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Tue Mar-09-10 07:32 PM
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| 44. The majority of voters are uninformed and addicted to TV and WalMart |
| -I blame the fucking media for every fucking fuck up in this country. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 05:15 PM |
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I blame duct tape too. |
Swamp Rat |
Mar-09-10 05:16 PM |
#1 |
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I must disagree |
Sherman A1 |
Mar-10-10 05:55 AM |
#115 |
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what she said ^^^ |
mix |
Mar-09-10 05:16 PM |
#2 |
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"Smirk" - Corporate Media (R) |
SpiralHawk |
Mar-09-10 05:17 PM |
#3 |
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Corporate NEP MSM Suppression of '08 Prelim Exit Polls & Obama's True Win Margin continues: |
tiptoe |
Mar-10-10 04:22 PM |
#169 |
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Advertising drives access to information--so 'news' becomes Campaign Advertising |
Supersedeas |
Mar-09-10 05:20 PM |
#4 |
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Yep...with ya...+666(888)....those media owners/advertisers are also to blame for social engineering |
opihimoimoi |
Mar-09-10 05:21 PM |
#5 |
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The forms of social control are all intertwined - although M$M doesn't write the 'scripts' |
Echo In Light |
Mar-09-10 05:35 PM |
#18 |
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Damn good post. |
tabasco |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
#69 |
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so when is there going to be a consequence for lying to the people? |
grasswire |
Mar-09-10 05:21 PM |
#6 |
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when YOU make it so |
omega minimo |
Mar-09-10 11:08 PM |
#88 |
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yeah? I'm doing my best pal. |
grasswire |
Mar-10-10 12:15 AM |
#101 |
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Wouldn't an effective protest be, NOT watching them? |
omega minimo |
Mar-10-10 01:18 PM |
#152 |
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But please don't blame the precious pure baby Capitalism, swaddled in a manger |
Oregone |
Mar-09-10 05:22 PM |
#7 |
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My first laugh of the day. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:19 PM |
#26 |
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+1 |
Odin2005 |
Mar-09-10 08:44 PM |
#56 |
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Our corporate media sucks. |
onestepforward |
Mar-09-10 05:22 PM |
#8 |
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agreed |
sgalindez |
Mar-09-10 05:26 PM |
#11 |
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WElcome to DU, sgalindez! |
ThatsMyBarack |
Mar-09-10 05:30 PM |
#13 |
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So glad you are here, sgalindez |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:39 PM |
#34 |
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Damn, agreed... that was a great petition... |
MrMickeysMom |
Mar-09-10 10:54 PM |
#86 |
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Signed it, and thanks. That was such a good read! |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 11:03 PM |
#87 |
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I can't agree more. |
olegramps |
Mar-10-10 02:36 PM |
#156 |
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I've been saying that for 30 plus years now |
madokie |
Mar-09-10 05:24 PM |
#9 |
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+1000 |
Cetacea |
Mar-09-10 05:32 PM |
#16 |
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It's awake hypnosis |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:23 PM |
#31 |
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I've been surprised by a couple of my acquaintances |
madokie |
Mar-09-10 06:41 PM |
#38 |
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Corporate control |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:39 PM |
#48 |
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Lots of complaints, no action. The Fairness Doctrine needs to be reinstated |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
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You are so right |
madokie |
Mar-10-10 06:00 AM |
#116 |
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I concur. The fascists didn't buy control of mass newsmedia in the 80s and 90s for anything good |
blm |
Mar-09-10 05:26 PM |
#10 |
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That's a quality rant |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-09-10 05:28 PM |
#12 |
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ZW! Missed you, sweetheart (sorry, off topic) |
northofdenali |
Mar-09-10 07:56 PM |
#51 |
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Wow! |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-09-10 10:08 PM |
#78 |
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We live in a Brave New World where American idol is more important than voting. |
anonymous171 |
Mar-09-10 05:31 PM |
#14 |
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Fuck American Idol |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:20 PM |
#27 |
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We live in a Brave New World where American idol *IS* voting. nt |
