So the media is back on its game again

[Hutzpa]

heres an article I found very interesting, I would like to share with DUers

and get every bodies opinions on this one.

I found this quote from the article an eye opener, if you had doubts about

the media...well, folks here it is.

This is what happens to Edwards and Dennis both progressives

Every possible candidate who could stop this was ruthlessly eliminated. And not by the voters, they were simply responding to the tidal wave of media events. I knew Obama was in trouble before the voting began because the news stories on TV would show one minute of McCain, 5 minutes of Hillary and only about 5 SECONDS of Obama. He was vanishing right before our eyes. They were so naked about this with Ron Paul, he vanished even when he was on stage, yelling! I was 'vanished' by the media and I am very aware how this works.

There has to be a game plan for this gross misrepresentation by the media....has to be....

heres the link;

http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/money_matters/2008/03/march-5-2008-el.html

Folks, its time to get even with the media

We just can't letr this continue....:banghead:

edit: took Ron Paul out based on his past history

[WCGreen]

1. You have to remember that Obama was created by a media event...

No had ever heard of the Illinois Senator before his speech to the Convention in 2004...

At the time, he was given the podium because he was a bright, articulate new comer who happened to an African American, literally...

So, if the media hadn't covered his speech live and hadn't fawned all over him, gushing really, then I doubt he would be in the position he is in today...

I too am puzzled by why Edwards fair so poorly when he had the right message...

It seems as if people were swept up by Obama and Hillary and there just wasn't room for another white guy...

That narrative was set right after Obama said Thank you to the Delegates at the convention...

[americanstranger]

3. Same with Bill Clinton.

Remember the convention speech he gave in 1988 (or was it '84)?

Everyone complained that he went on too long! :) But he was featured in that convention much the same way Obama was in '04, and the rest is history.

I find myself wishing every day that Edwards was still in it. He had the antidote to the poison media, and they didn't like it a bit.

- as

[TwilightGardener]

4. Obama was considered a rising star in the party--that's why he was chosen to speak.

[WCGreen]

13. A rising star that was infused with the full media spotlight...

[TwilightGardener]

16. A young, telegenic, charismatic new star? That was irresistible.

[Seabiscuit]

5. Edwards was marginalized by the media precisely because he had the right message

that the right-wing media managers didn't want the public to hear.

[Hutzpa]

11. Not only that, it is now becoming

apparent that he (Edwards) has the tool to dismantle M$M.

[WCGreen]

14. HAD the tools...

I think he is finished with poltics...

[Seabiscuit]

20. And what "tool" would that be?

[Shine]

9. Excellent point regarding Obama as a media creation

all the candidates are " media creations" to a certain extent, don't you think?

I, too, am bummed about what happened with Edwards' campaign.

I think a lot of it had to do with the media, as the corporate arm of the elite, positioning him as an "angry, anti-business populist" who would be bad for Wall Street.

[WCGreen]

15. Of course...

They get an image of you, as a candidate, and then set their bias...

[TwilightGardener]

2. Obama was totally shut out of the media the weekend before he election, except

for negative stories and charges about him. I even saw Hillary Rosen (HillShill) laughing with Tucker about how "poor Obama" has to run around saying he prays to Jesus. He was actively mocked, or slandered with the lie of NAFTA gate or the Rezko trial, which had no new information (jury selection, for God's sake) and had nothing to do with him anyway. They built him up, called him a "messiah", mocked his supporters as cult members, and then proceeded to tear him down right before the crucial elections, at Hillary's insistence. There is no doubt of the active attempt to prevent him from winning--I turned on CNN the day before the primaries and Blitzer said, "How much do we really KNOW about Barack Obama?" As if he hasn't been campaigning for a year. Sickening.

[Hutzpa]

6. Its about time we start dedicating out time

into finding ways to dismantle the fourth estate.

No one entity should become this powerful.

I'm sure there are folks out there that will

be more than happy to offer expertise

in this dismantling.

[Shine]

10. LOL! I have a hard enough time keeping on top of my laundry....

and the bills.

That's the reality for many of us.

[Hutzpa]

12. Are you saying there is no fight

let in you? or are willing for them(msm) to continue the same ol' same ol'

and as long as you're working and earning a living screw everyone else

who cares....:shrug: help me understand with your statement.

[Shine]

21. I'm saying some of us have to focus on what's right in front of us

and we have to pick and choose our battles and what we spend our extra energy on. That's all.

I'm not denigrating what you're saying or implying it's a waste of time to try and "dismantle" the system. I agree the MSM has basically become the corporate arm of the elite and it's worth the efforts of those who are motivated and passionate about it to work on making a difference.

I say more power to you! :toast: I commend your efforts, spokane.

Not everybody is called to that same sort of action, but that doesn't mean we aren't willing to take a stand for what we think is right in other areas, too.

We do what we can, speak out for change and keep the faith.

:hi:

[americanstranger]

19. RICO the bastards, I say.

That all communication world-wide - news, entertainment, music, both print and electronic - is controlled by six companies should have people's hair standing on end.

But the media never tells anyone that. They deal out other inane, irrelevant crap because they know how people are attracted to Shiny Things.

RICO The Media.

- as

[jobycom]

7. I hope you weren't saying Ron Paul was a progressive.

He was my Congresscritter for a few years. Believe me, he wrote those racist comments he claims he didn't. Nasty, nasty man. The media should be blamed for allowing him to continue so long.

[Hutzpa]

8. Just included him in the fray

maybe I should have excluded him.

[backscatter712]

17. Sometimes I fantasize...

Getting together a bunch of men, put on black clothes, ski masks, then grab some assault rifles and storm FOX News.

For at least 24 hours, and as long as manageable, point guns at them and force them to broadcast the truth, 24/7.

Then firebomb the place before the SWAT team storms it.

Just a fantasy...

[backscatter712]

18. A more serious suggestion: BOYCOTT THE MSM. We don't need them anymore.

The Obama campaign should organize a nationwide MSM boycott.

They've got close to a hundred million dollars, and hundreds of thousands of volunteers.

Spread the word.

Target specifically households participating in Nielsen surveys. Make sure the media boycott shows up there.

The week before the next big primary election, put out a huge TURN OFF YOUR TV campaign. See if you can get some people to cancel their cable TV service.

Organize bloggers and alternative news sources on the Internet to fill in the vacuum. So when the election day comes, instead of turning on your TV, surf to one of zillions of sites out there reporting the election results and the campaign fairly.