This WeinerGate bullshit is proof positive that our corporate owned media is broken beyond repair

[MrScorpio]

The Fourth Estate is a key part of our democracy. Without it, we lack an informed electorate and the means to keep The Oligarchy in check.

We see again that they refuse to do their damned jobs.


Woe to us all.

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Sadly, I couldn't agree more.

[Roy Rolling]

56. yeah...

from the media that brought us two months of non-stop Charlie Sheen, welcome to Weiner-palooza.

[Hannah Bell]

2. kr

[LiberalLoner]

3. Yup, we are all totally screwed. Our nation will resemble the crashes

in central and south America. Shock Doctrine.

People starving all over the place and a brutal police state/dictatorship and no rights for women either.

Hurrah for the new America (sarcasm).

[sufrommich]

4. Sex scandals and their prominence on TV didn't start with Weiner

they won't end with him either.

[KittyWampus]

11. What "sex scandal"? There is no sex scandal except the one INVENTED by rightwing hacks.

[sufrommich]

19. Maybe that was poorly worded. I meant that titillating stuff like this

is common.

[R. P. McMurphy]

5. knr n/t

[riverbendviewgal]

6. I agree

It seems they are sinking as low as Faux News...

I long for the Ted Turner CNN, alas it is no more and in the last two years CNN has sunk as low as a tabloid.

[blm]

7. There's been no doubt in my mind that corporate media is in it ONLY for their corporate masters.

For decades now.

[Glyn Dwr]

52. I was watching Insider

Or The Insider... I can't remember, the one with Crowe and Pacino, and there is a big stink in that story about Westinghouse buying CBS. I saw that movie when it first came out and had completely spaced that monkeywrench subplot. But it did make me wonder what it must have been like when news and broadcasting agencies weren't owned by weapons contractors and multinational corporations. Were they no longer viable as independent entities when this trend began or was it just something that no one had considered in the past? It's amazing, absolutely amazing that it's legal.

[blm]

58. The Fascists spent the 80s and 90s buying control of broadcast media, and they sure didn't do it to

make sure the public had access to honest reporting.

[GusBob]

8. they are no longer a key component to anything related to anything new

he posts replying to a thread in a newsgroup on the internet

should be the first clue

[Gregorian]

9. Damn right.

You've hit on the keystone of America's problem. One of them, at least.

[sasha031]

10. the corporate take over of America

[Enthusiast]

49. That is the root of our problems.

Sadly we hear half the nation complaining that it is due to too much government.

Just wait until we have less government, things will be all better then.:sarcasm:

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Agree. This has gotten a 100 times more press than Diaper Vitter.

[Major Hogwash]

30. It's even gotten more attention than just Googling "santorum"!!

Which was incredibly disgusting and hilarious at the same time!!
Where's the press about that?
Why won't the media discuss such matters?

[Imajika]

13. So your saying if this was a Republican...

..the media should also ignore the story?

In the case of NY 26 Congressman Chris Lee, who was driven from office for something similar, the media should have ignored the whole thing too? We actually gained a Congressional seat out of that.

No, the media will always cover this sort of story. People are too interested in this stuff for them not to. If this were a Republican and the media were not covering it, DU would be HOWLING with outrage that a potential cover up was being ignored.

Sounds to me like Weiner isn't telling the whole truth. All he has to do is be honest, admit everything, and it will all work out. Voters in his district are not going to throw him out this.

[dorkulon]

22. +1

[me b zola]

29. What story?

Seriously, the only story here is that another character assassination attempt has been pulled by breitbart.

Rep Weiner has categorically stated that he never tweeted that pic to that woman. Period.

[PeanutGallery]

35. It depends ...

For those who are complaining about Weiner being picked on by the media, did you feel the same way when Rep. Lee sent a topless pic? Were there cries of "leave him alone"? Hell no!! I think that a lot of this is because Rep. Weiner is one of the most liked politicians on DU, so the threat that this could cause him to resign his seat like Rep. Lee had to is why people are in such an uproar. Do I think that's him? Maybe. It won't be the first politician (out of the state of NY) to do something like that ... this year. How he has handled this in the aftermath of the pic being released defies common sense. The fact that disturbs me the most is that he hasn't, as of yet, had the FBI start looking into the hacking issue yet. The FBI can force Twitter to give everything the FBI needs to solve this case pretty quickly. I mean, even Sarah Palin did it when her e-mail account was hacked. Perhaps someone told her to do it, but IIRC, it was done shortly after the breach was discovered.

[Marr]

37. The woman in question denies receiving the picture. Weiner denies sending it.

This is nothing like Lee, who was sending out photos of himself to arrange extramarital hook-ups.

The only scandals here are:

1) Has Breitbart been involved in illegal computer hacking and
2) Why was the media so willing to play along with another smear from a proven liar who is on record as saying his life's work is to destroy the institutional left?

