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Jester_11218 Donating Member (914 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 05:03 PM
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The Pitiful Press Corps - The Cause of Our Uninformed Electorate
Link:
http://tvnewslies.org/html/the_pitiful_press_corps_.html

THE PITIFUL PRESS CORPS!

ASK NO QUESTIONS - REPORT NO LIES!
A TvNewsLIES.org ANALYSIS - October, 2004

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

Because of the capitulation of the Press Corpse, and the abdication of its historic role, tens of millions of Americans are dangerously ill equipped to make a truly informed choice in the voting booth.

Where the hell is the outrage? We’ve just had three benign debates, all shamefully limited in scope and embarrassingly bland in content. But that’s par for the course in the world of politics. The array of questions was anticipated and the answers were well rehearsed. Once again, that’s par for the course in the prelude to Election Day. The questions were interesting, if not enlightening, - and I’m certain the nation is more prepared to make an educated choice in November after learning about the candidate’s love for their wives. But, as we said, that’s the way it goes.

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http://tvnewslies.org/html/the_pitiful_press_corps_.html
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dand Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 05:20 PM
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1. Any reporter with the gall to ask the wrong question
would be squashed like a grape, the free press is a thing of the past, sigh.
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Jester_11218 Donating Member (914 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 05:58 PM
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2. They should stand up for each other
Thre should have all walked out when Helen Thomas was "demoted!"
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FlyByNight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 06:55 PM
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3. The mainstream, corporate media...
are more concerned with access rather than doing their job. They're supposed to prevent people like Bush* from becoming president and/or exposing his myriad lies, falsehoods and murderous tendencies. And the mainstream media don't even have to be partisan. Just report the damn facts.

Weren't they the least bit embarrassed that a significant majority of Americans believed (and too many still do) Hussein/Iraq had something to do with 9/11 when there was no evidence whatsoever to support such an opinion?

Shameless whores.
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pfitz59 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 10:39 PM
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4. The news guy at Sinclair just got canned....
for opposing the anti-Kerry documentary! Reporters have mortgages and families to feed. They can't stand up for truth, justice and freedom. It is career sucide! (and a crying shame)
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veracity Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 10:49 PM
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5. Remember what happened to Helen Thomas....
She was the grand dame of the Press Corps until she asked the wron question and was banished to the third row....and never asked another question. The others never stood up for her. Shameless cowards.
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