Suddenly the MSM has a strong interest in our sites/blogs?

[ecstatic]

Where were they for the past 8 years, when Bush crimes were being exposed and discussed day in and day out? When we were demanding impeachment? When we were demanding hearings? They didn't care what "the left" was saying then!!

Now suddenly they are all over our blogs and sites looking for ammunition to attack PE Obama with...

The good news is that their sudden concern might backfire-- they might be unknowingly sending more Americans to liberal leaning sites and it will be hard to backtrack when it's no longer a convenient source for them.

[texastoast]

1. Okay, would you please explain

I'm out of the loop. We have MSM lurkers?

[ErinBerin84]

2. yes

and there seems to be an effort to lump "left wing blogosphere" in with "right wing talk radio"....as if only "left wing bloggers" care that Joementum did not get punished. WTF ever.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I can understand why. We do our research whereas they don't.

We take the place of a paid staff to look into fact-checking.

[leftstreet]

4. I wonder what they'll make of all the LOLCATS

:tinfoilhat:

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. I predict it'll go like this:

[Uzybone]

5. I heard the left wing blogosphere more times this week

than the entire year.

"The left wing blogosphere is outraged about LIEberman"
"The left wing blogosphere is outraged that Obama is not appointing enough new faces"
"The left wing blogosphere is outraged that Clinton was offered SOS" and so on..

[iamthebandfanman]

8. i actually heard them say 'voters', on cnn,

were pissed about obama not appointing enough new faces... hadnt heard 'left wing blogosphere' on that one..

[FrenchieCat]

6. Yes....isn't that special!

Scouring for Oppo research against Obama's nominees so they don't have to do their own.

They know that DU is a dependable site to find out the dirt on Democrats.......within minutes
of a cabinet member being rumored. Sometimes that dirt is twisted and not neccessary the whole truth...but the media figures if the left will buy it about one of their own, why bother in untwisting it prior to presenting it as fact to millions.

[The Traveler]

7. All righty then

Who knows? Maybe those wankers will learn a new thing or three.

[RoseMead]

9. Well here's a special message for them:

:hi:

Dear MSM, please for the love of gawd quit sucking so much.

Thanks,

Rose

[merh]

15. LOL - I love your message to them

a belated welcome to DU. :hi:

And MSM - what she said, please. x(

[RoseMead]

20. Thanks, and thanks for the welcome

I've actually been around for a while, I just read waaaaay more than I post.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

11. When you say "our blogs and sites" which ones are you talking about? n/t

[ecstatic]

12. I'm not a member, but they are mentioning the Daily Kos

a lot. But nearly all the concerns on DU make it to the talking heads every night.

I'm done, for now. Just going to spend the rest of the year watching movies. :)

[CADEMOCRAT7]

13. Thanks, I do not blame you for watching some movies, we are all tired. n/t

[Willo]

14. It's not sudden. They have been monitoring these sites for some time.

Using them as a pulse to what spin is working and what isn't.
They are not interested in truth but in democratic wedges.

I noticed a pattern, if you will, between threads and MSM reports late in the primaries. I'm totally convinced they have been exploiting our "in-house" fights for their own agendas. And, like drug dealers, they try to use us to push their stories around as truth -- Hillary, Bill, women, PUMAs, Clinton-people, Bradley Effect, etc.

They intentionally ignore reporting on our stories whenever possible and when they cannot keep the lid on, they initiate a dismissive and watered down report to deflect or reduce the story's effect. This is why I think CNN is the most dangerous snake in the MSM grass.

I do think that more and more of the public is not taking their reports to heart. Whether because they believe the MSM is untrustworthy or just simply wrong.

Youtube, radio and the comedy shows have shown the MSM for the fools they are. CNN adding a comedy show to their network set off my alarms.

[texastoast]

17. Thanks for the explanation

I agree about the wedgies. So sad they can't talk about how to fix those instead of trying to inflame the entire area.

;-)

[Willo]

22. Oh, I'd love to give wedgies to a few of them

I tried to resist...honest. :dilemma:

:hi:

[DearAbby]

16. First they ignored us

then they laughed at us
Now they are fighting us



Next we will win.

However that goes. :shrug:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. Divide and Conquer. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. Hey Corporate Whore Media.... YOU SUCK ASS!!

Spin that, motherfuckers! :evilgrin:

[Life Long Dem]

21. I think something should be done about the media.

They have started the war propaganda machine and this needs to be shut down.