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No Matter How Much You Hate the Media

You don't hate them enough.

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Jan 28, 2026
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In an old black and white John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart movie called “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a newspaper man tells the hero of the piece “When Legend becomes Fact, print the Legend.” Meaning; tell the people what you want them to know, even if it’s not true. We’re going to talk about that today; but first, Get in out of the cold damn it! Seven d…

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