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Sun Feb-27-11 10:03 PM
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| 22. Bush went to great lengths to destroy NPR as an independent voice |
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As soon as he took power he replaced the professional managers with Republican party commissars who then brought in psychological warfare operatives from the pentagon and systematically purged all of the journalists.
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| -Paul Krugman on Wisconsin news blackout - "That Iraq Feeling" |
Fozzledick |
Feb-27-11 08:33 PM |
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AMEN! Rec'd! I hope he writes an article about this b.s. nt |
babylonsister |
Feb-27-11 08:34 PM |
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Who owns the media? |
MadMaddie |
Feb-27-11 08:38 PM |
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No site of this story on MSN.COM either |
TheEuclideanOne |
Feb-28-11 07:04 AM |
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It's after 10 AM and still nothing.....but Charlie Sheen and the Lindbergh baby |
snappyturtle |
Feb-28-11 10:12 AM |
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Put the TVs in the closet -- !! WHY is anyone watching MSM? |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:43 PM |
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Within a week after Howard Dean, then a candidate for President |
ladjf |
Feb-28-11 09:05 AM |
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Corporate-press get 80% of the campaign money -- TV ads, etal -- |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:41 PM |
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It's da librul media ya |
texshelters |
Feb-28-11 04:20 PM |
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k/r |
fishwax |
Feb-27-11 08:39 PM |
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The local news here in L.A. haven't even mentioned it, |
lob1 |
Feb-27-11 08:41 PM |
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Not a peep about Wisconsin in L.A. |
Joe Bacon |
Feb-28-11 06:53 AM |
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k&r nt |
steve2470 |
Feb-27-11 08:42 PM |
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NYT coverage hasn't exactly been exhaustive |
TomClash |
Feb-27-11 08:47 PM |
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k&r |
spanone |
Feb-27-11 08:51 PM |
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It's weird. This evening on NPR, the only mention was two sentences |
nilram |
Feb-27-11 08:55 PM |
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NPR National Petroleum Radio has been doing this shit for years. They were |
bertman |
Feb-27-11 09:53 PM |
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Bush went to great lengths to destroy NPR as an independent voice |
Fozzledick |
Feb-27-11 10:03 PM |
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The attack on PBS began decades ago -- go back to "beg-a-thons" .... |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:46 PM |
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Silence the messenger same ole song - this surprises DUers (?) amazing... |
Imagevision |
Feb-27-11 08:57 PM |
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I am no longer surprised |
malaise |
Feb-27-11 08:57 PM |
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maybe the protestors should have worn tea bags? |
Larkspur |
Feb-27-11 08:59 PM |
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And they're SELLING this to us just like they did Iraq War propaganda |
leftstreet |
Feb-27-11 09:05 PM |
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Quote found in |
JDPriestly |
Feb-28-11 01:06 AM |
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Why can't we learn from history? |
AlbertCat |
Feb-28-11 12:29 PM |
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We do -- but one of the hardest things for Americans to get is that the right wing is |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:53 PM |
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I'm sick of it! I'm going to make some phone calls tomorrow. CBS NBC ABC and NPR |
The Wielding Truth |
Feb-28-11 02:08 AM |
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Many of us here have been trying for more than 20+ years to change rw media ... |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:56 PM |
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+1000% -- |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 05:22 PM |
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If it wasn't for the Internet |
Skip_In_Boulder |
Feb-27-11 09:07 PM |
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My feelings exactly |
SaveAmerica |
Feb-27-11 09:11 PM |
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Who the hell isn't sick of this crap by now? |
Kurovski |
Feb-27-11 09:19 PM |
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the mainstream American media is a propaganda tool, sadly |
RainDog |
Feb-27-11 09:21 PM |
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It's worse than that ... it's part of the right wing crime way ... and cover up -- |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 05:12 PM |
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Yep. Our "media" are a #@%&*$% joke. |
seafan |
Feb-27-11 09:28 PM |
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but they cramed the Teabaggers rallies down our collective throats ...I remember |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Feb-27-11 09:29 PM |
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That contrast is so easy to see. |
travelingtypist |
Feb-27-11 10:13 PM |
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Agree -- but why are you watching MSM TV? They have no purpose but to lie and demoralize left -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 05:14 PM |
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I've seen it on the news. But I am in Canada. I guess the demonstration are playing |
applegrove |
Feb-27-11 09:48 PM |
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Candian news is so much better |
KT2000 |
Feb-27-11 09:58 PM |
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Yep only a few degrees away from what happened in Egypt et all during protests , or in China |
lunasun |
Feb-27-11 10:30 PM |
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''None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free'' |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 05:19 PM |
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If I hadn't lived through it, I would not have believed it although I knew certain issues were |
lonestarnot |
Feb-27-11 10:33 PM |
