe what you want-DJT is in office, Patel at FB!, Gabbard, DNS, RFK at Health, VP Vance etc. this is going to be a helluva ride.

Your worst nightmare did come true.

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But they didn’t say that. Rather than stating the facts directly, which was they couldn’t find enough to prove his guilt, they used an old trick by saying they couldn’t really prove his innocence, leaving the reader with doubt that there just might be something there! It’s an obvious dishonest tact used by those who didn’t find what they were hoping to find.

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You have really drunk the kool-aid.

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Like most on the Left, lose the argument, resort to insults. Adios.

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The opinions that you have offered here in this thread all come from right wing media.

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What does Putin have on Obama and Biden?

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Neither Obama nor Biden are POTUS right now. The more salient question is what does Putin have on trump? Why is trump doing Putin's bidding by abandoning Ukraine and NATO and jeopardizing Europe with more Russian aggression?

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[citation needed]

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Wow Doug. Hillary, Hunter, Covid....blah, blah, woke liberals. Yet not one word about one of the biggest scandals......FoxNews and the defamation case in which they had to pay $787.5 million dollars to Dominion Voting Systems. And yet, there were NO issues in the 2024 election despite these same voting machines being used in 27 states, including Florida. Rigged!!?? Smartmatic will also be getting a huge payoff soon from Murdoch just like DVS did, except a lot more. It's not about journalism Dougy, it's about MAGA morons believing every conspiracy and BS stories Trump and Fauxnews throws at them.

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What do care I about FOX? Nothing-it is all entertainment. Do you not get that? Obtuse….

DJT owns you and the Left. It is so fun!

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LOL!!!!!! Another Republican lying as usual. Your King has taught you well. Good luck getting a job in the administration since you would fit in well sucking up to him every day.

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Already won my election in November.

I enjoy watching your heads exploding.

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The 4th Estate is essential to a free country. And your contribution is a key component. Keep it up!

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I subscribed because it was hard to find local (meaning state and county news) in main stream media when I moved here 6 years ago. Mostly it was national news regurgitated with a local twist. Also, it’s really hard to determine the best person/ issue to vote for! Your articles have been helpful. Bashing one party over another is not news. Just let me know what is going on and I’ll do my best to decide for myself.

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I love you AA and have been a subscriber from the beginning, but I disagree with your assessment about Twitter before Elon Musk purchased the site. Today's X does allow conservatives to post and comment, but it does not shut out opposing views. It encourages free speech. Twitter did not. I read your publication because it is an excellent source on local and state politics and government activities. Yet, please be aware of your own personal bias that permeates AA. The bias is there and perhaps cannot be avoided in total. Please try to do better. Journalism school taught me and you alike that any published article should be culled and edited for accuracy and personal inclinations. If it is an opinion piece, it should be labeled as one.

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Misinformation on Twitter and other social media concerning a deadly virus, Covid was killing people. Millions around the world. Hate speech, I guess that’s like pornography. You know it when you see it.

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You mean “misinformation” from renowned doctors that was banned because it didn’t toe the official line….and was later proven to be correct? 🤔

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Which doctors? Facts please. I will stick with millions of people DIED during a pandemic. Getting vaccinated and wearing masks saved lives.

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Please start posting on BlueSky. It is a viable alternative to Xwitter. You should be posting and networking on this app.

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I went to a well respected J school many years and I graduated at the top of my class. My professors were people in the media and quite liberal. In spite of their leanings, they taught the proper way to construct a news story. It has to present, in an unbiased manner, both sides of the topic. Today's journalism in the media has morphed into commentary and opinion dressed as news. What you're watching isn't Trump's attacks so much as a backlash. People can detect truth from fiction much better than they're given credit for. This is an excellent article.

https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapid-onset-political-enlightenment

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Good piece - and, as a paying subscriber, agree 100%. Another genuinely non-partisan organization doing important work, advocating for and defending free speech, is FIRE (in place of the discredited ACLU). Otherwise, the sooner (and more) government stays out of the media business, the better.

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I don't receive the emails but I am a paid subscriber. I've checked my junk mail. Please help

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Hey Shea! Sorry! This happens sometimes. I'm going to send you an email now. We'll get it fixed.

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Killing the the press and literally the journalists was one of Hitler's earliest acts. It took him less than 12 months to convert or kill all independent press by early 1934. https://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/nazi-germanys-schriftleitergesetz-the-end-of-freedom-of-the-press/

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There was a Pearls Before Swine cartoon on the 17th that is a perfect match to your lead story. I can't paste the image here, but go to this link to see it. https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/02/17

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