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The Shadow: Ben Franklin knew 300 years ago

By The Shadow,

2024-08-06

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Welcome back, Shadowers! Since when is reporting on acts of government corruption and gross negligence no longer the business of the news industry? When Ben Franklin took over the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729, Franklin used it to do exactly that against the British government. So unless our constitutional rights have changed in 295 years, let’s […]

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