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meanit

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39. There will always be clueless suckers

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:31 PM

Mar 2012

That's why the right has spent billions to buy up radio and TV' while screeching "liberal media" 24/7 to cover their real intentions. In the 1950's, when television was starting en masse, many people realized quite quickly whay an awsomely powerful tool it could be for information and, of course, propaganda. Laws against consolodation and for ethics and fairness were enacted. (like the Fairness Doctrine) This is where the "if it's on TV, it has to be true" slogan came from.
Many people still do not understand that is no longer the case anymore.

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We are truly in an "Age of Ignorance" [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

The best post I have read in a week...Thanks cleanhippie. russspeakeasy Mar 2012 #1

Your welcome. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #2

Worse than the Dark Ages because it does not have to be this way. We know better. jwirr Mar 2012 #3

yeah, I've remarked more than a few times the irony Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #63

excellent post Carolina Mar 2012 #4

One could argue that based on that, education does not always correlate to intelligence. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #6

My GF's doctor is RW. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #25

A wouldn't be surprised if a significant percentage of doctors got into the business for the money corkhead Mar 2012 #51

Yeah, that "Bedside Manner" is sorely lacking in a lot of them... BiggJawn Mar 2012 #58

Most smart lawyers are democrats... Whiskeytide Mar 2012 #68

Being highly educated in a field of specialty is not the same as tblue37 Mar 2012 #30

i agree with you carolina iemitsu Mar 2012 #34

The owners of this country do not want educated citizens, period. Moostache Mar 2012 #5

"they behave like battered wives and DEFEND the bastards who are brutalizing them" cleanhippie Mar 2012 #8

Yep. a kind of Stockholm Syndrome en masse. nt left coaster Mar 2012 #12

And they're always hungry for an "Other" to hate. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #26

Remember that Santorum exemplified this idiocy Bainbridge Bear Mar 2012 #45

You are forgetting that the leaders of these groups mazzarro Mar 2012 #59

Exactly! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #67

rec. KG Mar 2012 #7

If people wised up in sufficient numbers, there would no longer be LibDemAlways Mar 2012 #9

Reading the comments on the article is depressing. hunter Mar 2012 #10

and its coupled with an "Age of Arrogance" ... nt wavesofeuphoria Mar 2012 #11

Arrogant Ignorance... hunter Mar 2012 #22

Didn't Pres. Obama once say, "They're proud of their ignorance." polichick Mar 2012 #54

A nation of grifters. bluedigger Mar 2012 #13

k and r for a most excellent article niyad Mar 2012 #14

Thanks cleanhippie very well written. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #15

I remember those sixties RW nuts, too, xtra... Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #49

Too true, but we have MSNBC and on radio Stephanie Miller, we're catching on now! Current TV too. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #66

back in the day it was network TV and radio TrogL Mar 2012 #70

It's the Sarah Palin legacy lunatica Mar 2012 #16

Game, set, match. krispos42 Mar 2012 #17

rec. KG Mar 2012 #18

A whole bunch of them know better gulliver Mar 2012 #19

Remember just a few years ago these people were screaming that we were traitors we need to be die or Katashi_itto Mar 2012 #20

They've been Dumbing us Down TatonkaJames Mar 2012 #21

And have been wildly successful with statins. azul Mar 2012 #28

Religion is pushed and atheists villified to keep the masses ignorant and gullible Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #23

"religious media outlets whose function is to fabricate an alternate reality for their viewers..." cleanhippie Mar 2012 #27

100% correct. nt hifiguy Mar 2012 #64

Joe was able to understand them arely staircase Mar 2012 #24

We don't have to wait 500 years Cobalt-60 Mar 2012 #72

Spot on! Plucketeer Mar 2012 #29

what is really scary is that i know some educated folks who believe those same things got root Mar 2012 #31

It's scarey to see Sanatorium win anywhere! socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #32

Yep....Propoganda Slurpers colsohlibgal Mar 2012 #33

There will always be clueless suckers meanit Mar 2012 #39

Kicked and highly recommended. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #35

My latest favorite was a Washington Journal caller on Friday who said EFerrari Mar 2012 #36

God forbid anyone would ever want to do anything to serve their community. n/t LibDemAlways Mar 2012 #40

In particular, what we need to do RZM Mar 2012 #37

Well, to be fair, educating our children to think for themselves IS a left-wing agenda. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #38

all teachers, even liberal ones iemitsu Mar 2012 #46

hmm... chervilant Mar 2012 #50

Very surprised. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #61

You have nailed it. livingonearth Mar 2012 #41

I think it has most to do with TV. And radio. FredStembottom Mar 2012 #42

there is something else Skittles Mar 2012 #43

Someone ProSense Mar 2012 #44

What's that Frank Zappa quote about how we're a generation raised on cartoons? Initech Mar 2012 #47

It's much worse than that, it's 100+ years of propaganda from everywhere just1voice Mar 2012 #48

You mentioned MSNBC. Show me when Rachel Maddow has EVER lied. Please. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #69

Wow. chervilant Mar 2012 #52

Thanks for the book recs. hifiguy Mar 2012 #65

You're welcome! chervilant Mar 2012 #71

"Despite their bravado, these fools can always be counted on... polichick Mar 2012 #53

Say what! mathematic Mar 2012 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author es466 Mar 2012 #56

When ignorance became profitable. Javaman Mar 2012 #57

Yes, all one has to do to understand the problem is open any newspaper sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #60

Q: What are we becoming? A: In a word, Mordor Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #62

Putting in generic reply awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #73

Ignorance is in! Domingo Tavella Mar 2012 #74