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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:22 PM
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Poll question: If you HAD to choose between: A fair media - that means ALL media -
including Fox.NBC, CBS, all magazines - every single news outlet in America. I mean REALLY fair and balanced - not just the words but the real thing.

Or voting results that are absolutely, positively, beyond any shadow of a doubt 100% correct

which one would choose?
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:24 PM
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1. Logic folks.
Fair media would mean election fraud is exposed and would be fixed.
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justinsb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:25 PM
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2. And what does it matter if votes are counted fairly
If the voters are making decisions based on lies?
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:27 PM
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3. yup
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:31 PM
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5. Further, independent of voting/politics, I think it's just
extremely important for the American people to understand what is going on with their country.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:34 PM
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6. that is the exact reason I voted for fair media n/t
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:35 PM
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7. Real world logic
No fair media possible until votes get just reform. Chicken or egg argument, except by the magic wish solution a fair(courageous and principled) media would be best.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:36 PM
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8. I'll buy that.
;)
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:27 PM
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4. ditto (1 & 2). he who controls the media controls
the discourse. we wouldn't be in this mess we're in now, if the media wasn't so lopsided. that's what the repugs counted on.

ellen fl

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justinsb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 12:44 PM
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9. IMO they are inseperable
You can't have a democracy without an informed population - this means first they have to be educated so they are capable of understanding what they are being told and so that they can think critically and analytically about the information presented to them, then they have to be informed and given good information on which they can base decisions - then they can vote. Anything less isn't really democracy - which is also why I can't consider Iraq, the Palistenian Territories or Lebannon (or the US for that matter) to be democracies.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:04 PM
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10. Sorry, but democracy needs both:
half a loaf just doesn't make it.
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 05:40 PM
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11. I felt like it was Fair Media, and am glad to see that most other do too.
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