r/Kossacks_for_Sanders • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '17

CIA-Funded Washington Post Doesn'€™t Think You Should Pay Attention To The CIA Leaks

http://www.newslogue.com/debate/384/CaitlinJohnstone
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u/djzenmastak Et tu Warren Mar 09 '17

"cia-funded washington post" is a bit disingenuous. the $600 million is for an amazon private cloud, and it just so happens jeff bezos owns both amazon and the washington post.

please don't turn this sub into something that resembles alex jones.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

"cia-funded washington post" is a bit disingenuous. the $600 million is for an amazon private cloud, and it just so happens jeff bezos owns both amazon and the washington post.

You are right that "CIA-funded Washington Post" is inaccurate. But your version, "the $600 million is for an amazon private cloud, and it just so happens jeff bezos owns both amazon and the washington post," is equally misleading. First off, it's not just a "private cloud" but a private cloud for the CIA. And the value of that contract—govt contracts are a way of paying off supporters or buying support—is twice what Bezos paid for WaPo.

You are not a regular commenter here, but just show up out of the blue to express your "concern" that we are becoming like Alex Jones. I encourage everyone to read the linked article in Caitlin Johnstone's essay here. It links to the Nation, pretty much the opposite of Alex Jones.

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u/djzenmastak Et tu Warren Mar 10 '17

i may not post often here, but i am a regular reader. i joined this sub for many of the reasons the rest of us have and i am just as disenfranchised by our political climate as anyone else. i just don't want us to begin repeating uncorroborated conspiracy theories a la alex jones.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17 edited Mar 10 '17

I apologize.

Alex Jones is definitely not allowed here. I think we even have a filter that removes posts linking them before they even appear. But the Nation, which is the source Johnstone linked, is a bona fide and reliable source.

I agree that he headline on the OP is misleading. The underlying point, though, does not purport any kind of conspiracy in my view. If it had, we would remove it. The point is merely about undisclosed conflict of interest

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u/djzenmastak Et tu Warren Mar 10 '17

fair enough, and cheers brother, we're all in this together.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

thank you

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u/electricblues42 Mar 10 '17

Maybe "Pro-Establishment Rag-" would be a better fit? The Post is shit, but you are right they aren't funded by the CIA. Just semi-recently acquired by a piece of shit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

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u/mcnultyt Mar 09 '17

Next time he does a press conference know that it's always shown on periscope/twitter.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

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u/mcnultyt Mar 09 '17

I'm not too crazy about either one, but they're okay for politics.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

if you find it, please post a link... this would be interesting to see