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    “In 2008, CFR member John McCain lost against CFR candidate of choice, Barack Obama” didn’t also catch your eye? No source is cited, nor did some quick googling I did find any evidence. My googlefu is not the best, though.

    Then Noam Chomsky is cited as a reputable source for commentary on journalism? He’s a linguistics professor.

    Those both stood out glaringly to me in my first reading.

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      “In 2008, CFR member John McCain lost against CFR candidate of choice, Barack Obama” didn’t also catch your eye? No source is cited, nor did some quick googling I did find any evidence. My googlefu is not the best, though.

      Yeah, that’s definitely a citation needed moment. All I could find regarding who the CFR endorsed in 2008 were right-wing conspiracy blogs and YouTube videos that contained only insinuations rather than provable facts.

      Then Noam Chomsky is cited as a reputable source for commentary on journalism? He’s a linguistics professor.

      Chomsky is also a well-regarded intellectual who co-authored the book Manufacturing Consent, which remains a highly influential text on the media and the military-industrial complex even today. His politics clearly lean towards the libertarian socialist/anarchist end of the spectrum, though, so of course he has his critics and detractors.

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          I haven’t heard of it before, but it seems to be a pretty stereotypical, right-libertarian site with pretensions of being a respectable organization even though it is apparently run by one guy with some highly questionable political views.

          Content warning: blatant racism

          ISGP's charming sidebar

          I haven’t objectively examined the accuracy of the reporting on this site, but my hunch is that it would be pretty low.