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DENVERPOPS

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5. So then,
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:20 PM
May 2

why did NPR bend to Newt Gingrich's threat to pull all of their government funding, back when he did his infamous "Contract for America" BS. We renamed it, more like what it actually was: Contract ON America........
At that point NPR conceded and agreed that they would start doing "He said, She said" reporting. Which allowed the Republicans to do nothing but tell total LIES on their "She Said" part of every story......

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