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ABC, NBC, And CBS Morning Shows Cover Days-Old Clinton Email Story 15 Times More Than New Report On (Original Post) EV_Ares Nov 2016 OP
Heck, Hillary using email is worse than Trump raping women dalton99 Nov 2016 #1
K&R... spanone Nov 2016 #2
Doesn't surprise me. They have their corporate owners' orders to sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #3
why would they want Trump? barbtries Nov 2016 #5
Clinton wants the rich to pay their 'fair share' of taxes and sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #7
I could be wrong but I think your question "could they be that greedy" is part of it. The media is EV_Ares Nov 2016 #8
Further to that what I don't get... vi5 Nov 2016 #9
motherfuckers barbtries Nov 2016 #4
Emails, Emails, Emails, Emails, Emails, Emails napkinz Nov 2016 #6
This is so fucking disturbing. sarae Nov 2016 #10
Two things: world wide wally Nov 2016 #11
Yes, exactly & we get the likes of the stuttering Andrea Mitchell EV_Ares Nov 2016 #12
can a democracy exist when the 'news' is for profit? spanone Nov 2016 #13
I think I sense a pattern. Tactical Peek Nov 2016 #14
... napkinz Nov 2016 #15
The thing I don't understand is... sarae Nov 2016 #16
The emails are boring but I think it is how the media frames it & after all it does involve EV_Ares Nov 2016 #17

dalton99

(781 posts)
1. Heck, Hillary using email is worse than Trump raping women
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:15 AM
Nov 2016

That tax stuff is too complicated for the trailer park.

But the FBI says in a letter that Hillary is a crook!!!!!

sinkingfeeling

(51,487 posts)
3. Doesn't surprise me. They have their corporate owners' orders to
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:21 AM
Nov 2016

do everything they can to portray Hillary as untrustworthy and dishonest and to say nothing to harm Trump.

barbtries

(28,817 posts)
5. why would they want Trump?
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:22 AM
Nov 2016

he's not in it for anyone but himself. can they be that greedy?!
i don't get it. it does surprise me, maybe that just proves that at age 61, i am still hopelessly naive. but it is unconscionable.

sinkingfeeling

(51,487 posts)
7. Clinton wants the rich to pay their 'fair share' of taxes and
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:30 AM
Nov 2016

have regulations on Wall Street for starters.

 

EV_Ares

(6,587 posts)
8. I could be wrong but I think your question "could they be that greedy" is part of it. The media is
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:31 AM
Nov 2016

no longer about reporting news like those days of Cronkite, Huntley & Brinkley, it is more like an infomercial anymore, all about the bottom dollar.

You can see how important the elections are for them anymore which is why we are almost in a perpetual campaign mode these days with millions in advertising.

They only want to do reporting on almost what they can do in a sound bite & what is easier.

The one thing however I do not get is the fact that Dems do not fight back really. Just like this Comey thing, I am sick & tired of them as well as everyone else saying they know Comey & he has never shown partisan actions, has integrity. They need to call things as they are & this latest past 15 year drop they made proves it.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
9. Further to that what I don't get...
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:36 AM
Nov 2016

..is that Trump is advocating going hard on Mexico and China. The number of companies and the rich people that run them who depend on normalized relationships with both countries would make me think they would be scared shitless of a Trump presidency and what it would do to their money.

Then again, I would also think that companies would want universal healthcare so they could keep more of their profits and not have to spend it on benefits. But again that would mean that they might have to pay slightly more in taxes so I guess I can never underestimate their stupidity.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
10. This is so fucking disturbing.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:42 AM
Nov 2016

I know several people say, "Don't watch MSM." That's fine for calming yourself, but it doesn't give you an accurate representation of the spin most people get.

Most people do watch MSM, and those people vote, too. The media needs to be more accountable. I've seen reporters and journalists argue that it's not their job to play 'morality police', but they also refuse to acknowledge the megaphone they have and the huge responsibility that comes with it.

world wide wally

(21,758 posts)
11. Two things:
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:47 AM
Nov 2016

1) Is it obvious who the media supports yet?
2) Why aren't Hillary surrogates just flooding cable news shows? Every time I try to watch, there is another Trump surrogate being interviewed.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
16. The thing I don't understand is...
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:04 AM
Nov 2016

supposedly the media does this for ratings, right?

How on earth is there anyone out there who's not bored to death by Hillary's emails?!

 

EV_Ares

(6,587 posts)
17. The emails are boring but I think it is how the media frames it & after all it does involve
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:10 AM
Nov 2016

"Hillary" & the entire thing has been highlighted by Chaffetz & their investigations on her. Taxes are boring too & even more complex & harder to report on in a way that people can understand I guess but regardless to be a fair media you report on it all & especially something as important on this issue.

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