Papantonio: Sochi Fright Sells Air Time

[GoLeft TV]

Mike Papantonio and Thom Hartmann talk about how the media is trying to sell “fear” ahead of the Sochi Olympics in an effort to increase viewership.

More at Ring of Fire.

[Fred Sanders]

1. How little attention the mass media is focusing on the magnificent athletes and the games they play

to focus instead on fear mongering is obvious to anyone who know the mass media is owned by 7 people who worship money as God.

[Demenace]

2. Thank you for saying it...

All over the news, the Winter Olympics have become all about 'Terror' and 'fear' but contrast the new coverage with the 'Super Bowl' last week which took place in an American where there is daily news of mass shootings and there was no question such as of 'are you safe?'

People, it is a sporting event, leave the politics and fear out of the coverage and celebrate the human capacity to achieve something!

Visitors and residents in an American city are more likely to fall victim to terrorism and I stress, domestic terrorism via gun violence than at Sochi!

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

3. +1 n/t

[HoosierCowboy]

4. The Corporate Networks have come to know fear...

...since the Internet took away 80% of their viewership in the past five years. The DVR took away all of their advertising power, and their reputation for mendacity took away all their credibility.