live love laugh |
Mar-10-10 12:20 AM |
#102 |
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never so true before. |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-10-10 09:00 AM |
#132 |
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Media deregulation turned America into a nation where people can't even agree on objective facts |
depakid |
Mar-09-10 05:31 PM |
#15 |
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Ouch! |
hay rick |
Mar-09-10 07:32 PM |
#45 |
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And for that you can than thank former President Clinton |
ibegurpard |
Mar-09-10 10:09 PM |
#79 |
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And that was the objective of |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 04:02 AM |
#111 |
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Go back to 1/2 hour of daily news and weather and read lots of |
virgogal |
Mar-09-10 05:33 PM |
#17 |
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Oddly enough, when one examines how much more authoritarian/conservative early/mid 20th cent generat |
Echo In Light |
Mar-09-10 05:39 PM |
#20 |
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Law and Order before equality. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:21 PM |
#29 |
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You said it better than I have in a while! Yeah! |
FrenchieCat |
Mar-09-10 05:37 PM |
#19 |
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kick |
trusty elf |
Mar-09-10 05:54 PM |
#21 |
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I hate them too |
G_j |
Mar-09-10 05:58 PM |
#22 |
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I first became a news hound while in the Marines. |
Uncle Joe |
Mar-09-10 06:05 PM |
#23 |
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No, thank YOU, Uncle Joe |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:24 PM |
#32 |
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Support community radio, independent media outlets like Democracy Now! |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 06:06 PM |
#24 |
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+1000 |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:39 PM |
#35 |
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exactly - why do people watch that crap? |
harmonicon |
Mar-09-10 08:41 PM |
#53 |
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I also learn a lot from DU while I have to sort out gold out of other metal |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 08:48 PM |
#57 |
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That was one damn fine rant. Hearty k/r. n/t |
reflection |
Mar-09-10 06:07 PM |
#25 |
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The health care coverage brought them to the bottom of the bottom. I never saw such horrible |
deacon |
Mar-09-10 06:20 PM |
#28 |
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It's repulsive with huge chunks of vomit spewing all over the air waves |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:40 PM |
#37 |
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Yeah, that was bad alright. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 04:16 AM |
#113 |
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They're just the PR department. |
Marr |
Mar-09-10 06:22 PM |
#30 |
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Bingo! Marr is right. The MSM is just the propaganda wing of corporate Amurica. n/t |
RufusTFirefly |
Mar-09-10 11:54 PM |
#99 |
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Bumper sticker: |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:37 PM |
#172 |
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we need an open season on the teevee |
pansypoo53219 |
Mar-09-10 06:29 PM |
#33 |
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I have visions of a scene in the movie Stone Cold |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:43 PM |
#39 |
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FreeSpeech TV is the only public supported news source left. PBS is p0wnd. |
L0oniX |
Mar-09-10 06:40 PM |
#36 |
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Let's support and spread independent media network!!! |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 07:27 PM |
#43 |
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The majority of voters are uninformed and addicted to TV and WalMart |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:32 PM |
#44 |
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catch 22 round and round and round |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 07:41 PM |
#49 |
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I can sniff out Fux viewers ...but I need someone else to shoot them. |
L0oniX |
Mar-09-10 07:58 PM |
#52 |
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Create a mass hypnotism event? |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:20 PM |
#82 |
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You are correct, graywarrior. K and R. |
NYC_SKP |
Mar-09-10 07:08 PM |
#40 |
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God bless Keith for standing up when we needed him most, but damn, |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:34 PM |
#46 |
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Agreed. It's all celeb shit and talking points. The Cult of Personality has taken |
NC_Nurse |
Mar-09-10 07:15 PM |
#41 |
