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Apr 10Liked by Jon Miltimore

As a few of the commenter on The Free Press pointed out, this all started way before Donald Trump. This is the product of our education system. It has taken decades to cultivate this mindset.

I caught the author's bias when he explained his opinion that this started with among other things a "truth- impaired president". What president hasn't lied to us?

It will take decades to fix the problem with journalism. Diversity of thought is not the diversity NPR or others want.

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I think that's accurate. I've made the same point myself, in fact.

But I do think the presence of Trump is what exposed it in a way never before. He triggers these people in a way no one else can.

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I agree. I think that Donald Trump is what triggered "these people". And continues to do so.

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That caught me, too. Seriously? And you're a grown man with experience in this world and suddenly the "truth impairment" of this particular elected official disturbs you? What a phony baloney, self-deluding bullshit artist.

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Isn't he the maverick. As a radio guy why didn't he mea culpa the npr voice. It needs to be overhauled. They all sound like what he describes himself as, smug upper class coastal. His bottom line: "Defunding isn’t the answer. There’s still a need for a public institution blah blah blah." Sure the "fractured" country still needs you to unfracture us and we should all pay your salary.

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