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And yet the Tea Parties get coverage. |
Puregonzo1188 |
Feb-27-11 10:40 PM |
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I'm not surprised |
Johnny Morales |
Feb-27-11 10:47 PM |
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No. They love to cover controversy if they can spin it to help the corporate powers. (nt) |
w4rma |
Feb-28-11 10:53 AM |
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And, he is correct. n/t |
deacon |
Feb-27-11 10:54 PM |
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We need to start protesting at the M$M headquarters, too. |
PADemD |
Feb-27-11 10:54 PM |
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Thank you Paul Krugman! Now if we could only figure a way to get this out to people who don't read. |
20score |
Feb-27-11 11:09 PM |
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Liberal Media My A$$!! |
Wolf Frankula |
Feb-27-11 11:29 PM |
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I am not so much for reading articles that begin with an admission of ignorance |
HEyHEY |
Feb-27-11 11:33 PM |
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The first difficulty is to see that the problem is difficult. |
WheelWalker |
Feb-28-11 01:16 AM |
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K&R |
hay rick |
Feb-27-11 11:58 PM |
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Truth to Power. |
WheelWalker |
Feb-28-11 12:10 AM |
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kick |
grahamhgreen |
Feb-28-11 12:49 AM |
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FOXnews Roger Aisles to indicted possibly as early as tomorrow for bribing Judith Miller with offer |
Imagevision |
Feb-28-11 01:16 AM |
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Maybe as early as Wednesday or Thursday, perhaps, but not on Friday this week at least |
Major Hogwash |
Feb-28-11 04:26 PM |
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TV coverage doesn't matter |
kaffy4x4 |
Feb-28-11 02:54 AM |
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My outrage grows by the day. |
Enthusiast |
Feb-28-11 02:59 AM |
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EveryTime American Corporate Media Blacks out an |
Lastactiongyro |
Feb-28-11 05:04 AM |
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Spooky (R) indeed |
SpiralHawk |
Feb-28-11 05:11 AM |
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We have to make the noise that the msn won't re Wisconsin and.. |
MaeScott |
Feb-28-11 05:21 AM |
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IT'S FASCISM! nt |
tomp |
Feb-28-11 05:22 AM |
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But what about even left0leaning media like Huffington Post? |
The Hitman |
Feb-28-11 06:03 AM |
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Corporate Media is Corporate Media and Huff Post is Corporate Media. |
harun |
Feb-28-11 08:10 PM |
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Maybe we are |
border_town |
Feb-28-11 06:18 AM |
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I remember it well. |
kentuck |
Feb-28-11 06:23 AM |
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In addition, it makes perfect sense that TPTB want to destroy net neutrality too. |
myrna minx |
Feb-28-11 06:30 AM |
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My local news gives brief coverage and calls it "a protest against a right to work law" |
TheKentuckian |
Feb-28-11 06:38 AM |
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I know they did the same thing here on one of the FOX affiliates. |
fasttense |
Feb-28-11 07:02 AM |
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Same deal here but this was our Corporate Broadcasting affiliate. Our Faux, is sadly |
TheKentuckian |
Feb-28-11 03:47 PM |
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Krugman rocks! |
Keith Bee |
Feb-28-11 06:45 AM |
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Good Morning America's top 2 stories? |
PA Democrat |
Feb-28-11 06:47 AM |
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RT, short for |
mahatmakanejeeves |
Feb-28-11 07:24 AM |
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Its a daily story here in MN |
rbixby |
Feb-28-11 08:27 AM |
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But someone said a bad word at the Oscars. Sorry, news is full. |
JBoy |
Feb-28-11 08:39 AM |
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Hah, that's what I said this morning... |
a la izquierda |
Feb-28-11 10:07 AM |
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I have a theory |
Mosaic |
Feb-28-11 08:39 AM |
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We don't have a choice! But praise be for the internets nt |
flamingdem |
Feb-28-11 09:57 AM |
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A strategy: |
Maineman |
Feb-28-11 09:06 AM |
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Exactly...this is why we have to be our own news media |
deutsey |
Feb-28-11 10:08 AM |
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Yes! |
snappyturtle |
Feb-28-11 10:40 AM |
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Santa Fe New Mexican still part of blackout in not reporting weekend protests. |
Helga Scow Stern |
Feb-28-11 10:35 AM |
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KNR! n/t |
indimuse |
Feb-28-11 12:28 PM |
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Actually it has that St Paul MN feeling too |
idrahaje |
Feb-28-11 01:01 PM |
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The conflict of interest laden corporate media will almost always promote |
Uncle Joe |
Feb-28-11 01:20 PM |
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not just New York |
wial |
Feb-28-11 01:23 PM |
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It's a fucking trifecta, and the sooner everyone realizes it .... |
Joe Fields |
Feb-28-11 01:30 PM |
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The story was getting too hot, and was spreading like wildfire. So they threw cold water on it. |
reformist2 |
Feb-28-11 03:54 PM |
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+1 |
harun |
Feb-28-11 08:13 PM |
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By gawd Paul, you're right. And that's why we have this series of tubes called the internet. |
Major Hogwash |
Feb-28-11 04:23 PM |
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THIS is why elites/right wing have to own and control ALL media -- truth is a huge threat -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Feb-28-11 04:37 PM |
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k and r |
senseandsensibility |
Feb-28-11 06:52 PM |
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