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elizfeelinggreat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:35 AM
Response to Reply #6
7. I agree
I have written to them, I know many people do, and I don't believe it matters at all to them unless you're writing to support the corporate viewpoint.

We need to break up the conglomerates.
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  -I just caught 10 seconds of incredible insanity on MSNBC. WTF??? Cyrano  Feb-09-09 10:26 AM   #0 
  - The news shows exactly what people want to see  NeedleCast   Feb-09-09 10:27 AM   #1 
  - Yep  havocmom   Feb-09-09 10:31 AM   #4 
  - No, it doesn't. The news shows us what they think will keep us distracted  Lorien   Feb-09-09 10:31 AM   #6 
  - I agree  elizfeelinggreat   Feb-09-09 10:35 AM   #7 
  - I think you're wrong  NeedleCast   Feb-09-09 10:58 AM   #12 
     - There was a time when the news was the news.  Cyrano   Feb-09-09 11:15 AM   #15 
     - Pretty much agree with that  NeedleCast   Feb-09-09 11:22 AM   #16 
     - Very true - but even then this might have been covered  karynnj   Feb-09-09 12:20 PM   #18 
     - TV is far less popular than it once was. They are struggling for advertising  Lorien   Feb-09-09 12:10 PM   #17 
        - Most of the people around you  NeedleCast   Feb-09-09 12:32 PM   #19 
           - People are watching crap because crap is the only thing offered  Lorien   Feb-10-09 10:22 AM   #29 
  - That's large part r-w propaganda . . . when people are given real news . . .  defendandprotect   Feb-09-09 12:39 PM   #22 
     - Yep. ANY story can be presented in a way that has people rivited to their  Lorien   Feb-10-09 10:25 AM   #30 
  - CNN is asking the "tough questions" and MSNBC is covering the  AndyA   Feb-09-09 10:28 AM   #2 
  - expect the MSM to be cheering loudly as we drive off the cliff  ixion   Feb-09-09 10:30 AM   #3 
  - shut them off !! it's the dumbing down of the American people  bdamomma   Feb-09-09 10:31 AM   #5 
  - I don't watch but don't you think it would benefit our country  elizfeelinggreat   Feb-09-09 10:38 AM   #8 
     - We have been trying to change it for more than 20 years . . . !!!  defendandprotect   Feb-09-09 12:42 PM   #23 
        - Hey, I agree we need change!!!  elizfeelinggreat   Feb-09-09 02:05 PM   #24 
           - "Shutting them off" is a positive change . . .  defendandprotect   Feb-09-09 07:58 PM   #25 
              - Oh, that's what you were trying to say  elizfeelinggreat   Feb-09-09 08:53 PM   #27 
  - It's simply what happens with a 24/7 "news" channel.  Political Heretic   Feb-09-09 10:38 AM   #9 
  - Yup. They basically took the hour's worth of nightly news we used to get and stretched it out.  Demit   Feb-09-09 11:04 AM   #13 
  - Jesus H.  liberalmuse   Feb-09-09 10:47 AM   #10 
  - Meanwhile death toll in Australia now at 176.  Sequoia   Feb-09-09 10:50 AM   #11 
  - Obama should mention this . . . somewhere along the line . . .  defendandprotect   Feb-09-09 08:01 PM   #26 
  - Probably afraid the righties will accuse them of bias if they  RamboLiberal   Feb-09-09 11:10 AM   #14 
  - I think you are correct.  Hassin Bin Sober   Feb-09-09 12:38 PM   #21 
  - CNN Banner Headline: EARMARKS AND PORK - DEVELOPING STORY ! They put this  K Gardner   Feb-09-09 12:35 PM   #20 
  - You ask the same question I ask  madamesilverspurs   Feb-09-09 09:31 PM   #28 
 

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