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Act Out! [69] - Peace Through Video Games & When News Isn’t News

Act Out! [69] - Peace Through Video Games & When News Isn’t News
Wed, 6/29/2016 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

This week, a special look at the video game — yes video game — to take you inside what it's really like to live in war. Next up, if it looks like an article and reads like an article, it's NOT necessarily a real article. We dissect the despicable trend of native advertising where ads dress like news so you consume more and know less. But first, some shaded shame.

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