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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is this IRS stuff being treated like NEW News?
Those clips of the line dancing and the Star Trek and Gilligan's Island stuff was out years ago, it's NOT NEW NEWS. So why is the news shows acting like this is new stuff and really damning for Obama? I saw those clips YEARS ago.
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Why is this IRS stuff being treated like NEW News? (Original Post)
EC
Jun 2013
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Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)1. Media is definitely milking anything IRS
by regurgitating old news. Some are falling for it.
TheFutureWillCome
(36 posts)2. because for some reason
Lois Lerner brought it up out of no where.
onpatrol98
(1,989 posts)6. Well, she was certainly tired of them talking about her...
Pragdem
(233 posts)3. Concerted effort to demonize the IRS. Keep them on the defense, rather than offense. nt
dkf
(37,305 posts)5. New IG report being released today.
A new inspector general's report, to be released Tuesday, says the IRS spent $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/06/irs-scandal-ig-report-reveals-50-million-spent-on-employee-conferences-89588.html#ixzz2VGE0038Q
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