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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:10 PM
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What do you know about censorship on the internet?
Edited on Tue Dec-21-04 09:12 PM by kuozzman
Listen to this; I have Lexis Nexis and if I do a news search (papers/tv/radio transcripts, etc.) for anything regarding election fraud, all of the results are for Video Monitoring Services of America. And when I click on it, it only has a few sentences instead of the article/transcript in it's entirety. Example:

START: 00:01:09
Florida.; Florida avoided a repeat of the Presidential race voting incident in 2000. Florida governor, Jeb Bush, thanked everyone for their hard work.
Visual - line of people. Poll workers in Broward County began to count the votes.
Interview - unidentified woman, talking about replacing broken machines. Michelle Kean reporting. :LR
END: 00:03:06

So I checked out VMS's website http://www.vidmon.com/ and one service they offer is "news monitoring". It goes on to say we can deliver that content with extraordinarily focused, actionable analysis which lets you reduce risks, reveal opportunities and create advantage. We provide you with the customized support and services you need to monitor, manage and take advantage of all your media coverage.
Or in other words, we'll search the web and delete any incriminating content we find in the media.

Oh and to top it off, chech out their CEO's rusume:
Peter Wengryn-CEO
Mr. Wengryn has more than 20 years experience in finance and management with companies such as Chase Manhattan Bank, First Boston, General Electric and Seven Worldwide. He served in various financial positions with these companies, from controller to CFO.

Can someone refresh my memory? I know GE owns one branch of the media, which networks?

Anyone know of any other companies that do similar work?
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RoeBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:13 PM
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1. GE owns a little company called
NBC
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:22 PM
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2. Wasn't the exit poll data company like VNS or VMS?
Or something?
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:25 PM
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3. Yes, but different VNS......
From: http://www.exit-poll.net/pool.html
What happened to Voter News Service (VNS)?
VNS was disbanded after the 2002 election. Its functions were assumed by the AP and Edison/Mitofsky.

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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:26 PM
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4. No way, not at all, freedom of speech key to internet
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:40 PM
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5. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic?
If you're being serious, I beg to differ. Yes, freedom of speech is key to internet and there are plenty of sites with incriminating info on "the elite", if you will, but I think VMS censors the original news sources, so the only place to find incriminating info on people is on sites that the sheep don't see as credible as opposed to seeing it in MSM. It's not even a question if that is what they do on all news material on Lexis Nexis, which is every major newspaper and all major TV news transcripts, it's a fact.
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 09:59 PM
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6. Just about every news transcript that mentions Vioxx/Celebrex
Edited on Tue Dec-21-04 09:59 PM by kuozzman
is censored too. (In Lexis Nexis)
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