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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:59 PM Original message |
Official Oil Spill Media Blackout Thread. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. I posted the same + agree, we have to help get the news out |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Flaming Dem you are right on target |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. !!! |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. and CBS vid link |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Where the hell is Obama? Why does he seem mostly concerned about |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. He's on their team. He's not going to get livid at anybody. n/t |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
70. Sadly, I fear you may be right. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. Obama is one of our major problems on this and off-shore drilling . . .. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. If the media isn't doing their job.... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Proportionality. Proportionality. Proportionality. |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Actually the media being blocked reported it...and I read it in at least one other media source... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I know my facts. |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. First you claim a blackout, now you admit it's reported but complain that Couric didn't say more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Deleted sub-thread |
reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. under reporting is worse than not reporting |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That is exactly what I wrote in the -ahem- deleted sub-thread. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. I share your anger. nt |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. The media is there to rehabilitate the message. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
72. 100% true. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
75. So you support BP? You dont think the media is complicite? Whose side are you on? |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. "highly edited video" LOL. How was it edited? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, I mean where they show one line from the BP guy and the reported talks over the rest. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Wrong place. Delete. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. *crickets* |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. My advice: Do not feed him or her (or it?)... |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. A comic poet working in obscene doggerel n/t |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:22 PM Original message |
the contemporary journalism model is directed at entertainment first (celebrity agendas) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. You cannot expect the truth about the oil spill during the same |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm watching it slowly but surely dropping off the front page news. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Anderson Cooper is staying with it. Big time. Mike Malloy as well. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I do not live in the US and cannot watch. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I'm fairly certain CNN has. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. nm |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. oh, so you start an "official" media "blackout" thread on the CBS thing... |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. Once again you are a comic poet working in obscene doggerel n/t |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
85. Science that isn't bought and paid for is usually squelched. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Kick. Don't forget to keep Rachel in the loop. She's been doing a great job. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am a trained reporter and worked as one for 10 years. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. "Act touristy". Point -and-shoots work very well for that. |
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daughter of liberty2 (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. I wish somebody could get a plane up there again. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. Deleted sub-thread |
Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for the link. |
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gimama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. thank YOU. |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. rec |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Welcome to DU!!! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. K&R! n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
37. K & R nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well, this is Duhmerica, after all. Our owners shield from bad news unless it's terror-related. nt |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. I feel terrorized. Good thing we're protected though! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. Lab Analyzing Spill has Large Contract with BP |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Conflict of interest? What's that? |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Shocking, I know. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. K & R |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. K&R |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Proud to Kick! |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. K & R and proud to help the truth to be revealed. n/t |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R |
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punkin87 (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. Chad Myers on CNN a little while ago |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Wow, that is egregious bullsh*t, even for them. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Yup, pretty much what I thought. A thoroughly disgusting and infuriating display. n/t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. Google news has a link to 6,677 articles on their front page |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. The Austrian Press reported on this story. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. The damage, does not go away... |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. k&r n/t |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. KNR! |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. I am frustrated with the coverage. We know we're not getting the story. |
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kiers (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Imagine ! the effects of a little warm water in the Pacific |
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fl_dem (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. K & R |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. This well is expected to contain only 50 million barrels. |
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Decoy of Fenris (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. Kay Enn Are. Enn / tee. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's not that the media isn't doing their job, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. And, if this is all we're getting on a HUGE oil well spilling into Gulf . . . |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. kick'n it. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
73. How about $1 billion per day fine until the oil volcano is stopped? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. We have to NATIONALIZE oil industry . . . FDR should have done it . . . |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
74. HUGE K & R !!! |
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kiers (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. you see Rand paul cashing in his campaign |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
78. K & R! |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
79. Obama is beginning to display his much resected leadership qualities that got him elected |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
80. K&R |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
81. Problem Reaction Solution |
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