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I dislike our media save a few worse than I dislike conserative social and fiscal ideals |
uponit7771 |
Mar-09-10 07:24 PM |
#42 |
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K&R |
hay rick |
Mar-09-10 07:37 PM |
#47 |
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I have watched very, very little MSM television since 9/11. |
northofdenali |
Mar-09-10 07:52 PM |
#50 |
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January 3, 1996 |
Hissyspit |
Mar-09-10 08:41 PM |
#54 |
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The MSM is an arm of the Corporate Elite, blame the root of the problem, not the symptoms. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-09-10 08:42 PM |
#55 |
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Easier said than done... |
Moostache |
Mar-10-10 04:54 PM |
#171 |
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The following article took a bashing here at DU - |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:46 PM |
#173 |
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Greywarrior, ya hit it right on the head. |
cliffordu |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#58 |
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Right there with you... |
rosesaylavee |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#59 |
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I blame the lame believers in total bullshit....... |
BlueJac |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#60 |
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The fucking media is actually a tool |
GreenArrow |
Mar-09-10 08:56 PM |
#61 |
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Owned by watchdogs and corporate bastards who worship the god of gimme |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:30 PM |
#67 |
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Has that duck been Mirandatized ? |
SlingBlade |
Mar-09-10 09:07 PM |
#62 |
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Didn't you know? He's a stoner. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:31 PM |
#68 |
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So the tape is voluntary? |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:17 PM |
#90 |
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That sums it up nicely! nt |
laughingliberal |
Mar-09-10 09:10 PM |
#63 |
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Well, agree . . but it's a corporate press, with heavy CIA/Pentagon control . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-09-10 09:18 PM |
#64 |
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Man, have you got that right. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
#70 |
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I think that it died with Reagan. |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:34 PM |
#71 |
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Agree . .. |
defendandprotect |
Mar-10-10 10:43 AM |
#140 |
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FDR's VP Henry Wallace's media WARNING |
troubledamerican |
Mar-09-10 09:23 PM |
#65 |
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Thanks for your post concerning Wallace's concerns: |
olegramps |
Mar-10-10 02:54 PM |
#157 |
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I agree. |
troubledamerican |
Mar-10-10 08:31 PM |
#178 |
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Then let's demand a return of the Fairness Doctrine |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:30 PM |
#66 |
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K&R |
JimWis |
Mar-09-10 09:35 PM |
#72 |
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So, cancel you cable subscription. |
JDPriestly |
Mar-09-10 09:47 PM |
#73 |
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I am cancelling. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:01 PM |
#76 |
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Major media is corporate owned, republicans protect & benefit from the corporate media lies |
LaPera |
Mar-09-10 09:59 PM |
#74 |
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Wouldn't have happened without a complicit media. However |
wiggs |
Mar-09-10 10:01 PM |
#75 |
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What's amazing and unbelievable to me is the fact that over the last 8 years |
wiggs |
Mar-09-10 10:07 PM |
#77 |
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When the majority of the country is in a TV trance, a junk food trance, |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:17 PM |
#81 |
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Too much of the 'professional/establishment' Dem % have been trained to obediently disavow "CTs" |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 06:11 AM |
#118 |
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Fake hair, fake breasts, fake teeth, fake face, do you expect real news? |
scentopine |
Mar-09-10 10:15 PM |
#80 |
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I expect what we are getting and they know that which is why I hate them |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:21 PM |
#83 |
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This CANNOT be said ENOUGH!!! nt |
orbitalman |
Mar-09-10 10:48 PM |
#84 |
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graywarrior, given the way you feel about this topic, I think it would be a good idea if you |
bertman |
Mar-09-10 10:51 PM |
#85 |
