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Felt like I was being gaslighted. Lars39 Feb 2013 #1
we were being gaslighted elehhhhna Feb 2013 #3
ANYTHING TO SELL PAPERS OR GET VIEWERS HowHasItComeToThis Feb 2013 #76
No. The papers sold the war. The KEY moment for GWB's invasion joeunderdog Feb 2013 #129
You're right. The anger I felt at the media was horrible. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #6
I canceled my cable, and haven't watched network news again to this day bhikkhu Feb 2013 #38
I think everyone I know came to think of me as a left wing loon, CrispyQ Feb 2013 #96
So true lark Feb 2013 #118
It was surreal MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #2
that was my sense as well.. as if a fog had descended over the land Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #32
Surreal is the perfect word. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #48
It was the military-media complex in full control, and it was scary. reformist2 Feb 2013 #126
Absolutely.. DCBob Feb 2013 #4
I lost any trust in the system nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #5
EXACTLY why even dem leaders don't do the right thing when wiggs Feb 2013 #9
Agreed (NT) The Wizard Feb 2013 #29
It wasn't that "they hate us for our freedom" 2naSalit Feb 2013 #61
Absolutely right on! dreamnightwind Feb 2013 #83
This: "our country has never done the honest self-reflection" CrispyQ Feb 2013 #98
Nice links. I have read a little Blum in the past, dreamnightwind Feb 2013 #104
NPR played its part. appal_jack Feb 2013 #7
I no longer give to NPR, period nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #11
I remember this well. I used to listen to NPR during my lunch break and that senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #17
I will never support NPR again Magleetis Feb 2013 #106
I gave up on NPR during the election of 2000 KansDem Feb 2013 #121
True, they favored the (s)election of B*sh rather unabashedly. n/t appal_jack Feb 2013 #135
What I specifically remember... Blanks Feb 2013 #8
Very good point. All the "news" companies have weapons manufacturing divisions. yardwork Feb 2013 #23
I worked for a defense contractor at the time, it was awful. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #103
My husband was in the military, so I knew it would affect us--but I wasn't certain that TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #10
They took journalism and stuffed it into a Die Hard puff piece MichiganVote Feb 2013 #12
I will never forget it... ljm2002 Feb 2013 #13
To me that were acting like f****** Pimps for the Invasion.. like Cha Feb 2013 #77
That's why I call the Washington Post the Bushington Post. forestpath Feb 2013 #14
Yes I remember the war fever OutNow Feb 2013 #15
I remember Tweety gushing over Shrub's strut on the Mission Accomplished carrier. kairos12 Feb 2013 #16
Along with Howard Fineman. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #19
I have never forgot how much samplegirl Feb 2013 #92
Even the local sports station was 24/7 pro war. Octafish Feb 2013 #18
Oh yes. And, like you, I stopped watching TV. yardwork Feb 2013 #20
I remember at an anti-Bush, anti-war protest I got interviewed by a local TV station Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #21
I was heartsick. I stood on a street corner over and over in protest. classof56 Feb 2013 #22
Fucken right I remember. I was out in the antiwar protests Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #24
Thanks for that perspective. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #25
It was the graphic images of the war that turned the public off Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #31
Thanks for your service. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #35
I was shot over there and clubbed over here. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #37
So true.... ! KoKo Feb 2013 #116
Subserviant cheer leaders The Wizard Feb 2013 #26
Collective insanity reigned Hawaiianlight Feb 2013 #27
We should have listened to Hans Blix and let him finish his job. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #105
Germany 1935 sarchasm Feb 2013 #28
you just have to go back to last election, or even current Benghazi BS being pushed by Wingnuts JI7 Feb 2013 #30
Navy Seals rawk!1! JNelson6563 Feb 2013 #33
The only one pushing back was Phil Donahue, and they fired him. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #34
Anyone remember how horrible tweety was to Phil Donahue senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #43
This was the moment that changed Chris Matthews for the better... Ian David Feb 2013 #45
You may be right. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #46
I totally remember it BuelahWitch Feb 2013 #36
Remember it, reacted the same way. It was the beginning of the new me SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #39
And the ultimate irony is... VPStoltz Feb 2013 #40
At the time of the run-up to the Iraq invasion.... KauaiK Feb 2013 #41
anyone remember that asshole bob schiefer cheerleading the war? Hulk Smash Feb 2013 #42
I remember a Sunday morning when Schieffer rendered Rumsfeld speechless. countryjake Feb 2013 #128
They MIGHT admit a right wing asshole was wrong,... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #44
I remember my mom and me screaming at the TV meow2u3 Feb 2013 #47
Shock and Awe Chico Man Feb 2013 #49
