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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:33 PM Original message |
Paul Krugman on Wisconsin news blackout - "That Iraq Feeling" |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. AMEN! Rec'd! I hope he writes an article about this b.s. nt |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who owns the media? |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. No site of this story on MSN.COM either |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. It's after 10 AM and still nothing.....but Charlie Sheen and the Lindbergh baby |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. Put the TVs in the closet -- !! WHY is anyone watching MSM? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Within a week after Howard Dean, then a candidate for President |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Corporate-press get 80% of the campaign money -- TV ads, etal -- |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. It's da librul media ya |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. k/r |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. The local news here in L.A. haven't even mentioned it, |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Not a peep about Wisconsin in L.A. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. k&r nt |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. NYT coverage hasn't exactly been exhaustive |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. k&r |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's weird. This evening on NPR, the only mention was two sentences |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. NPR National Petroleum Radio has been doing this shit for years. They were |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Bush went to great lengths to destroy NPR as an independent voice |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
83. The attack on PBS began decades ago -- go back to "beg-a-thons" .... |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. Silence the messenger same ole song - this surprises DUers (?) amazing... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am no longer surprised |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. maybe the protestors should have worn tea bags? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. And they're SELLING this to us just like they did Iraq War propaganda |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Quote found in |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. Why can't we learn from history? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
84. We do -- but one of the hardest things for Americans to get is that the right wing is |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. I'm sick of it! I'm going to make some phone calls tomorrow. CBS NBC ABC and NPR |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
85. Many of us here have been trying for more than 20+ years to change rw media ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
89. +1000% -- |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. If it wasn't for the Internet |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. My feelings exactly |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Who the hell isn't sick of this crap by now? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. the mainstream American media is a propaganda tool, sadly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
86. It's worse than that ... it's part of the right wing crime way ... and cover up -- |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yep. Our "media" are a #@%&*$% joke. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. but they cramed the Teabaggers rallies down our collective throats ...I remember |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That contrast is so easy to see. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
87. Agree -- but why are you watching MSM TV? They have no purpose but to lie and demoralize left -- !! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. I've seen it on the news. But I am in Canada. I guess the demonstration are playing |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Candian news is so much better |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yep only a few degrees away from what happened in Egypt et all during protests , or in China |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
88. ''None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free'' |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. If I hadn't lived through it, I would not have believed it although I knew certain issues were |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. And yet the Tea Parties get coverage. |
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Johnny Morales (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm not surprised |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
68. No. They love to cover controversy if they can spin it to help the corporate powers. (nt) |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. And, he is correct. n/t |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. We need to start protesting at the M$M headquarters, too. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. Thank you Paul Krugman! Now if we could only figure a way to get this out to people who don't read. |
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Wolf Frankula (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. Liberal Media My A$$!! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. I am not so much for reading articles that begin with an admission of ignorance |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. The first difficulty is to see that the problem is difficult. |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. Truth to Power. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. kick |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. FOXnews Roger Aisles to indicted possibly as early as tomorrow for bribing Judith Miller with offer |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. Maybe as early as Wednesday or Thursday, perhaps, but not on Friday this week at least |
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kaffy4x4 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. TV coverage doesn't matter |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. My outrage grows by the day. |
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Lastactiongyro (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. EveryTime American Corporate Media Blacks out an |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. Spooky (R) indeed |
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MaeScott (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. We have to make the noise that the msn won't re Wisconsin and.. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. IT'S FASCISM! nt |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. But what about even left0leaning media like Huffington Post? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
91. Corporate Media is Corporate Media and Huff Post is Corporate Media. |
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border_town (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe we are |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
48. I remember it well. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. In addition, it makes perfect sense that TPTB want to destroy net neutrality too. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. My local news gives brief coverage and calls it "a protest against a right to work law" |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I know they did the same thing here on one of the FOX affiliates. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. Same deal here but this was our Corporate Broadcasting affiliate. Our Faux, is sadly |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
51. Krugman rocks! |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
52. Good Morning America's top 2 stories? |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. RT, short for |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
57. Its a daily story here in MN |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
58. But someone said a bad word at the Oscars. Sorry, news is full. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Hah, that's what I said this morning... |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
59. I have a theory |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. We don't have a choice! But praise be for the internets nt |
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Maineman (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. A strategy: |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
64. Exactly...this is why we have to be our own news media |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yes! |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
66. Santa Fe New Mexican still part of blackout in not reporting weekend protests. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
69. KNR! n/t |
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idrahaje (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
71. Actually it has that St Paul MN feeling too |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
72. The conflict of interest laden corporate media will almost always promote |
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wial (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
73. not just New York |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. It's a fucking trifecta, and the sooner everyone realizes it .... |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. The story was getting too hot, and was spreading like wildfire. So they threw cold water on it. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. +1 |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. By gawd Paul, you're right. And that's why we have this series of tubes called the internet. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
80. THIS is why elites/right wing have to own and control ALL media -- truth is a huge threat -- !! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
90. k and r |
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