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Episode 88 - Thirst Trapping Military Industrial Complex (Ft. Alan MacLeod)

The Deprogram

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The Power of Passive Voices

The Guardian published a story about Palestinian journalist hit and head by bullet during raid on terror suspects home. The headline makes it sound like the freaking NYPD hit him or something. I mean, ultimately what happened was if you read between the lines, the Israeli military went and demolished some guy's house in Palestine and then shot a journalist in the head who was trying to cover it. But you'd never get that from actually reading the headline. It's just a double, a masterful use of the passive voice there.

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