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> Cato clearly has an ideological bent, but it's not propaganda

It is literally propaganda.

> They don't just make shit up

They do, but that’s not required to be propaganda. Distortion by cherrt picking is a popular propaganda technique, for instance.

> they're not Fox News or something

No, they aren’t the popular propagands media, true. They are aimed at a different core audience.

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Nothing in this comment has explained why we should ignore the Cato institute or the findings in its article.

“It’s ideologically misaligned with me, therefore it is propaganda” is really difficult for many of us to follow.

This comment is hardly more sophisticated than the comments of Trump supporters about CNN and other "mAinSTReam MedIa" outlets (at least you allege they cherry pick data).

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