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Takket

(21,616 posts) Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:13 PM Jun 2019

Why is the media DEAD silent on children in cages? [View all]

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^^^This

What AOC said is a front page controversy, but not the atrocities being committed?

WTF?

I mean... the media DID care about a year ago. This was a big deal. Then... It just went away.

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Why is the media DEAD silent on children in cages? [View all] Takket Jun 2019 OP

kicking and reccing.... dhill926 Jun 2019 #1

None of the Reporters or their Boss's Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #2

I have said this before and I will say it again Haggis for Breakfast Jun 2019 #3

Semper Fi SCVDem Jun 2019 #12

Semper Fortis, shipmate. Haggis for Breakfast Jun 2019 #37

Fourth Reich. triron Jun 2019 #16

I wholeheartedly agree. defacto7 Jun 2019 #22

This. Thank you Haggis Docreed2003 Jun 2019 #27

Indeed. ...nt 2naSalit Jun 2019 #30

I don't think journalists are allowed near the detention centers, the caravans, the groups forced emmaverybo Jun 2019 #4

Food animals in slaughterhouses, get more 'aggressive journalism' than these CHILDREN... Volaris Jun 2019 #5

Not just the journalists leftieNanner Jun 2019 #6

This complete lack of access to the people locked up is what is most troubling. That members of the emmaverybo Jun 2019 #8

I don't know that information leftieNanner Jun 2019 #35

It's a shame there isn't a technology to carry a camera on a little flying machine... NutmegYankee Jun 2019 #9

Drones get shot down. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #21

The media yes but moniss Jun 2019 #7

Because they don't give a hoot about people Nuggets Jun 2019 #10

Thank you for this. The answer to your question is that it is easier to cover a story a Dem or... JoeOtterbein Jun 2019 #11

My thoughts exactly Vegas Roller Jun 2019 #13

Chris Cuomo brings it up all the time. nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #14

Between the daily mass shootings, kids in cages, families separated at the border, ecstatic Jun 2019 #15

I've been listening about it all day long.... quickesst Jun 2019 #17

Believe it or not, our media is still arguing over what to call it! icymist Jun 2019 #18

Shoot the messenger! Duppers Jun 2019 #19

Shoot the messenger! Duppers Jun 2019 #20

this is a great eg of the incredible stupidity of ignoring talk radio certainot Jun 2019 #23

I watch selected cable news, and both Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace have had a LOT to say... Hekate Jun 2019 #24

K&R ck4829 Jun 2019 #25

Because the "liberal media" has been the CONSERVATIVE PRESS all along. nt Baltimike Jun 2019 #26

Here's the other messed up part Midnightwalk Jun 2019 #28

Because people don't care. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #29

Thread winner for honesty. Boomerproud Jun 2019 #38

Many of them (at least their bosses) really ARE the enemy FiveGoodMen Jun 2019 #31

Trump ordered up mass arrests for reelection purposes. LessAspin Jun 2019 #32

K&R... spanone Jun 2019 #33

Chris Hayes covered it yesterday, and the day before lunatica Jun 2019 #34

Because you are in your end times, America. You fucked up. Shaddox Jun 2019 #36

They're not. Liberal In Texas Jun 2019 #39