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LSparkle

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22. I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:15 PM

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Didn’t learn that history in high school (class of 76) but later on ... and not even during the hoopla of the Iran hostage crisis that began in ‘78.

Velshi also ran through the litany of our regime change failures in South America. He is becoming a national treasure ...

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CNN "obeying in advance" [View all] senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago OP

All TV news has been dead to me for decades NewHendoLib 21 hrs ago #1

MSNOW is doing well senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #2

This morning, Ali Velshi TommyT139 21 hrs ago #10

He is very good at the deep dive, giving a yorkster 21 hrs ago #11

I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio LSparkle 19 hrs ago #22

Same. I stopped watching 15 years ago. Don't miss it one bit! Initech 19 hrs ago #20

I peruse The Atlantic (via Apple News) and have a Bulwark+ subscription Soul_of_Wit 19 hrs ago #23

I can hardly wait until Jake Tapper jumps all over this like he did with his foaming of the mouth bashing of Biden lostincalifornia 21 hrs ago #3

JT was very concerned that Biden "had lost a step" senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #13

Biden had to deal with a GenThePerservering 19 hrs ago #31

+++ lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #37

Stopped watching CNN and network news long ago. Only MS NOW. Katinfl 19 hrs ago #17

CNN loves US war. David__77 21 hrs ago #4

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember all the breathless coverage of the bunker buster bombs in Iraq meadowlander 21 hrs ago #6

yep! OhioBlue 19 hrs ago #32

Was there EVER any doubt popsdenver 18 hrs ago #35

Isn't CNN being bought by Paramount? RandomNumbers 21 hrs ago #5

Yes. I address that in my last paragraph. senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #8

True. Once Bibi Weiss gets through with it, it'll look like Farce News - but with less hair bleach and Botox peppertree 18 hrs ago #38

If everyone just quit watching CNN, it would die its deserved death and go away Blue Owl 21 hrs ago #7

Agreed. I am monitoring them out of morbid curiosity senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #9

cable news will die when the geezer who still subscribe to cable TV packages die pstokely 8 hrs ago #45

I hope the ghost of Ted Turner comes back to haunt them surfered 20 hrs ago #12

Just FYI Turner is still alive. choie 14 hrs ago #43

I did not know that. Wow! 87 surfered 11 hrs ago #44

Thanks for monitoring BaronChocula 20 hrs ago #14

Somebody's gotta do it senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #16

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Been doing that for years already. mdbl 19 hrs ago #25

Good ol' Dana "Bush" peppertree 19 hrs ago #18

Who watches CNN? Soul_of_Wit 19 hrs ago #19

I am glad they are losing viewership senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #21

Thankfully, there are many news sources to choose from Soul_of_Wit 19 hrs ago #24

Beltway democratic consultants and the rest of the consultant class? pstokely 8 hrs ago #46

so now Fetterman is the token "Democrat" Skittles 19 hrs ago #26

He's been appearing regularly on FAUX for weeks senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #27

Ugh. ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #29

he's just so.......transformed Skittles 18 hrs ago #33

They have always been war cheerers. I was trapped often at the gates at airports with CNN playing Wolfie Blitzer... NNadir 19 hrs ago #28

yes Skittles 17 hrs ago #39

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so they just stop faking it once the Bari Weiss takes control? pstokely 8 hrs ago #47

It's become CNN - Certainly Not News CaptainTruth 18 hrs ago #36

Stopped watching CNN when.... flying-skeleton 16 hrs ago #41