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still_one

(92,195 posts)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 01:24 PM Feb 2013

For 8 fricking years the media gave bush and the repukes a free pass. Now everything that this [View all]

administration does is subject to criticism.

Why weren't they doing their job during the bush administration?

If this isn't double vision I don't know what is

The most recent example is the sequester. They let the rpukes spout their misinformation, but 99% of the reporters do not believe they should ask these same republicans who are blaming the President for it, why they voted for it?

I have not heard one reporter ask a repuke that question.

The drone attacks should rightfully be questioned, however, all the garbage that the bush administration pulled, not once was this kind of stuff questioned.

I guess the question to the media really comes down to this:

Why do they require an African American to have a higher standard than they required of a white president?



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Because the MSM is owned... orwell Feb 2013 #1
I definitely think there is a racist element to it /nt still_one Feb 2013 #2
You ask... "Why weren't they doing their job during the bush administration?" RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #3
There you to be a requirement that a certain amount of air time needed to be for that still_one Feb 2013 #4
Airwaves? RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #6
I meant FCC regulations used to have requirements for licensing still_one Feb 2013 #11
How many years has the MSM not reported the failure to prosecute war criminals? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #5
You forget, this African American is a democrat nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #7
Because they are entertainers and not reporters Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #8
The corporate takeover is bipartisan, and the media remains complicit. woo me with science Feb 2013 #9
Let's see ... Igel Feb 2013 #10
The R's may have a different perception however independent studies have pointed to far more still_one Feb 2013 #14
The media is nothing but a dog and pony show. Not fit for mental consumption. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #12
The corporate media has its own goals, City Lights Feb 2013 #13
Not precisely the problem. The problem is that the media are tblue37 Feb 2013 #15
They deserve criticism on some things davidn3600 Feb 2013 #16
My aims during the Bush Occupation was not for Democrats to also not be accountable TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #17
Agreed, but my point is that the coverage is not even handed still_one Feb 2013 #18
THANK YOU. woo me with science Feb 2013 #21
I'll second that still_one Feb 2013 #26
Note to republicans: THERE IS NO FUCKING LIBERAL MEDIA!!!! Initech Feb 2013 #19
"The media gave Bush and the Republicans a free pass?" OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #20
Uh, yeah. sibelian Feb 2013 #22
Pretty much. City Lights Feb 2013 #24
Really serious. Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #29
not 8 years....but definitely the first 8. 2005 Katrina and mosque bombing in Iraq were tipping Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2013 #23
true, but it was so late in the game, and the damage had already been set. still_one Feb 2013 #25
G.E. orpupilofnature57 Feb 2013 #27
Yep. G.E. started it all... October Feb 2013 #28
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