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Ron Johnson: “Prior to 1987, you actually had serious journalism.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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So those ads are absolutely useless except for one reason and one reason only. To buy the media, to buy the, you know, the narrative. And so Prior to 1987, you actually had serious journalism. I mean, Mike Wallace had a serious piece on 60 Minutes about the swine flu vaccine. It's one of the reasons it got pulled. You had Phil Donahue do it. (15:57–16:01)

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