Swiftboating Health Care Reform - There are No Interest Groups as powerful as the Corporate Media!

[FrenchieCat]

Yesterday and today, what I see on my television reminds me of how the media sold the American people the Trillion Dollar Iraq War which also cost lives. It also reminds me how they sold Kerry down the river and allowed the Swiftboaters to derail his candidacy, which again cost us trillions (thru the financial meltdown that wouldn't have happened) and lives.

And so again, what I see today is the Corporate media, in unison, swiftboating health care reform.....

Far as I'm concerned, this is treason.

I'm sure in "retrospect" the media will admit their hand in sinking our chance at being healtier Americans, just like they did about Iraq.

Look, Pres. Obama ran on a health care reform platform,
and the majority of voting Americans voted and he won.
It isn't up to the media to now attempt to subvert the will of the majority....
and that is exactly what they are doing.

So what are we doing about this?
I can't wait till their after the fact admission.
They have to be called on this now, as it is happening....
They are traitors to this country.

Let them know it!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8541889

[PretzelWarrior]

1. hear! hear! This is why Obama is going to the blogosphere.

it is also indicative of why traditional media tried so hard to diminish the efforts of blogs and other online journalism. It takes the power of information and propaganda away or at least diminishes it.

We can be informed and SHOULD be informed. Unfortunately, grandpa and grandma who vote in large numbers still tend to go watch the nightly news on the 3 big networks rather than troll google news or Huffington Post.

Call the leaders Reid and Baucus!!

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[Botany]

2. the swift boat people are running the anti health care drive

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=341035&mesg_id=341035

[Doctor_J]

3. The Founders' nation will not be restored until hate radio and cable "news"

are obliterated.

[masuki bance]

4. The media aren't the ones voting on this, this could have been passed

last week if there was agreement on a bill. It could be passed today, before the press conference, without repugs, if Democrats would vote for a bill.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Turning voting constituency by reporting via omission and disinformation

is how the "affect" the debate being had in the halls of Congress.

We already know the congress has no spine,
but not much can be done about this until November of 2010.

What we need to do, we need to do now.

So I understand that Congress is guilty of negligence,
but the propaganda campaign going on right now is totally out of line.

I repeat, the Corporate media is guilty of treason against the majority.

[masuki bance]

9. Did that stop the r's from passing legislation that wasn't popular?

You're wasting time blaming the media for the blue dogs actions.

[Birthmark]

5. Well you have to admire...

...their complete willingness to abandon fact and logic for the sake of getting their way. :sarcasm:

[depakid]

6. Which is why many of us have pointed out that until there's media re-regulation

the chances of real reform in most any area outside the ambit of the administrative agencies is well nigh impossible.

[FrenchieCat]

8. And I agree with that.

It needs to be the next thing that happens, far as I'm concerned.

In fact, that is my letter to the White House for later this evening.

If they can't see the need, then we won't get shit....ever.

[depakid]

10. The FCC has the power to do a great many things- without Congress' approval

simply by following the APA.

I can't think of a more important thing to do than restore some semblance of fairness, accuracy and accountability to public interest obligations in the US media. Most every other issue depends on it.

[rvablue]

11. Even if the Fairness Doctrine were reinstated, it would have no effect on cable news.

They aren't broadcast on the public airwaves, so they can say and do whatever they want.

So, the only thing you can do is shame them into it, or, turn it off altogether and then they might decide to get back to Journalism 101 ethics, after they are hit in the pocketbook.

[depakid]

17. I'm aware of the jurisdictional issues- those would require congressional support to change

However- owners of cable channels also own "properties" on the public airwaves- as well as other media outlets. Conglomerates can be broken up with the evidence at hand (think Murdoch) in a number of ways- including restoring previous rules re: cross ownership, etc.

Moreover, a return to previous regulatory schemes brings with it a return to ethics and accountability that will spread to cable shows as well, as more responsible behavioral norms (such as honesty) are re-established.

[blm]

12. BushInc worked 24/7 to STEAL 2004 thru rigged machines and votecounts. Swifts didn't derail Kerry

the way they planned to.....but, the corporate media did EVERYTHING THEY COULD to help Swifts further their lies and to mute Kerry's counters to those lies.

[rvablue]

13. As far as journalistic ethics go, I have no problem with the "negative" coverage. But where is the

"positive" coverage --- and I use quotes because it's not "positive" but "pro-health care reform" coverage -- that tell the stories of nightmare scenarios so many Americans are facing re:health insurance, or the lack thereof?

All I see are GOPers telling us what a disater it will be.

Well, how hard would it be for the producers at Hardball to find a relative of someone who died due to lack of care, or because they were denied coverage, and then put them up opposite one of these GOP deniers and let Tweety moderate.

Or why doesn't Campbell Brown find a family who is now homeless because someone in the family accrued catastrophic bills after they were axed from their plan and they lost their home, and they can go up against Liz Cheney and dispute her lies and hyperbole with their REAL LIFE tears and heartbreak.

Cable killed the news.

If you picked up any reputable newspaper over the past 6 months, they've run these stories. Why must I only listen to paid pundits and partisan politicians on cable --- WHERE ARE THE REAL PEOPLE?

[Metta]

14. Big Pharma is less involved that the CM?

Hard to believe.

[donco6]

15. I don't know about the treason part, . . .

. . . but in general I agree. They're blasting everything they have against anything that even smells like health care reform. It's very sad.

[opihimoimoi]

16. Anti Socialism = GOP = selfishness, arrogance, NPD, Bullies.= bad shit