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A Daily Beast Ideologue Tries But Fails To Slay RT

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"RT, both in its employment and viewership," he writes," seems to attract a particular type of person. You know the man who writes political chain emails IN ALL CAPS or the bag lady shouting on the street corner about the metal device the government has implanted in her head? Under normal circumstances, no one would give them a television show. But these are the people who appear on, and watch, RT."

Oh, really, another round of clichés to keep the truth from getting in the way of his preconceived perceptions.

Now, now, feel better Mr. Kirchick,  time to take your medication,  before you melt down, or stir up more hatred and animosity for people who lack your years of experience as a media warrior in the service of a neocon empire.

MR KIRCHICK? (In caps!)

Oh, you have more to say?

"For the past 9 years, RT has provided steady paychecks and frequent media appearances to a veritable insane asylum of the great unwashed and unemployable dredges of the American fringe."

Whew, I am glad he got that out of his system, until tomorrow, of course,  when he will find another way of cursing without cursing, while showcasing superiority to those of us in that other sub- human "species."

Now, let me get back to that Rolling Stones record:

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