[barbtries]

45. two different situations!

weiner did not send the tweet. Lee sent the picture of himself. BIG difference.

[Enthusiast]

51. You are pathetic........nt

[Enthusiast]

50. There is no 'story'. nt

[ItNerd4life]

53. Common sense, it's nice to see some people have it. Agree completely. nt

[meow mix]

14. +rec

[defendandprotect]

15. Who's watching it -- evidently a lot of DU still -- ?????

[AuntPatsy]

18. First I heard of it du, and as always a zillion threads on latest so called breaking news

[Major Hogwash]

28. It's on every cable channel except for Bravo, man. We don't decide what they will show, they do.

The damn Cartoon Network will probably have a new series this fall, about a talking weiner!

This shit is insane.
4 freaking days of it!

Why can't the media just chase Palin in her bus and stay away from the stories about Weiner!?!
Why can't they talk about raising taxes instead of just making cuts?!

Most of the independents get their news from tv, cable programs, and such, so this nonsense has to stop!!

[AuntPatsy]

16. Could not agree more

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Yep........ but does it show the media that?

I still think they think they have the emperor's new clothes.

[Rageneau]

20. That photo is of Clarence Thomas's penis

You know -- Long Dong Silver, the lying, crooked Supreme Court Justice.

[RainDog]

21. yep nt/

[slay]

23. Indeed it does

such bullshit. i'm really hoping Keith can do great things at Current TV and get some REAL news out there - stuff even Rachel can't talk about. and i hope he has some guests that are typically banned from corporate media like Noam Chomsky and Jim Hightower and even Ralph Nader.

[spanone]

24. fucking a. they hardly mentioned john ensign let alone 'demand' answers . fuck them

[progressoid]

25. And this shit keeps on happening over and over and over.

They've been doing this for so long most people don't even realize how bad it is. This is the new norm.

:banghead:

[Mojorabbit]

26. It isn't like this is a slow news period either

Tornadoes everywhere it seems, floods, continuing nuclear problems in Japan and on and on.

[Major Hogwash]

27. Where are the jobs, Boehner?

The only job Boehner has created is the blowjob over this wiener bs!!

Boehner campaigned on jobs, not on twitpics!
Where's the jobs bill from the Repubs in the House?
All they can produce is noise, from all the whining.

Those guys couldn't produce a healthy fart if they ate a hill of beans!!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

31. Has been for decades n/t

[deutsey]

32. Broken beyond repair? Corporate-owned media work just fine for those who own them.

:evilfrown:

[nichomachus]

39. +100

[Octafish]

33. Even the Detroit 'sports talk' stations are in on the act.

Kid you not: CBS and Clear Channel doing the Weiner wiener schtick.

[The Wizard]

34. The Fourth Estate

has transmuted into a fifth column. It's owned and operated by the forces determined to reinstate slavery. The South has risen in the guise of hyper patriotism. Ignorance is now a valued character trait. Intelligence is scorned.

[deacon]

36. ...and covering bus trips to pizza joints...n/t

[harun]

38. Corporate Media jumped the shark LONG ago. Didn't need this to show me that.

[mod mom]

40. yeah, that and the lack of coverage in fraudulent elections.

[fascisthunter]

41. People Warned about Media Consolidation and getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine

[KansDem]

42. "The Fourth Estate?" It should be named, "The Whoreth Estate"

And I mean both male and female whores who work for it...

[Imagevision]

43. Seriously, what media doesn't the right wing own...?

[EFerrari]

46. There are indies out there and they need our support

like Amy and Laura Flanders, LINK and Free SpeechTV. Once having said "our" corporate media is ridiculous, the next step is to support independent journalism.

[barbtries]

44. yep

not to mention the non stop palin crap. it is such bullshit it fucking breaks my heart to see what a pathetic society we've become. we have lost the fourth estate.

[avebury]

47. Agreed

K&R

[Enthusiast]

48. K&R You are so right, MrScorpio.

The media was bad ten years ago. Now it has gone from bad to absurd.

[MessiahRp]

54. Weiner gets heat for pics of his underwear. Where was the MSM when Sen. Vitter wore diapers?

They covered that scandal for what? 5 minutes? Nobody ever talked about him wearing diapers when he had sex with prostitutes. No, they just mentioned his infidelity quickly and moved on. (They spent more time mocking her dress choice than going over the actual incident).

Tell me how impartial the MSM is when it comes to scandals because it seems ridiculously biased and one sided to me.

Rp

[defendandprotect]

55. As much as everyone recognizes this -- especially at DU -- that so many still watch ...

TV is astonishing --

And -- while there is constant reporting of MSM lies -- it still seems that

many think there are still limits to how much they will lie. Really?

Think 9/11 --

[proud patriot]

57. It's like Iraq all over again

It's so apparent what is being done .

I'm compairing the media lies , not the things lied about.