stupid, n.

[Dan Goncharoff]

Didn't the "I'm with Stupid" t-shirts cover this ground a while ago?

DanG

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On Jul 1, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Another adj. > n.
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> HBO's _The Newsroom_ last Sunday had a journalist explain in frustration
> that the mission of the Fourth Estate has become "to tell truth to stupid."
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> Instead of to powerful.
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> JL
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