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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/n…

    THIS IS SO GOOD.

    Someone, get her a Pulitzer.

    • “The worst thing Britain ever did was letting go of our colony and thinking Americans were capable of governing themselves without eventually resorting back...PonyBoy
    • ...to tribal politics,” said Martin Rhodes, a shopkeeper in London.PonyBoy
    • lol... A. Britain 'let go' of nothing—they lost an uprising. B. 'Tribal' politics? You lost a war to your' own people'—what 'tribal' BS are you going on about?PonyBoy
    • That little bit of the article through me for a loop... I wonder if the 'shopkeeper' forgot his nation used to rape the fucking planet for years w/colonization.PonyBoy
    • The quotes are made up, it says that right at the beginning. Read it again, maybe?
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    • yeah—lol—caught that right before you pointed it out... somehow I skipped the italics at the beginning... ... ignore me (nobody would say something that stupid)PonyBoy
    • seemed like a pretty standard news article to me, what's the big brouhaha??robotron3k
    • It shows bias in reporting, probably not so much an American issue as a "domestic vs international" reporting bias.
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    • For the majority of people (in any country) the national news media is the only source of information about what's happening in the world and around them.
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    • ^I get my international news from qbn...

      ... i'm fucked
      PonyBoy
    • And you don't even read the italics!
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    • haha!PonyBoy
    • lol at ponys responseinteliboy
    • Pony. Pony. Calm down. It's a satirical article.Continuity
    • derpmonospaced
    • I missed the italics!! I'm... "italic blind". It's a 'thing' you assholes! Look it up! //
      "Trigger"... it's a good name for a pony / horse. :)
      PonyBoy

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