𝐈𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬"?
Reuters August 28, 2025: “Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.” COMMENT: On the face of it this appears to be a statement of fact. Look closer. It's somewhat rather loaded with the opinion that this shows “defiance”. Could be. Who's to say? Reuters evidently. But, the point is that the “news” in general is loaded with such spin; and, we form our opinions not always filtering out the colorations. One recent that stands out — and just because I point it out, don't make me necessarily a MAGA — a group supposed of MAGA Trump supporters characterized as a MAGA "horde". Denotatively any group might be called a "horde". Connotatively , however, "horde" doesn't exactly conjure up an image of a kindly, benevolent bunch of folks. T...