Jackpine Radical
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:07 PM
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I've figured it out. The media really ARE **Liberal**-- |
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But they're so devious that they keep pushing right-wing propaganda as a cover.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:17 PM
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1. "Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders |
Cronus Protagonist
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:35 PM
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2. Actually, while that may seem glib to some, it's true, IMHO |
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They know they're not as hard core as their bosses, and they are generally soft-bellied well-paid talking heads who count on their 'credibility' to make a paycheck. If they show any affinity at all to a liberal cause, the right wing echo chamber points their collective finger at them and threaten their 'credibility', hence their livelihood and status among their peers. And there are no consequences for tilting to the right, so of course they are liberal, and they present themselves as fair and balanced by compensating with a rightward tilt in their 'journalism' and presentation.
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Jackpine Radical
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:40 PM
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3. If they are liberal at all, they are social liberals |
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while remaining fiscal conservatives. They may personally support choice, drug legalization, gay rights, etc., but their financial sentiments tend to fall in line with those of their corporate overlords. To Corporate Republicans, abortion and gay issues matter only insofar as they serve as means of controlling the rabble.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:42 PM
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They are Neoliberals to the core. Anyone else remember their "reporting" on the Telco Act of 1996? It was more like an infomercial for free trade than anything resembling journalism.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:47 PM
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5. And, as everyone knows ... |
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... they sneak their agenda in during the commercials ... subliminally.
They're so sneaky!
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:57 PM
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6. Ha! That reverse psychology in action, huh? The persons who |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 12:58 PM by valerief
offshore and wants tax havens are the ones who sponsor "the press."
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