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Uncle Joe

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37. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:26 PM

Jul 2012

Thanks for the thread, Mira.

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Americans' Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low---Gallup results [View all] Mira Jul 2012 OP

Just as I suspected. progressoid Jul 2012 #1

Liberals' confidence is higher for the majority of that chart. DireStrike Jul 2012 #7

Liberals watch liberal news shows not MSM boobathons. nt valerief Jul 2012 #20

I'm curious - what triggered the sudden decline in May-June 2011? bluedigger Jul 2012 #27

The Fact liberalmike27 Jul 2012 #33

According to the following chart, Democrats and Liberals are the uneducated, magical thinking, Larry Ogg Jul 2012 #30

still none too high. interesting how liberals' confidence drops to the end of the bush admin, rises HiPointDem Jul 2012 #38

That's both good and bad news tularetom Jul 2012 #2

Here's some "news" for you... orwell Jul 2012 #3

Who's the 20% of the dopes with "a great deal" of confidence, lol? harun Jul 2012 #4

The people not paying attention. n/t JHB Jul 2012 #8

Older white people! Happy to say my mom is no longer one of them. Dustlawyer Jul 2012 #29

Maybe it is the proposed law to make propaganda legal? siligut Jul 2012 #5

Who knew? lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #6

Appropriate to say the least. Thanks for the laugh. n/t Mira Jul 2012 #14

CIA (NT) The Wizard Jul 2012 #15

Sometimes we just have to give up our delusions. turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #9

Aaron Sorkin strikes again! SCVDem Jul 2012 #10

Hopefully Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom will contribute to the negative numbers dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #11

Mmmmmm, there seems to be a robust correlation here... toddwv Jul 2012 #12

What a graphic . . . RockaFowler Jul 2012 #32

The Time Period liberalmike27 Jul 2012 #34

The problem with TV news... limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #13

Obfuscation of important news liberalmike27 Jul 2012 #35

WTF do cons have to be unhappy about? Doctor_J Jul 2012 #16

Excellent news. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #17

Well, if television news actually went back to doing the news instead of... Spazito Jul 2012 #18

Who are those knuckleheads who trust the MSM news? They must be very, very sheltered. nt valerief Jul 2012 #19

After the election..... Left Coast2020 Jul 2012 #21

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Jul 2012 #22

Maybe they should take a lesson from the new show Newsroom. Excellent if they want to get back southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #23

SO the centrists touting the MSM talking points are well, a brainwashed minority fascisthunter Jul 2012 #24

But..but..they have replaced dull old Cronkite with chirping heads with dazzling white teeth. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #25

You can fool some of the people all of the time..... Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #26

I understand Pravda was eventually widely regarded as a joke, too. Marr Jul 2012 #28

+1. now that the soviets are gone, no need to put a nice front over the fascism. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #39

BBC-America. Luckily it's on our service so we can actually be informed on World News - and cyberpj Jul 2012 #31

News sources tell you "other" news sources are corrupt Johonny Jul 2012 #36

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #37