Spencer: 'Bin Laden a useful bogeyman'

The Northerner

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Mon May-02-11 05:36 PM
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Spencer: 'Bin Laden a useful bogeyman'

Edited on Mon May-02-11 05:45 PM by The Northerner

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdWFEavAuc

Posted on YouTube: May 02, 2011
By YouTube Member: RTAmerica
Views on YouTube: 270

Posted on DU: May 02, 2011
By DU Member: The Northerner
Views on DU: 485

Now that the US has announced that they have eliminated Osama Bin Laden, will things change abroad? Richard Spencer, director at the National Policy Institute, says the US is in a worse position now than it was ten years ago. Americans thinks they've won by killing Osama, he says, but that is total nonsense. Spencer suggests that Bin Laden was but a scapegoat and that his death falls short of providing any closure for an America at war.

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ThatPoetGuy

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Mon May-02-11 05:38 PM
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1. "Americans thinks they've won by killing Obama"

please edit that.

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The Northerner

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Mon May-02-11 05:46 PM
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2. Oops thanks for reminding me about that

I'm amazed that RTAmerica didn't proofread their text and neither did I.

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TheWraith

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Mon May-02-11 05:49 PM
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3. Proofreading is something usually done by actual news organizations.

Which RT isn't.

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civilisation

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Mon May-02-11 06:22 PM
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4. Are you still in fear of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? LOL

You think any public media outlet is more biased than USA corporate media outlets?? Really? Have a quick look at the CBC < http://www.cbc.ca/ > Canada's public broadcaster,. is it more biased than ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX??? What is this incessant hatred of RT on this site, you have some left over cold-war bias you need to deal with. Russia is just using a model of media creation that many countries that don't have this nonsensical fear of "socialism" and god forbid collectivism, or communism that is inherent in the USA to this day. (CCTV-4, DW-TV, France 24 and NHK World) You are aware that the US produces media for the outside world as well right? Voice of America < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOA > in not a "real" news organization either,. ok then.

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2banon

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Mon May-02-11 11:09 PM
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5. I guess it needs to be mentioned that every " news" organization did the same thing

Edited on Mon May-02-11 11:10 PM by 2banon

a number of times today, including NPR.

edit to say: not that I believe these are real news organizations, but only to point out that RT isn't alone in this mistake.

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Marblehead

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Tue May-03-11 06:59 AM
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6. The american people are clueless

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