citizen journalism
Jan 28 2009, Karim Khan

It looks like national media in many countries are losing their credibility as reliable and objective means of information, at least for critical thinkers. Take Paul Craig Roberts, for example. The former assistant secretary of Treasury in the Reagan.

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