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		mtreis86 on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google News Initiative Newspapers existed long before advertising. The goal was to inform, and to have a public place of record accessible to all.

notriddle on March 20, 2018 [–]

Yeah, because they were funded by the governments they ran under. "News" is a polite word for "propaganda," always was, always will be.

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