"When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.
~ Glenn Greenwald ~












Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides ...
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