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drray23

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4. its pretty obvious why.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:00 PM

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Younger people have been immersed in social media since birth. Most of them do not read traditional newspapers (whether its paper or digital), do not watch network TV news, do not pay attention to politics. They get their news from social media and do not question whether the information they get is real or not.

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Gonna have to think this through. cachukis Wednesday #1

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its pretty obvious why. drray23 Wednesday #4

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