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SIDURI

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29. That's why Dems/Progressives have to stay on their case. Under sufficient pressure...

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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:03 AM

Aug 2012

... CNN and other lazy-ass news orgs can be made to acknowledge the truth. They just have to have their noses rubbed it in first.

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"CNN anchors reporting they are getting tons of emails telling them about Ryan's lies." [View all] Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 OP

k&r nt steve2470 Aug 2012 #1

good proud patriot Aug 2012 #2

pretty damned disgusting that a supposed "NEWS" organization has to be told by its audience niyad Aug 2012 #3

CNN stopped doing real reporting soon after the 2000 elecion. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2012 #7

YEE--AH! That would make a Great Tweet and Cha Aug 2012 #11

anybody on twitter or whatever is free to use it. niyad Aug 2012 #13

Must have been an avalanche if they felt compelled to mention it. calimary Aug 2012 #12

You are a treasure, calimary. DocMac Aug 2012 #25

I think that's worth a thread of its own renate Aug 2012 #30

Great post malaise Aug 2012 #33

I was looking at twitter earlier and the Ryan backlash was strong, so I bet they are getting swamped anneboleyn Aug 2012 #57

Sad to say for the most part these days members of the media are pretty damned lazy. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2012 #17

Well considering the same "News" organization.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2012 #19

Exactly. n/t Summer Hathaway Aug 2012 #26

Maybe they should try reporting them. Walk away Aug 2012 #4

That's funny, cause I have not heard a peep ON AIR about his lies. tjdee Aug 2012 #5

Try MSNBC. elleng Aug 2012 #23

Lol lightcameron Aug 2012 #37

??? elleng Aug 2012 #53

it's one that Lex Aug 2012 #60

Got it. Thanks. elleng Aug 2012 #61

They were talking about the lies right after the speech. That's what got lightcameron Aug 2012 #36

MSNBC is not the liberal equivalent of Faux--no way ailsagirl Aug 2012 #45

Right. lightcameron Aug 2012 #49

you're totally full of shit: I watched a ten minute segment on msnbc last Gabi Hayes Aug 2012 #54

Thank you, Gabi ailsagirl Aug 2012 #59

they can't call it lies, 1+1=2 is just an opinion from one side JI7 Aug 2012 #6

Yes, unfortunately that is exactly how "reporting" is done these days. /nt Dragonfli Aug 2012 #14

Once again the media fails to do its job. Since when is telling the truth a bad thing? altehomme Aug 2012 #52

WOWOWOWOWOW...Admitting getting email And Cha Aug 2012 #8

Reluctantly. Quantess Aug 2012 #9

Go Twitter!! AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #10

#janesville is trending - that has to be a good thing, right? reformist2 Aug 2012 #15

yes, wow Walker pissed people off nt flamingdem Aug 2012 #21

OK DUers, our turn!!! Sending mine off after this post! nt nanabugg Aug 2012 #16

... Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #22

Well if they'd start debunking them davidpdx Aug 2012 #18

why reluctantly? I swear something is fishy with the cable networks liberal_at_heart Aug 2012 #20

Not MSNBC, it appears. elleng Aug 2012 #24

K/R Window Aug 2012 #27

OK, they have the e-mails. I looked on CNN on-line - nothing hollysmom Aug 2012 #28

That's why Dems/Progressives have to stay on their case. Under sufficient pressure... SIDURI Aug 2012 #29

I couldn't agree more--it is such a serious problem renate Aug 2012 #31

Thank you for the welcome! SIDURI Aug 2012 #34

Decent Americans are pretty damn sick of corporate media letting Republican lies pass Berlum Aug 2012 #32

Uh, they were talking about the lies immediately following the speech. lightcameron Aug 2012 #35

Ryan was telling lies after the speech too? Lex Aug 2012 #38

Good try, sport. lightcameron Aug 2012 #39

"Sport?" Lex Aug 2012 #40

103. lightcameron Aug 2012 #41

Are you disputing that Ryan told lies during his speech last night? Lex Aug 2012 #42

calm down Lex CatWoman Aug 2012 #43

thanks . . . Lex Aug 2012 #48

Lol. Read this very slowly, okay? lightcameron Aug 2012 #44

Yeah, okay. That makes perfect sense. Not. Lex Aug 2012 #47

"Not"? 1991 called... lightcameron Aug 2012 #50

How many emails equals a ton? Missycim Aug 2012 #46

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #51

they got those emails because they praised his speech with 'only' 7 or 8 factual errors(?!) Bill USA Aug 2012 #55

that's it for me. time for something to lower the BP Gabi Hayes Aug 2012 #56

He is being called "Lyin Ryan" on Twitter. There were a gazillion tweets about the GM plant lie. anneboleyn Aug 2012 #58