Why Won't Any Of These MSM Commentators Ask The Question Of These Repug Shills That Say Reid Is....

[global1]

lying?

"Sir (and I use this term loosely for these Repugs) - if you say Senator Reid is lying - how do you know - have you seen Rmoney's tax returns?"

Seems to me that this would be a good way to shut them up. If they haven't seen Rmoney's tax returns - then the follow up is "Well Sir - then how could you say Sen Reid is lying?"

If they have seen his returns - then the follow-up is "Well if you are entitled to see Rmoney's tax returns - shouldn't the American People be afforded the same?"

For God's sake - you so-called journalists - do your job.

[Plucketeer]

1. Excellent Question

But we KNOW why they're not asking it. It'll be interesting to see how the MSNBC gang spins it come Monday.

[rufus dog]

2. They haven't anwered the simple follow up to the release of his 2012 returns

WHEN?!!!!!

How friggen hard is that? Mr. Romney, when will you be releasing your '12 complete returns.

I am guessing Mitt is going to wait until the 10/15 deadline, then take a couple of weeks to redact info, then dump the '12 returns just prior to the election. Thus allowing almost no time for review.

[freshwest]

3. They ARE doing their jobs. They SAY exactly what they are TOLD to say. That's their JOB.

These networks are all owned by the most powerful international corporations on the planet and have been for a while. They are no longer bound by the FCC, they are private mouthpieces for business interests. If we regard them in the light of what they truly are, 'news readers,' we understand these are not their views and they are just as desperate to keep their employment as any fast food server. Just because they aren't wearing uniforms to make them look like LEGGO people and get paid more, they are still flunkies. The airheads will spin, redact, obfuscate in whatever way they are told to do.

Don't expect any courage out of this crowd, only enough to pull people into thinking their pain, their problems are a concern, that someone is on their side. Sorry, but I have a very low opinion of most of these folks. Fox has Shep Smith on to give the illusion of being fair and balance but they are GOP central. And so are all the rest of them.

We've seen the complete blackout of what is going on in the real world on mainstream media because their owners are denying the existance of real people's lives. Not railing at you, but hollering about them isn't going to change a thing.

They even created a HBO show to point out how disingenous 'news departments' are. That was the Robin Hood myth for those of us being starved for information to change out lives and effect the larger forces around us. It's all entertainment, taking our time, allowing us to get an emotional pat on the back. Screw the media.

[Scuba]

4. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!!

[freshwest]

5. It is what it is, not what we wish it was. Or as it once was. I remember those days, too. But now:

FDR created the FCC in order to stop the concentration of media as was done in Europe to narrow the focus of the population and intimidate everyone into towing the line. Rush, Beck, Hannity and O'Reilly work the playbook of Herman Goebbels. Just one fine example of the policies:



Nazi Euthanasia Propaganda Poster.

English translation:

60,000 Reich Marks

This is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the Community of Germans during his lifetime. Fellow Citizen, that is your money, too.

Read '[A] New People'

The monthly magazines of the Office for Race Politics of the NSDAP

Sound familiar, folks? Most people are familiar with Norm Chomsky's work:

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

The propaganda model

Using the propaganda model, Manufacturing Consent posits that corporate-owned news mass communication media—print, radio, television—are businesses subject to commercial competition for advertising revenue and profit. As such, their distortion (editorial bias) of news reportage—i.e. what types of news, which items, and how they are reported—is a consequence of the profit motive that requires establishing a stable, profitable business; therefore, news businesses favoring profit over the public interest succeed, while those favoring reportorial accuracy over profits fail, and are relegated to the margins of their markets (low sales and ratings).[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_The_Political_Economy_of_the_Mass_Media

It's a book and also a full feature film, that can be seen on youtube.

[Scuba]

6. Wow, lots there. Thanks. Bookmarking to read later.

[MightyMopar]

7. You are so spot on! We live in a giant "Truman" show

Notice how very little talk about the LIBOR scandal in the corporate media.

[freshwest]

9. Because they are owned by the same effers doing this stuff. Remember Jim Kramer?

That asshat was pushing stuff that they knew was going to screw the investors, and he was paid to do it. Then later made some little mea culpas. They can KMA!

[sweetapogee]

8. not to give comfort to the pukes

but the question has been re-shaped. It has changed from romney show us your tax returns to Sen Reid you claim to have a source that is saying romney didn't pay taxes for 10 years, who is this source? So the answer to the question about Sen Reid isn't about romneys taxes it's about Sen Reids sources.

Once Sen Reid unleashes his sources, then the media can go back to ronmeys tax returns. I think it is a timing issue, the information should come out at a time for optimum negative impact on the pukes. Now is not the time.

[freshwest]

10. Oh, but you are giving comfort. Please yourself.