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Dennis Donovan

(26,645 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 02:56 PM Nov 12

Newspapers can't take a stand against the right-wing disinformation machine in one op-ed & promote it in the next

Miles Grant
‪@milesgrant.bsky.social‬
Newspapers can't take a stand against the right-wing disinformation machine in one op-ed & promote it in the next

If you don't reject right-wing disinformation outright, you've made the choice - you're a cog in the machine

November 12, 2024 at 2:27 PM


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Newspapers can't take a stand against the right-wing disinformation machine in one op-ed & promote it in the next (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 12 OP
Fluoridation is the most monstrosity conceived... nycbos Nov 12 #1
They can, but not if they want to be taken seriously. tanyev Nov 12 #2
Different editirs have different opinions. Ms. Toad Nov 12 #3
You think the op-ed on RFK's view of fluoride is valid? Dennis Donovan Nov 12 #4
It's an opinion, by one editor. Ms. Toad Nov 12 #5
I've now read it. You should, too. Ms. Toad Nov 13 #6
Leana Wen has no crediblity SocialDemocrat61 Nov 13 #7

nycbos

(6,380 posts)
1. Fluoridation is the most monstrosity conceived...
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:52 PM
Nov 12

… and dangerous commie plot we ever faced.

https://m.




We can’t allow our precious bodily fluids to impurifed


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Ms. Toad

(35,581 posts)
3. Different editirs have different opinions.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 06:00 PM
Nov 12

I didn't see anything inconsistent in a paper publishing a range of opinions.

Ms. Toad

(35,581 posts)
5. It's an opinion, by one editor.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 06:29 PM
Nov 12

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

I haven't read this one (and I suspect you haven't either, since you didn't post a link to it.)

But I can tell you that my daughter (with multiple immune deficiencies, who tries to avoid unnecessary food additives, and who voted for Harris) is of the opinion that fluoride should be used as a topical rather than ingested.

So there are people on the left who believe fluoride should not be party of our water supply.

Ms. Toad

(35,581 posts)
6. I've now read it. You should, too.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 08:46 AM
Nov 13

It is a rational, science-based opinion.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/12/fluoride-water-rfk-jr-trump-public-health/

I'm not yet at the point where I agree with it, because the impact of it (to the extent there is one) would fall on poor communities drinking from public water supplies without access to dental care. But ingesting fluoride is not without risk (is the reason they tell you to not eat toothpaste - and any medication that contains fluoride had to have a warning label attached.). And, as my daughter says, there are other ways to ensure everyone has access to fluoride they don't have to ingest.

SocialDemocrat61

(2,901 posts)
7. Leana Wen has no crediblity
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:00 AM
Nov 13

And has been denounced by many medical professionals due to her opinions on the covid pandemic.

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