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Originally Posted by NewNick
Firstly "News" outlets have always endorsed a candidate / party / ideology.
In the UK the Murdoch press (Sun, Times, News of the World) dictated the election results for 30 years. The first thing Tony Blair did when he became leader of a dysfunctional Labour party was to court Rupert Murdoch. He new that Murdoch made Prime Ministers and without the Murdoch press he would never win a general election.
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Yep - that's what I'm talking about, "journalism" is basically dead.
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Originally Posted by NewNick
Secondly it is interesting that you call Hillary's transgressions facts, yet Mr Trumps merely speculations or wild allegations. I think you need a reality check Sir. The Trump transgressions come entirely from his own mouth.
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You call it yourself - one is a case of well documented corruption - misuse of her life long position in government in order to benefit herself and her cronies, acting against the public interest including endangering the national security.
The second is pretty much mostly what someone says, be it DJT himself or whoever else. Mostly a gossip material that would otherwise never hit the first page if it wasn't in someone's interest to do so.
Says / not does or did - note the difference.