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Right-Wing 'Patriot' Plants Pipe Bombs to Frame Muslims, Media Ignores (Original Post)
circlethesquare
Mar 2015
OP
It is no longer "the media", it is the messenger...of fascism and Judeo-Christian religious extremists.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#1
Media IGNORES. The Media might as well have planted the bomb themselves. The Media is absolutely
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2015
#2
At least the FBI uses inert materials when they frame Muslims for terrorism. [n/t]
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#4
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. It is no longer "the media", it is the messenger...of fascism and Judeo-Christian religious extremists.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. Media IGNORES. The Media might as well have planted the bomb themselves. The Media is absolutely
guilty by intentional omission of facts.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)3. One of the 14 defining characteristics of fascism:
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)4. At least the FBI uses inert materials when they frame Muslims for terrorism. [n/t]
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)5. If the media reported it than it would be called "unpatriotic".
allan01
(1,950 posts)6. hem
i learned a lesson from a rather normally cool security guard at our local social security office. he fears our local home grown local kooks than isis or other overseas. he told the mayor pro tiem ( a repug of course ) brought in his pistol and was escorted out , screaming , its my right, and the guards response was no, this is a federal building. yes . double standard
project_bluebook
(411 posts)7. Kind of the same thing Bush and Cheney did after 911
but on a grander scale. They got away with it so his attorney now has the Bush and Cheney defense.