pablum

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Man, reading this pablum is like picking up the Washington Post and reading a story about Dumbshit Obama!

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  1. noun Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope” (Julie Salamon).

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