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Akamai

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28. He showed a segment of his rapid fire questions to Bernie about
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 01:41 AM
Dec 2016

how to pay for college and laughed when Bernie said he would tax Wall Street, and Matthews said to his coterie: "That can't happen!" Hah! Hah!

His panel there consisted of Republican and Democratic consultants and a New York Times reporter.

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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
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