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I like the little dogs |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:31 PM |
#93 |
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Okay, I'll bite. What's APL, Mopar151? |
bertman |
Mar-09-10 11:37 PM |
#94 |
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Animal Planet |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:54 PM |
#98 |
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Damn. I should have figured that out on my own. Yes, they do have some cool stuff on there. |
bertman |
Mar-10-10 10:14 PM |
#179 |
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wish i could rec +1000 |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-09-10 11:13 PM |
#89 |
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The Other Half Of The Equation |
colsohlibgal |
Mar-09-10 11:19 PM |
#91 |
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Insidious 24/7 Propaganda. Goebbels would have drooled over it. nt |
pauldp |
Mar-09-10 11:22 PM |
#92 |
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Right on Sister.... |
WCGreen |
Mar-09-10 11:38 PM |
#95 |
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I blame the lazy and idiotic public. |
LooseWilly |
Mar-09-10 11:40 PM |
#96 |
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Our SAUDI-owned media? Let's not forget that little detail. |
Initech |
Mar-09-10 11:43 PM |
#97 |
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I've been without cable for over a year and it is completely liberating! |
go west young man |
Mar-09-10 11:58 PM |
#100 |
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I'm off tv as well..you expressed my experience without it..liberating |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:48 AM |
#123 |
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So, lesson learned is...it's not our fault? |
newtothegame |
Mar-10-10 12:44 AM |
#103 |
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I agree. Taking over the media should be priority #2 for all of us, right behind... |
ClassWarrior |
Mar-10-10 12:50 AM |
#104 |
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Add electronic voting to that list & you have the three most critical issues, which if addressed, |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:57 PM |
#174 |
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That duck's never gettin' free of you, is he? nt |
Patchuli |
Mar-10-10 01:08 AM |
#105 |
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Inequality, Unequal democratic campaigns, Unequal corporatism, Unequal media. |
Festivito |
Mar-10-10 01:28 AM |
#106 |
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It's always good to have an omnipotent power to blame when things go wrong. |
elocs |
Mar-10-10 03:07 AM |
#107 |
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voluntarily watching does not eliminate its influence...its impossible |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:51 AM |
#124 |
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Chomsky nailed it 30 years ago: the media are owned by the oligarchs, and |
snot |
Mar-10-10 03:13 AM |
#108 |
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I know...remember trying to talk to people about M$M 10, 15, 20 yrs ago = silence |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 06:04 AM |
#117 |
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Me too. nt |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 03:56 AM |
#109 |
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Totally agree. That's why Rupert Murdock may be the most powerful man on the planet right now.. |
DCBob |
Mar-10-10 03:58 AM |
#110 |
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+1,000 Dingidy DING DING! |
upi402 |
Mar-10-10 04:04 AM |
#112 |
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I do agree that our news media is pretty worthless, but there are a few other good ones besides |
spicegal |
Mar-10-10 05:10 AM |
#114 |
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Perhaps your next thread should go into "General Discussion -- Fuck" forum |
Fly by night |
Mar-10-10 06:47 AM |
#119 |
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They feed us propaganda because they are too lazy to do any real work |
HughMoran |
Mar-10-10 07:28 AM |
#120 |
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M$M doesn't lie & disinform the public b/c its "too lazy to do any real work" |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 08:15 AM |
#127 |
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I stopped watching tv in october for the exact same reason |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:33 AM |
#121 |
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Totally F**king Agree....... |
RedRoses323 |
Mar-10-10 07:47 AM |
#122 |
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I blame a corrupt system and pitifully ignorant electorate. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-10-10 08:04 AM |
#125 |
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Though I have no love for our media |
1badjedi |
Mar-10-10 08:15 AM |
#126 |
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The Media in Part, Yes. But .... |
SlingBlade |
Mar-10-10 08:20 AM |
#128 |
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Simplistic in the sense that they didn't pass the Telecommunications Act. Clinton did. |
John Q. Citizen |
Mar-10-10 08:26 AM |
#129 |
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The news |
Vermontgrown |
