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Akamai

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9. Some people are more aware than others. If something is bad, I want people - as many as possible -

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 11:37 PM

Dec 2016

to say: it is bad! bad! bad!

Remember Kerry with the Swift Boat ads in 2004? He didn't believe the American public would believe those lies. But they did believe those lies, in large part because Kerry did not hammer them repeatedly. Hitler and Goebbels knew that if you say a big lie repeatedly, repeatedly, then people will be persuaded.

I want the truth in big letters, now, tomorrow and always! And our press is absolutely not delivering!

We can say "People should know these things", and it seems to be the same reasoning that we might say that everyone should have voter ID. That kind of reasoning - along with the view that everyone should floss every day - is just impractical. People just aren't going to follow those aspirational guidelines. We have to make it as easy as possible to know the truth.

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Fuck the mainstream press before elections! And FUCK THEM NOW! They are not taking responsibility! [View all] Akamai Dec 2016 OP

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Yup! Seems to me that we are trying to get the press to like us. Ain't gonna work. Money works. Akamai Dec 2016 #12

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I was watching Tweety Matthews tonight make fun of Bernie for his wanting to raise taxes on the rich Akamai Dec 2016 #17

Let's Vote On It OldYallow Dec 2016 #32

It just gets incrementally worse each time Cosmocat Dec 2016 #2

Yes -- but we reasonably believe that the press will talk truth to power. And we are WRONG!!! Akamai Dec 2016 #7

Again, this shit isn't new Cosmocat Dec 2016 #10

The media is supposed to be the canary in the mine, the alarm system for all of us, and it is not. Akamai Dec 2016 #13

Isn't it because quashing any real news is what they're hired to do? ailsagirl Dec 2016 #31

Yes IT ISN'T Cosmocat Dec 2016 #49

I saw a lot of Trump on a number of networks. I didn't need a talking head to tell me he's Hoyt Dec 2016 #3

The problem , for me, is how they discuss issues.. JHan Dec 2016 #4

Unfortunately, people who supported Trump are not going to watch an in depth program on health care Hoyt Dec 2016 #5

true. sometimes people can't help being ignorant but there's willful ignorance too. JHan Dec 2016 #16

Worse yet, the likelihood someone will be confronted with an in depth program on health care Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #21

Agreed, on TV and maybe newsprint, but it's there on Internet. Most just don't care. Hoyt Dec 2016 #41

Part of the problem is that the news media assigns separate teams of reporters pnwmom Dec 2016 #45

Some people are more aware than others. If something is bad, I want people - as many as possible - Akamai Dec 2016 #9

But what we consider truth are considered lies by ignorant white wingers. "Popular" media Hoyt Dec 2016 #15

At least we have to offer a vigorous statement of what we believe, and what history shows. Akamai Dec 2016 #19

You're right.. the US "media" brought us 9/11 and dump.. Cha Dec 2016 #38

You are correct Cosmocat Dec 2016 #11

I did watch MSNBC until... RiverStone Dec 2016 #6

Taking us all down, 4 years from now what will be left? sarcasmo Dec 2016 #8

A couple points NobodyHere Dec 2016 #18

Maybe SOME of the gaffs, but not Trump U. See many people on Akamai Dec 2016 #23

agreed, i see the election coverage like a scale Takket Dec 2016 #20

The undemocratic greedy bastards won this battle. So you agree the coverage Akamai Dec 2016 #26

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What did Chris say now? Don't watch him spew his crap anymore. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #24

He showed a segment of his rapid fire questions to Bernie about Akamai Dec 2016 #28

I stopped watching him after that lastone Dec 2016 #35

Absolutely! I really wanted to kick my TV. Really wanted to. Akamai Dec 2016 #37

Thanks... confirms why I don't watch that blowhard anymore! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #42

Stop. Watching. The. Russian. Propaganda. Us. News. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #25

Problem is so much of America is guided by the MSM. Should we ignore them? Akamai Dec 2016 #30

Yep. Completely. Why waste your energy on people who lied to you? LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #33

Our media has been hijacked by thugs with a dangerous agenda. Initech Dec 2016 #27

You bet! And we need to push back! In most of America, one can only Right Wing shows Akamai Dec 2016 #29

It's called *programming* for a REASON. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #34

Yes! I've told them to FO since November 2002.. cat on the m$m speaks for me.. Cha Dec 2016 #36

You beat me by 2 years Warpy Dec 2016 #44

If The Press Did Their Job There Would Be No Republicans OldYallow Dec 2016 #39

Once... Snackshack Dec 2016 #40

Good point but the media has always promoted the agenda malaise Dec 2016 #47

Hard to disagree... Snackshack Dec 2016 #48

So stop delivering a warm body to their advertisers Warpy Dec 2016 #43

The false equivalence starts with how the news media assigns reporters. pnwmom Dec 2016 #46

And how about those witches, Andrea Mitchel and Maureen Dowd, and their Akamai Dec 2016 #50