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Enthusiast

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27. Not just the media.

Reply to Marr (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 21, 2013, 05:33 AM

Oct 2013

The police and the FBI. The police engaged in a nation wide coordinated attack on Occupy. This was no coincidence.

Occupy was criticizing the Wall Street criminals, they had to be silenced.

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I lay the blame for the influence of the so-called Tea Party on the MSM including [View all] PCIntern Oct 2013 OP

Yep. Just yesterday there was a post here about a Fox talking head calling the Tea Party .... Scuba Oct 2013 #1

The death of the "Fairness Doctrine" BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #2

BINGO. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. calimary Oct 2013 #14

I've heard Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #22

PLUS A BRAZILLION! nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #24

And don't think those who worked to kill the FD didn't know what the results would be. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #20

You bet. This morning Ted Cruz was ALL OVER the MSM airwaves. Triana Oct 2013 #3

This Saviolo Oct 2013 #13

Me too.......nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #25

It also did not help that our Party's political leadership reacted to the Bircher Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #4

Right you are 100%! Nt PCIntern Oct 2013 #5

Very true. Thanks for saying it. n/t QC Oct 2013 #10

yes! lack of backbone. nt ellenrr Oct 2013 #29

Great OP! K & R. freshwest Oct 2013 #6

I remember those times well. pangaia Oct 2013 #7

It's interesting to note how differently the MSM treated Teabaggers vs. OWS. Marr Oct 2013 #8

sounds like big Cahoots to me. Whisp Oct 2013 #9

Not just the media. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #27

I blame Tea Party inluence on talk radio and Fox News ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #11

The TP would have fizzled out without big bucks from the Koch bros. Think John Birch Society. Hamlette Oct 2013 #12

Compromise with Tea Party? ewagner Oct 2013 #15

It's called pay to play washnwmn Oct 2013 #16

Very well said. Thank you LoisB Oct 2013 #17

There is something to MSNBC polynomial Oct 2013 #18

K&R! Cha Oct 2013 #19

Good point! The M$M enables these dangerous idiots Rex Oct 2013 #21

The US media is an absolute failure. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #23

The MSM is a business. It sells audiences to advertisers; always has. KurtNYC Oct 2013 #30

+1,000 malaise Oct 2013 #26

Absolutely correct. They are so careful not to point out anything that may imply racist attitudes lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #28

They cover the Tea Party because the audience for cable news is KurtNYC Oct 2013 #31

Excellent point... PCIntern Oct 2013 #32