Tarnation, the truth has got out!

From Helsingin Sanomat, 13 March 2001

By Sami Sillanpää

Boy oh boy, us guys in the mainstream establishment media have had our hands full lately. It seemed like there simply weren't hours enough in the day to get around to twisting and spinning everything properly. Last week some reader damned nearly got on the scent of the truth, but fortunately we were able to throw in a big story so we could get the masses decently disinformed again.

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