Mar-10-10 08:36 AM |
#130 |
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Eventually it gets to be an issue of personal morality |
Prof Lester |
Mar-10-10 08:41 AM |
#131 |
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tell us how you really feel.... |
fatbuckel |
Mar-10-10 09:05 AM |
#133 |
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I'm at the gym this morning and they have MSNBC on with Joe |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 09:34 AM |
#134 |
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they have certainly played a central role |
spanone |
Mar-10-10 09:38 AM |
#135 |
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It's Our Fault. Plain and Simple. |
Toasterlad |
Mar-10-10 09:43 AM |
#136 |
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American's are numbed with TV, junk food, alcohol and prescription drugs |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 10:20 AM |
#139 |
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No truer words spoken |
Highway61 |
Mar-10-10 10:59 AM |
#144 |
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And sometimes give that look as if they know more than we do |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 02:57 PM |
#158 |
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ABCNNBCBS |
Blue Owl |
Mar-10-10 09:51 AM |
#137 |
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I got rid of my TV about 3 years ago.... |
pgodbold |
Mar-10-10 10:13 AM |
#138 |
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You have a contract with Comcast? I've never heard of one, not defending them - |
axollot |
Mar-10-10 10:52 AM |
#141 |
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We got the package: TV, internet, and phone for $99 per month |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:17 PM |
#159 |
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That's messed up. I've been with them for 6yrs and they seriously lick my boots here - dunno why?! |
axollot |
Mar-10-10 04:18 PM |
#168 |
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When I lived in Florida, Comcast was a different animal |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 06:59 PM |
#177 |
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Oh man that sucks. So it sounds like they are saying you own the box, you owe us 200 for it? |
axollot |
Mar-11-10 11:16 AM |
#180 |
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I blame 3 things really. |
YOY |
Mar-10-10 10:57 AM |
#142 |
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So so true. Just got off the phone w/ a rightwing "democrat" |
loudsue |
Mar-10-10 10:59 AM |
#143 |
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I saw an interview with Paul McCartney from the 60's ... |
phatkatt |
Mar-10-10 11:02 AM |
#145 |
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I just watched that interview somewhere, can't remember where |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:19 PM |
#160 |
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Well said! |
valerief |
Mar-10-10 11:09 AM |
#146 |
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You posted this 20 hrs ago. Have you cancelled yet? |
Doctor_J |
Mar-10-10 11:21 AM |
#147 |
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We're fighting over the cancellation fee. |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:20 PM |
#161 |
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Bravo |
Doctor_J |
Mar-10-10 06:43 PM |
#176 |
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"people who call themselves Dems are addicted to right-wing lies" |
Uzybone |
Mar-10-10 04:30 PM |
#170 |
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I would like to point out that it is not correct that twenty years ago, |
truedelphi |
Mar-11-10 05:59 PM |
#181 |
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Gave up cable in 1996... |
KansDem |
Mar-10-10 11:56 AM |
#148 |
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yeah big M and many others that profit from big M exposure... |
katty |
Mar-10-10 12:03 PM |
#149 |
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The media has been my target for years! Thanks. n/t |
Duval |
Mar-10-10 12:44 PM |
#150 |
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And I blame us for letting it happen. n/t |
Orsino |
Mar-10-10 12:46 PM |
#151 |
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Let's not forget that. |
sheldon |
Mar-10-10 01:33 PM |
#153 |
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Meh |
DirkGently |
Mar-10-10 02:14 PM |
#154 |
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I largely do too |
unpossibles |
Mar-10-10 02:33 PM |
#155 |
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K & R nt |
Christa |
Mar-10-10 03:23 PM |
#162 |
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Crush Your Television |
BigBro72 |
Mar-10-10 03:26 PM |
#163 |
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K&R |
muffin1 |
Mar-10-10 03:33 PM |
#164 |
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Fighting behind enemy lines |
BigBro72 |
Mar-10-10 03:48 PM |
#165 |
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Time to cloak FSTV from this thread! |
RedCloud |
Mar-10-10 04:04 PM |
#166 |
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K&R |
Last_Stand |
Mar-10-10 04:18 PM |
#167 |
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I Tend To Agree... |
mckara |
Mar-10-10 06:23 PM |
#175 |
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