I remember very well indeed. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author Danmel Feb 2013 #51
but most were for the war - duped Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #52
Nothing like a good little war.... Historic NY Feb 2013 #53
Aaron Brown on CNN Whisp Feb 2013 #54
I think you mean Aaron Brown. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #73
Brown, yes. ty, I edited. n/t Whisp Feb 2013 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #108
thanks, I checked that out. Great read! Whisp Feb 2013 #110
Wow. The comments about General Wesley Clark were strange. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #124
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #125
The result of the media push. hay rick Feb 2013 #55
They pushed the war and censored the protesters. The Anthrax Days! nt valerief Feb 2013 #56
They've never stopped pushing for war. harun Feb 2013 #57
I Gave Up Watching Tee Vee Altogether AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #58
Ding TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #59
Chris Matthews on W's "top gun moment Botany Feb 2013 #60
ew senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #62
Mission accomplished. hay rick Feb 2013 #66
The sad truth is 2naSalit Feb 2013 #67
that makes me want to vomit, twice. Whisp Feb 2013 #71
You can't spell coward without a W. CrispyQ Feb 2013 #99
Yes...and remember "Tweety Twist in the Wind?" and the Web Site KoKo Feb 2013 #115
Which war are you talking about? The war in Afghanistan? Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #63
I will never forget, and will never forgive. nt killbotfactory Feb 2013 #64
It was wrong and unethical nineteen50 Feb 2013 #65
Ann Curry (after the start) on the USS Lincoln leading a "USA!USA!" cheer underpants Feb 2013 #68
I remember this article Danmel Feb 2013 #69
The media hyped it well. damnedifIknow Feb 2013 #70
I will never forget. Ever. Hekate Feb 2013 #72
Judy Miller of the New York Times.. The cable channels: March to War.. Cha Feb 2013 #75
The NYT and every other newspaper buried anti-war protest articles. shcrane71 Feb 2013 #78
the NYTimes BainsBane Feb 2013 #79
I remember even our local news barely covered the largest anti-war march since catbyte Feb 2013 #80
William Rivers Pitt's piece titled: "I See Four Lights" stands out for me from that time... rosesaylavee Feb 2013 #81
Thanks for that. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #87
Thanks for this thread... rosesaylavee Feb 2013 #93
MIC News still controls the meme think Feb 2013 #82
Check colsohlibgal Feb 2013 #84
Then the presswhores gleefully asked people to call in and "tell us how you feel about torture" just1voice Feb 2013 #85
I remember vividly. susanna Feb 2013 #86
I am so sorry about your friend. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #102
Thank you, senseandsensibility. susanna Feb 2013 #136
I remember a shot of Paula Zahn, at the end of a report about the Cleita Feb 2013 #88
I lost my voice often then, screaming LIARS at the television. I sure as hell will never forget what Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #89
Donahue, Maher and Stern were pushed from poor people radios and TV. Festivito Feb 2013 #90
I remember it sakabatou Feb 2013 #91
I remember and it was disgusting and complicit ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #94
Many Democrat's were complicit. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #107
I know. Most of them voted for it. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #112
Chris Matthews, 2006: The Time is Now Feb 2013 #95
What a craven jerk he was (and can still be) senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #101
Even Dr. Phil of all people. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #97
I remember Operation Iraqi Liberation lasted for about a day until they realized it spelled OIL. CrispyQ Feb 2013 #100
I remember comic strips pushing for war Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #109
Still waiting for the expose and mea culpa from the NYTimes on their role in the conspiracy on point Feb 2013 #111
Yep. colorado_ufo Feb 2013 #113
I became disillusioned after the 2000 election theft deutsey Feb 2013 #114
I remember it like it was yesterday. ALL the cable news channels were on the war bandwagon Blaukraut Feb 2013 #117
It was like living in the Twilight Zone & the media lost its credibility. pacalo Feb 2013 #119
Your post really brought back memories. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #122
So much I've read on this subject in the last few days, and this is the one Mira Feb 2013 #120
I'm sorry. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #123
Damn straight I remember. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #127
I had that feeling too. Stevepol Feb 2013 #130
The feeling of being powerless when you know you are right senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #134
Washington Post is at it again Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #131
you men the bought-out media empire. that "press"? blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #132
I remember. Rec. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #133
I remember the press claiming Iraq had missiles capable of dumping chemical weapons Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #137
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