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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: 13 Dec 2024 08:38:43 GMT
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:20:53 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>    Wow ... he understood this SO far back !

Sinclair definitely got it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brass_Check

He was an old school socialist but the fake news stories, suppression of 
events, and so forth accurately describes today's journalism. He also 
wrote 'Oil' about the Teapot Dome scandal, some of which was used in the 
movie 'There Will Be Blood'.