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gulliver

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19. Yup but it hooked a few fish so they'll do it again.

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 06:44 PM

Jun 2013

Glenn Greenwald, star reporter, uncovers proof that water is wet. And the MSM knows good sucker bait when it sees it. The news cycle needs eyeballs, the more credulous the better. This got a bunch for a short time.

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Can the Meta Data scandal be filed in the "Another Sloppy M$M Story" file yet? [View all] uponit7771 Jun 2013 OP

Should be... gcomeau Jun 2013 #1

2006? Try 1979 jberryhill Jun 2013 #2

thx!!! uponit7771 Jun 2013 #3

Try before 1979 Iliyah Jun 2013 #46

I'm been saying since this shit started its bullshit madokie Jun 2013 #4

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2013 #5

Not saying I approve of the NSA, but you're right. Another 'scandal' has done it's job........... wandy Jun 2013 #6

Thats the sad part too madokie Jun 2013 #10

And this is just the 2014 warmup........... wandy Jun 2013 #12

I wish I could share the visual I got with that. LOL madokie Jun 2013 #13

Just wait till you get to watch Karl Rove try to give birth to Jeb Bush................. wandy Jun 2013 #17

Wooo madokie Jun 2013 #20

The second I saw the M$M jump on the story I thought "more sloppy" the do no research uponit7771 Jun 2013 #22

They've been doing tracking Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #7

"What did people think the Patriot Act authorized?! Bake sales?!" Silent3 Jun 2013 #8

Nope. Union Scribe Jun 2013 #9

Yeah, and you have to resort to calling those who disagree with you "Bieber" supporters.. Cha Jun 2013 #14

... Union Scribe Jun 2013 #58

Damn Straight I support the President. Cha Jun 2013 #59

If you really loved him Union Scribe Jun 2013 #62

umm.. i guess you don't know what a metaphor is boilerbabe Jun 2013 #61

+100000 This one will be incessantly propagandized woo me with science Jun 2013 #24

Why are you so certain that the document wasn't altered? pnwmom Jun 2013 #42

You can certainly cling to that hope. Union Scribe Jun 2013 #63

How do you explain the differences between the WA post document pnwmom Jun 2013 #66

You think a forger sent out two different documents? Union Scribe Jun 2013 #67

So you're accepting claims based on an article you haven't even read? n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #68

Absolutely not. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #11

Link for that.. And, I don't mean some shit from Glenn Greenwald.. Cha Jun 2013 #18

Answer the question DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #21

YES!! As long as it has the checks and balanced described in the USSC circa 1979 when they decided.. uponit7771 Jun 2013 #26

Thank ou for the direct answer DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #33

And, I don't give a shit what you think of those who disagree with you. Cha Jun 2013 #30

But do you have what it takes to answer the thrice-asked question? DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #34

Yeah, you just keep asking that. Cha Jun 2013 #37

And you can just keep being afraid that you support domestic surveillance DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #40

but you would be ok with an ANDREW SULLIVAN LINK boilerbabe Jun 2013 #28

Your ignorance is on display again. Cha Jun 2013 #31

LOL, did I miss something? Iliyah Jun 2013 #49

No, the poster keeps bringing up Cha Jun 2013 #53

Yes it is, greenwald...that in and of itself says a lot uponit7771 Jun 2013 #23

Or it's a hoax using an altered document. pnwmom Jun 2013 #43

The White House doesn't react the way it has for altered documents DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #45

I think it's reacted appropriately. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #47

I don't, but that isn't what we are discussing DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #48

No, it didn't admit that the document was valid. pnwmom Jun 2013 #55

And the fact that WaPo amended their story, sheshe2 Jun 2013 #60

The OP is about the meta data, ie Verizon, leak muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #56

Why does this need to categorized as a scandal. How about merely some more sunlight into the doings Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #15

The sunlight has been shed on this subject 3 times already, this time its a winger who is reporting uponit7771 Jun 2013 #27

Actually. It is a leak of a top secret document. There is no arguing that. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #35

...and the document stated what we've already know since 2006 and been reported on 3 times already uponit7771 Jun 2013 #38

Indeed. Could I see that 2006 information? Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #51

There is plenty to dispute on that. How do you know that it's a real document? pnwmom Jun 2013 #44

The government needs to keep its hands off my Precious Bodily Numbers! randome Jun 2013 #16

I do not avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence. FarCenter Jun 2013 #25

Yup but it hooked a few fish so they'll do it again. gulliver Jun 2013 #19

lol...yeap, sounds like the big lie performance Herman Goering spelled out uponit7771 Jun 2013 #29

The Patriot Act Authorized "going after terrorists", which no doubt is why it's been Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #32

Yeap, I'll be working hard for 2014 change of congress into liberal hands uponit7771 Jun 2013 #36

So will I. But these policies are unacceptable and many of them are driven from the Executive Branch Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #39

Agreed. Iliyah Jun 2013 #52

and for a president Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #41

Right there with ya! Iliyah Jun 2013 #50

And what would you suggest we do with the PRISM story? Hmmm? Th1onein Jun 2013 #54

THIS JUST IN!!!! OJ HAS BEEN ACQUITTED Uzair Jun 2013 #57

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2013 #65

But...but...Obama = Bush!!! CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #64