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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:55 PM Original message |
CNN Is Terrible, And Here's The Proof (It's Worse Than You Think) |
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World Citizen (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. was there any mention of... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Glenn Beck Network. 'Nuff said. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I can't stand Glenn Beck |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Agree and thank you. I was astonished to hear his chatter on the radio. When he moved to TV, |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. I simply don't like fascists. nt |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
78. Beck... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
73. they also employ the gambling pork-boy bill bennett |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. glenn beck and lou dobbs |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm really starting to believe our media is like totalitarian propaganda. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It isn't like totalitarian propaganda |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That is correct. The corporations have taken over. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How can we win the election? I'm really scared. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Depends what you mean by "we", kimosabe. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Wow, that was really well put |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
52. It is in the hands of those who count the votes. IE.-Diebold. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
66. Hey there, Tonto, I am in full agreement n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
74. Well put. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
85. A |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. By shifting all of our policies towards things that corporations like. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Yep, they are there for one reason, to squelch the truth. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Like? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Like I said at the bottom of my original post |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. Yeh BUT |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Amen n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Ain't that the pravda. n/t |
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CherylK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R, thanks for giving me some ammo to use if my conservative friends try to argue this point! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. I stopped watching them five years ago |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. While it's commendable that you stopped watching, I hope you realize that |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I can't convince anybody because I don't have that kind of power, but |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Don't say it doesn't matter if someone stops watching them - it DOES MATTER. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Ann Coulter? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. It can't be worse than I think. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. 99.99% of CNN is 'stupid' |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. What's the other 0.01%, Juicy Juice? |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. It really is sad, their new slogan should be "CNN: slightly less sleazy than foxnews". |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. CNN: Certainly Not News n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Love it. And it's sad that the only bright spot of the day |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Slightly less sleazy on a good day. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R It is all about ratings. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't watch anything but KO and Rachael for news....the rest are |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. You can add the Daily Show to that |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. CNN: Concocted News Notions |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Cr@p Not News. n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. So In Order to "Save" Money More Troops Should Be Sent to Iraq! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Well, War is Freedom, you know |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. And Debt is Income!!! |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
71. I thought it was war is peace |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
72. I wonder what they pay Halliburton, Bechtel, etc, with? And the billions that went AWOL? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. um - I don't get it. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's the most inane reasoning ever -- |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. You're right, that is stupid. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. The media is out of control. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. It really is sad what they passes off as news these days. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. First of all CNN is now citing its own report as a reference (think Cheney-NYT-MTP prewar) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Glenn Beck is spitting in the eye of illusions of a "free press" . . . |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. The hard truth that the left needs to accept |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Oh. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
83. gObama! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here is the actual CBO report (18 pages) Summary: More troops = more money |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thanks for the link n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is right up there with the "The Surge Is Working" crap. |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. WTF what about the lives of our men and women! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
48. I agree with Robert Parry. Some of the reporting on Iraq |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
49. Maybe we should invade Iran, too, so we can save even more money (n/t) |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
50. Interesting that they're finding their distrust of politicians now, instead of before the invasion. |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. CNN 'Liberal'? That's funny. You know, Blitzer used to work for Pat Robertson over at CBN. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. It will cost more |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What a terrible financial investment |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. What do you mean by "our"? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I get your point |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Amen to that!! |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. Exactly n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
57. All they are interested in doing is creating controversy and playing one side against the other. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
58. The Reich is DESPERATE to cover it's ass |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I was always critical of 1930's German citizens, |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Agree. |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. No, they are only interested in reading what they've been given to read and trying to look like |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
68. so you mean highly paid talking heads can't be trusted? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Good play off the video n/t |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. CNN longs for the days of Gulf War I... |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
76. Wanna hear something else out of the same page? |
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CherylK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
80. Bump! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. Kick |
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