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2016 Postmortem

truebluegreen

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19. When I was young and naive...

Reply to freshwest (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 01:10 AM

Dec 2012

I always wondered about "think tanks."

Who were they? It seemed very strange: People who were paid by other people to sit around and think and come up with ideas.

"Dream up", as it happens; no connection with reality.

I always wondered who paid them. Charity? (I said I was naive.)

Now I know.

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America Dodged A Bullet Despite A Negligent Press [View all] egbertowillies Dec 2012 OP

"dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition" Beartracks Dec 2012 #1

In fact, Dear Media, truebluegreen Dec 2012 #3

I too began to notice back around 1980 that a number of newspaper journalists, mainly conservative, politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2012 #2

Google "Lewis Powell Memo". truebluegreen Dec 2012 #4

Did not know this and it's a precedent for Citizens United. CurtEastPoint Dec 2012 #6

Yup. truebluegreen Dec 2012 #9

The text of the Powell Manifesto at this link: freshwest Dec 2012 #8

Thank you, Fresh West. nt truebluegreen Dec 2012 #11

Thanks for bringing it here. I'd only read of the Frank Luntz and Lee Atwater's methods. freshwest Dec 2012 #13

And then there's also this... 2naSalit Dec 2012 #15

Oh, I've been in this marching band for years. Since the FCC flew around the country with Shrub's freshwest Dec 2012 #17

I remember that too 2naSalit Dec 2012 #18

BINGO! DING-DING-DING-DING-DING BINGO! ReRe Dec 2012 #16

When I was young and naive... truebluegreen Dec 2012 #19

Advertising... Blanks Dec 2012 #5

The whole notion that the media could ever be 'unbiased' is a historically coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #12

They are a business, and that is their business model. Blanks Dec 2012 #24

I considered myself educated and well informed; then the internet came along mountain grammy Dec 2012 #7

Some of us know where the media was... love_katz Dec 2012 #10

saving for later. nt BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #14

I used to read Dan Froomkin's blog at the WaPo all the time. BlueMTexpat Dec 2012 #20

The Right Wing controlof the "liberal" MSM is the emperor's clothes. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #21

At this point, it would be a MAJOR gain Cosmocat Dec 2012 #22

Obama threw a grandma off a cliff? Lugia Dec 2012 #23

Press not only negligent in reporting RW nuttery as legit for the purpose of balance, intheflow Dec 2012 #25

My favorite quote of the piece . . . BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #26

We did indeed Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #27

Just put their book... PoliticalBiker Dec 2012 #28

"The paradigm shift of a less centralized media is the only solution " bvar22 Dec 2012 #29

Great Article PoliticalBiker Dec 2012 #30

It was sickening how the MSM allowed the lies to go on and on without a challenge. DCBob Dec 2012 #31

One of the real problems is... Blue Idaho Dec 2012 #32

America dodged a bullet by having an open Internet where alternate messaging could be disseminated. DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #33

Negligent my ass Doctor_J Dec 2012 #34