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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
25. I know...it's the "whole package" of what was in your Poll
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 06:07 PM
Apr 2015

+ the Corporate Owned MSM. I just feel it all filters down from the Corporate Owned Media as to why average Americans are so dumbed down that they never hear issues discussed because that will hurt one corporation or the other that they need for sponsors or their very Own Corporation that Owns them.

Without an "Informed Public" you get the crap that passes for "News" in the MSCOM and voters and the public vote without even knowing the issues and in many cases even the Candidates backgrounds because of the Money allowed by "Citizens United" Decision by the Supremes to manipulate them even more with advertising which confuses them because there's no "counter" to that crap stuff these corporations put out in ads and in what passes for "discussion" on Faux News, CNN, MSNBC and the Network Nightly News Roundup. Even PBS is guilty of this in the past two decades.

All of these issues you mentioned are important. But where is the money going to come from, these days, to push back?

That's why I hope the younger internet savvy can sort out what we are unable to fix either through voting, legislation or contributions in small amounts we can afford to give that really just pay for postage for those constant donor solicitations and maybe a lunch for staffers for the Two Party Campaigns. This is just used for us to feel good if we send them some money that we feel we are "Participating" when we aren't really able to these days because our small donations aren't where the influence is.





All of the above are contributing factors, imo n/t fredamae Apr 2015 #1
dead heat on the first two. I went with #1, but it's a tie. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #2
I agree that both, if not all, are important, but IMO if we can't assure free elections, we rhett o rick Apr 2015 #20
Can we get an honorable mention for Hyperpartisanship? Maedhros Apr 2015 #3
All of the above haikugal Apr 2015 #4
Is Ted Cruz his own category? CanonRay Apr 2015 #5
All of the above? Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #6
Ignorance. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #7
All of the Above. n/t 2naSalit Apr 2015 #8
I'm curious about ''The Other''. Could that mean the Evangelical Christian Right? YOHABLO Apr 2015 #9
Pass. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #10
2 & 3 combined Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #11
Agree. nt bananas Apr 2015 #30
I live in the greater Chicago area, so I am... 3catwoman3 Apr 2015 #12
LOL. Very good. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #24
All of the above. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2015 #13
All. 840high Apr 2015 #14
Toon Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #15
Perfect. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #17
All of the above. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #16
All of the above but the root cause is the Mainstream Corporate Media, imho. KoKo Apr 2015 #18
You've brought up a very important one that I left out. Corp-Media Propaganda. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #21
I know...it's the "whole package" of what was in your Poll KoKo Apr 2015 #25
I can't pick just one. Phlem Apr 2015 #19
Voted "other:" Biggest threat is NO OPPOSITION to the far right. nm Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #22
Not sure I understand. Are you saying that currently there is no opposition to the far right? rhett o rick Apr 2015 #23
Yes. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #31
Thanks for the clarification. I certainly agree that the Progressive Wing has to get rhett o rick Apr 2015 #32
I have been looking for any sign of a coalescing of prog-lib groups into a unified organization... Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #33
the sustained delusion that we still have them? unblock Apr 2015 #26
All the other problems you listed stem from option #2 Scootaloo Apr 2015 #27
Not fair!! guillaumeb Apr 2015 #28
I thought that was too obvious. Sorry. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #29
I would lump 1 & 2 together as Failed Electoral Processes. CrispyQ Apr 2015 #34
While all of the above would apply, I think we must fix the election system first. Nothing good can rhett o rick Apr 2015 #35
They're all tied together, corrupt electoral processes, money in politics & a paid off media. CrispyQ Apr 2015 #36
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