• drgeppo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    that shit is making me crazy… why do I, random European dude, remember trump breaking the Iran deal all those years ago, and no fucking journalist today dares to put a wee little reminder at the beginning of every article just to get all up to speed? wtf man

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      1 day ago

      Prolly the same reason mainstream media “forgot” to mention Operation Cyclone back in late 2001 and early 2002, or how they intentionally swallowed the screamingly obvious bullshit of “Iraq has WMDs”

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      Because western mainstream media has been captured by the same interests who are betting on oil futures right before Donnie Dipshit tweets about it