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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:29 PM Original message |
The Press was USED to sell the war in Iraq.--Chris Matthews |
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FrankBooth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee? You think? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. NBC news was used by GE to sell the war for their defense division sales. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Huh? |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. For today |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. LOL! |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. NO...of course not.....the word that should be used is COMPLICIT, not |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. You betcha! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Absolutely. We were virtually SCREAMING at them in late 2002 and ... |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
61. Aiding And Abetting As Well |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Was watching it and I thought I was loosing my mind. Say it ain't so! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. What - they're not thinking adults? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Exactly. There's no excuse. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. wow!! Was the first time the press was used to sell something? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Of course. It's always been the out... |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yah Chris!!....Tell us about YOU!!!...YOU were a big sell out!!! |
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writes2000 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep, he just said it. And he said if Cheney hadn't been pushing this, |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It all comes together now....Think about it.... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh No Chris you were helping and aiding the Bush Whitehouse |
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oregonindy (790 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. they were used because people like miller are on the payroll |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. yep, everyone's going to claim victim status, just wait. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wish they had listened to my letters |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yeah, and don't forget the millions that protested |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow! What a revelation! Does Tweety acknowledge his part in the |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. And this is news to WHO?! eom |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. "MATTHEWS TAKES HEAD OUT OF ASS -- Sees Shadow" |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. ROTFLMAO don't DO that while I am drinking coffee! Ouch! Man, it hurts |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. Subject: ROTFLMAO don't DO that while I am drinking coffee! Ouch! Man, it |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. BULLSHIT. Bush was shown ON CAMERA high-fiving over it. |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. amazing claims |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. where, along the line, did you all forget h.l. mencken's |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Passive voice cowardice |
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Seansky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. when things get hot and to close CYA |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. I heard him ask the question but did not hear him say that the |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Chrissie STILL can't sit down comfortably |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. No dumbass, the press willingly whored themselves out to Bushco |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. He conveniently forgets that the role of the media is |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. oh no chris -- you sold that war like a used car sales man. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. So media researchers dont have "Google?" |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hey, I'll take every little win we get! |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Your analysis of psychology, hairball cheap shill, |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Thanks, and yours too |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Historically, chiefly under democratic congresses, |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Thank you |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ah, the media whores like Tweets. He spends 5 years |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. can you sue the media for faulty information |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. When the line between reporting on the facts and |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Putz. Someone that makes the big bucks needs to be less gullible |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. I heard Andrea Mitchell mention this on his show yesterday |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Uh huh. Like prostitutes are used for sex. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. WTF is going on? |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Everybody on this thread.. I think it's GOOD that this is being covered |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. If he was Scottish he would whine... |
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CrazyForKucinich (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. Media's job is to check the government...Matthews nor other did this |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. As a person who at one time supported the war |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Actually, he didn't support the war... |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. Not only were they used, |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. And Bush is going to say THE PRESS MADE ME GO TO WAR. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Press was BOUGHT to sell the war in Iraq. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. They have to give back their 30 pieces of silver! |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. And Tucker Carlson Was On Blaming Democrats |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh good grief |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bullshit - they wanted the ratings boost |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. They ALLOWED themselves to be used... |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
59. say Tweety Bird |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Corp Media and their pundit whores are now.. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. In a nutshell |
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Kralizec (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. They weren't used they were COMPLIANT! (eom) |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
65. How's that possible? Because |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
67. You were used as well, Chrissy |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
68. WRONG - War is good TV, that is why they pumped it so hard. |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
69. What is the Media going to say next? |
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pearl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Tweety Bird Matthews |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
71. To Quote John Lovitz In "A League Of Their Own" |
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