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"Where's my favorite dictator?"

Journal by fustakrakich

Okay, yeah, bla bla bla bla...

But why does everybody's report link to the paywalled Rupert Murdoch Rag? I thought single sources were supposed to be a bad thing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:10AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:10AM (#893917)

    If WSJ runs an exclusive story, other outlets are going to cover it. It is actually not considered a "rag" by real people.

    The article was not paywalled like normal when I loaded it, and I got the archive link too: http://archive.is/vxuZ0 [archive.is]

    Also: Praise Kek.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:58AM (6 children)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:58AM (#893937) Journal

      How is it exclusive to them. Were they the only press in the room?

      It is actually not considered a "rag" by real people.

      It is a rich man's tabloid just like the Post. They are opinion pieces with a smattering of gossip replaying a depraved soap opera to a ravenous audience to keep the ad rates up.

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      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @01:31AM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @01:31AM (#893945)

        Inside a room of the ornately decorated Hotel du Palais during last month’s Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump awaited a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.

        “Where’s my favorite dictator?” Mr. Trump called out in a voice loud enough to be heard by the small gathering of American and Egyptian officials. Several people who were in the room at the time said they heard the question.

        1. It happened weeks ago.
        2. No reporters in the room.
        3. One or more officials leaked the details to WSJ.

        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 14 2019, @02:05AM (3 children)

          by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday September 14 2019, @02:05AM (#893951) Journal

          One or more officials leaked the details to WSJ.

          "Oh I see," *said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.*

          Damn! They really are a tabloid!

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          La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:10AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:10AM (#893958)

            All document dumps are fake.

            All leaked news is fake.

            All images, audio, and videos are deepfaked.

            Ignorance is bliss.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:31PM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:31PM (#894077)

              More stuff has been fake than real.

              fine people hoax
              two scoops
              people familiar with the way he thinks
              source with knowledge of his opinions
              spy removal from russia
              russian collusion
              going to start a nuclear war

              so much fake news, so little time

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:40PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:40PM (#894149)

                You forgot to add, "My cult indoctrination has taught me that..." to the beginning of your post.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:33PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:33PM (#894101)

        Did the WSJ report on the Great Emu War of 1932?

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:31AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:31AM (#893931) Homepage Journal

    Sounds like a good thing, really.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:37AM (#893961)

    Step 1 - be director of military intelligence, defence, and CIC of the armed forces
    Step 2 - back a play against government
    Step 3 - government overthrown by military
    Step 4 - get to be president

    sounds like a dictator to me

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Friday September 20 2019, @06:58PM

    by Arik (4543) on Friday September 20 2019, @06:58PM (#896609) Journal
    I said awhile earlier I thought he had a habit of just blurting out the truth, well there you go. He did it again.

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