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Alan Stamm's avatar

Admirable dot-connecting to illustrate the steady decline in public trust of government from lies during the Vietnam War era to the firehose flowing from the current administration. The arc of that history is long and it bends through Flint.

I also try to imagine what's behind your word choice of "enraged," rather than angered or irritated, to describe the reaction of Obama aides to your justified slap of his EPA appointee who hid test results.

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Ron Fournier's avatar

yes and i’m sure it’s much worse now

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Ron Fournier's avatar

it got ugly. name-calling. raised voices

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Alan Stamm's avatar

Yow . . . no wonder the memory remains vivid. They should have been aware of your integrity and commitment to truthful reporting.

The beat almost veers near combat duty at time, it sounds like.

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WTK's avatar

Any bets on how soon Trump demands they be put back?

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Ron Fournier's avatar

no idea

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