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		voidfunc on April 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mark Zuckerberg Is Either Ignorant or Deliberately... Congressional Hearings are dog and pony shows anyways. I'm not sure what people were or are expecting?

JoeAltmaier on April 12, 2018 [–]

Right; its a publicized opportunity to get your sound byte in the press. So everybody is 'on message' and repeating the same points, questions and fake outrage no matter what the topic.

walshemj on April 12, 2018 | [–]

Ah so its like and EDM (Early Day Motions) in the UK

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