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If the news is fake, nobody will show up to the newspaper war
 • James David Dickson
When President Trump wants to learn about Michigan, he reads the Enjoyer
Jocelyn Benson's voter rolls are inflated beyond reason. Trump just told the world on Truth Social.
 • James David Dickson
1:38
It's better to be smeared: Whitmer-Detroit News break up is good for both parties
Breaking up is hard to do. But for Gretchen Whitmer and the Lansing media, it's necessary.
 • James David Dickson
Useful idiots: Whitmer, the FBI, and the art of reporter selection
If you want a false narrative printed, shop it to reporters who don't know any better. Two recent examples, one from Michigan, one from Washington.
 • James David Dickson
'Unprecedented': FBI uses Fox News to endorse theory that would-be Trump assassin acted alone
This is not a scoop. It's PR in a press badge.
 • James David Dickson
Burying the Lede: Gretchen Whitmer's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad information on Covid
The Thing Behind the Thing is coming in hot with feedback for Bari Weiss at CBS, and the Michigan media for its role in the Covid psyop
 • James David Dickson
12:42
Jocelyn Benson has a voter data problem. Don't expect to hear it from the Michigan media.
Does Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson hold Michigan’s voter data as a state secret?
 • James David Dickson
15:28
Watching the Watchdogs
Watching the Watchdogs
How does Idea Laundering work? How do you spot a slanted story? Who does a story question, and who does it explain? I draw on my 17 years in journalism to explain the tactics and techniques used to manufacture your consent.
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