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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 10:58 AM
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MSM is really pissing me off today.
Has anyone heard anything even remotely negative about McBush? MSNBC and CNN are nonstop Jesse Jackson and Hillary's debt and somehow it all shakes out to being a negative for Obama. Not a peep about McBush and the veteran or Phil Gramm telling us the bad economy is all in our heads. Nothing. I haven't been listening nonstop, have I missed the McCain coverage?
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:00 AM
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1. Turn off the TV and read a newspaper or listen to the radio.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:04 AM
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2. Whatever I, personally, happen to do will not change the coverage
being aired to a large number of "low information" voters to lap up. It's not me I'm concerned about - it's the people who couldn't recognize a newspaper if it hit them in the head. This is the primary source of information for the lazier among us and the coverage is being weighted in McCain's favor.
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:06 AM
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5. Agreed ,popular American media is toothless.
A danger in any free society.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:12 AM
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8. Who watches cable news during the day? It seems to be...
mainly news junkies who complain about cable news.

I was just listening to a pretty good show about the VA on Diane Rehm. On the few days Diane has something I'm not interested in, I watch Jerry Springer.

(And I don't really consider all those poor folks out there who don't get enough real news to be part of my personal crusade)

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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 12:28 PM
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13. Whenever I take my car to be serviced, there is a packed waiting
room of people who only have a television stuck on CNN to watch for entertainment. That's one example. It isn't fair for the MSM to denigrate one candidate and, for the most part, pimp another. ALL the mainstream media, not just some of it. The only exception is "Countdown." They should at the very least take a stab at unbiased reporting.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:23 AM
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12. Exactly. Also check out www.theyoungturks.com, the show streams 24 hours a day
www.theyoungturks.com
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madwivoter Donating Member (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:05 AM
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3. Just today?
Christ, I turned them off a long time ago.

Keep your sanity, read the newspaper.

BTW, no, you haven't missed the McNasty coverage because there hasn't been any.
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:05 AM
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4. PLEASE!!! Turn the damned t.v. off. It'll drive you nuts!!
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:08 AM
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6. MSM....DU....MSM....DU......
I can hardly tell the difference anymore.
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NattPang Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:09 AM
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7. That's one of the reasons Obama voted as he did yesterday
The corporate media want those Obama poll numbers down,
and they will say whatever it takes to get it done.
The less Obama gives them to work with,
the better for America.

That's why we here need to calm down,
because the media comes and takes the temperature
of various progressive forums, this one is on the list.

We will lose this election for Obama
if we continue.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:22 AM
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11. So He Will Have to Cave in on Everything to Placate the MSM?


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JBoris Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:19 AM
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9. CNN just caught wind of the "mental recession/whiners" story....finally n/t
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 11:21 AM
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10. There Isn't Going to Be Any. At All. Ever.


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