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It will take all of us to win this election. Now imagine if CNN or MSNBC or ABC or CBS news got thousands of emails insisting they do their fucking job or we're switching off. Who cares - you say? Well, the whole point of big media is to deliver an audience to advertisers - that's how they make money - market share. If they lose market share they lose advertising revenue. Will they pay attention? I say yes - you will say no - so lets try an experiment. Instead of spending an hour reading and responding to Palin posts here at DU, spend 45 minutes and then spend 15 minutes emailing specific news shows insisting they honestly report McCain's lies as lies. Better yet, spend 30 minutes on DU then 15 working the press and 15 trying to convince someone that's on the fence to vote for Obama. If I'm wrong - what have you lost? 15 - 30 minutes on some internet forum? What's the next presidency of the United States worth? I say its immeasurable.
Should we be tough - oh hell yes - tough and truthful! I say use the truth like an anvil and the issues like a hammer. To me, getting in the mud = lying, cheating, and stealing to get what we want and I won't go there. Do we all have a role to play - oh hell yes! I know you care about this election and I know I care about this election - how about we both work to elect Obama?
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