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Tasmanian Devil

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6. BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:04 PM

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The main lesson we should learn here is that even the national news services don't bother to confirm stories they see on twitter before rushing to print.

Could my opinion of the mainstream press get any lower? Amazing.

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