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No more Stink Bombs

Is Mr. Crooks really advocating for this Spokesman-Review subscriber to go elsewhere to become “better informed”? If these topics he suggests in his “quiz” (Smart Bombs, May 27) are truly newsworthy, then why aren’t they being covered by the paper?

Searches of the S-R website for “U.N. Agenda 21,” “computer graphics expert Arpaio,” “Obama Photoshopped,” “Obama Dreams of My Father” and “Obama oil rich island” returned no useful results to help me become “better informed.”

A Google search of the same phrases returned a litany of conspiracy themed, survivalist pop-up laden, tea-party-supporting, birther tripe.

I applaud the S-R for not following these “news” stories. As for Mr. Crooks, thank you for making me “better informed.” I now know to skip your Stink Bombs column altogether.

Mark Turner

Spokane

(Editor’s note: The quiz was satirical.)

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