You Are Being MANIPULATED: 'Neutral' Media Pundits Have Financial Ties to Hillary Clinton Campaign

[Segami]

In the next coming weeks, you will be confronting a slew of David Brock/Podesta campaign disinformation ploys trying to control the narrative with Bernie supporters that the race is over.......

They employ an army of media taking heads to create whatever reality is required.

Media pundits are lying to voters about their financial ties to the Hillary Clinton campaign. The Intercept's Lee Fang revealed how supposed "neutral" democratic strategists are painting a pro-Hillary narrative under the guise of objectivity, when in actuality, they have financial ties to the Clinton campaign.

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[revbones]

1. More stuff for Hillary supporters to just ignore n/t

[yourpaljoey]

5. Ignore... or celebrate?

Let's make popcorn with butter and see what they say.
I hope some one brings the root beer.

[Don Draper]

47. True dat!!

K&R!

[UglyGreed]

2. Here's to Lee Fang

keep up the good work!

[Chasstev365]

3. The fix is in!

I just read online that the State Department's review of Hillary's emails may wait until after the November election.

[restorefreedom]

7. yup. estsblishment is circling the wagons. nt

[NJCher]

22. if that happens

We need to organize and raise our outrage about it. They will have to be forced to proceed on schedule.

This cannot be allowed to happen and the fact that this idea is even being floated must mean there is something that they fear.

Cher

[Chasstev365]

60. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

They are hiding something. It's fucking so irresponsible of the DNC to keep backing a candidate with a potential implosion and so utterly selfish of the Clintons. Remember how angry we were when the Bush administration stalled and did everything to hid the truth from the public?

[notadmblnd]

4. Noh!, not possible.

Hillary supporters are all much too smart to be manipulated.

[Avalux]

6. I decided last night I will no longer watch cable news.

Old habits die hard I guess, but I realized there's no reason to torture myself by watching the drivel. Done with it!

[PonyUp]

8. I quit watching cable news long time ago. Keep it on the cooking channels! n/t

[elljay]

17. The cooking channels have lost me, too!

I stopped watching when the cooking channels changed from recipe/technique shows to competitive bullying of young chefs who failed to make an adequate dessert in 15 minutes using herring, pork blood and cabbage.

What is it about Americans that makes us so interested in watching trainwreck reality shows or exhibitions of sadomasochism? It certainly explains the Trump phenomenon.

[PonyUp]

19. I don't watch those. The BBQ cook-off is stupid. They added dessert competition to it. n/t

[elljay]

26. Who has room for dessert after barbecue?

[PonyUp]

32. This is my last post. Don't want to turn this into cooking forum:

The 4 BBQ teams show up to compete. They are then told they have to make a banana pudding, etc. before they start the BBQ competition. They make the dessert first. The team with the least appetizing dessert is eliminated and sent home before they get to compete for best BBQ! These are teams that worked their way up from local cook-offs to this national level of competition for their great BBQ, and they are kicked out for a dessert. Stupid!

[azurnoir]

38. my favorite is the side dishes and 1 show where the surprise side was collard greens

all 4 team where white and southern all 4 intoned looking embarrassed that they had never ever eaten those and had absolutely no idea how to cook them and then all 4 made a mad dash for ham hocks or neck bones- it cracked me up

[mikeysnot]

30. All my favs are on PBS

Americas Test Kitchen
Cooks Country
Steve Reichlin
Miing
Martha

no commercials, no in your face extreme closeups and no bs.

[WillyT]

9. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[AzDar]

10. Ayup.

[closeupready]

11. Of course. Anyone who hasn't gotten that intuitively by now

isn't very bright. There's a lot of political patronage that the Clintons will dole out, and these media airheads are HUNGRY for it.

[elljay]

24. I wouldn't say "not very bright"

but perhaps naive or not well informed. Most people just don't think like that because they're nice. They want to believe what other people tell them and really can't conceive that other people can be that deceptive. They may not be Internet savvy and have never been given a reason to distrust their local newspaper or TV news because they have not been exposed to media that are not controlled. This is precisely why they are easily deceived.

I am thinking, in particular, about my older relatives who mostly live in Florida and whose Internet experience is limited to getting emailed photos of the grandkids. During the last election, Sarah Silverman put out a video urging younger people to call their older relatives. I think that was a great idea and plan on contacting my Florida relatives before their primary to explain why they should support Bernie.

[closeupready]

46. Good points - I tend to be hasty in posting sometimes.

Cheers.

[casperthegm]

12. The media has a lot to answer for

regarding the rise of Trump and the anointment of Hillary. Yes, it's up to the people to educate themselves, but when the trusted media sources are biased that is a big problem.

[sammythecat]

41. They do, but they won't answer for a damn thing

They were just as responsible as Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al., for the Iraq invasion and everything associated with it yet they're all still there or comfortably retired.

[casperthegm]

43. they need to turn the camera around on themselves

It will probably take a non-profit to do a proper documentary on just how much media drives and influences the public opinion. That would be a film that everyone should watch. Maybe we should pitch it to Michael Moore.

[Betty Karlson]

13. I suspected as much when the Guardian was inundated with "just give up already" opinion pieces.

[99th_Monkey]

14. That's what "being the Establishment" is all about: Mole$ 4 Hill$ & Manipulation

How do you expect Hillary to ever win an election without this
sort of devious "insider" support? It's like DNC-rigged debates
& "in-the-bag" super-delegates.

Geez .. you gotta rig the game to her a fighting chance.

[senz]

58. +100 That's how it works.

Not an ounce of integrity in the entire sleazy game.

[BreakfastClub]

15. I don't know. The media have viciously attacked Hillary for decades. Nothing has changed. nt

[bvf]

39. The difference now is that

she's running for president against a strong contender they regard as a very real threat.

Nobody ever said they were ever in it for anything but the money. Not since Cronkite, anyway.

[Bubzer]

16. Added to the list.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280129486

[saidsimplesimon]

18. I'll keep donating to make sure

that Senator Sanders and his excellent team continue to spread the word via rallies, keeping up the gotv efforts. Senator Sanders has 35 more primaries before we can allow him to spend more time in Vermont. thank you, all, for all that you do

[retrowire]

20. And also, take note of this...

The media is saying that Hillary has "secured the nomination" and that Bernie should pack it up.

But somehow that logic doesn't work in the Republican race where they don't exactly want Trump to win.

On THAT side, they're saying Cruz (who lost by greater margins than Bernie lost to Hillary) "lives to fight another day".

Yet, they don't apply that logic to Bernie. No, he's done for. See how that's backwards?

[RufusTFirefly]

29. You're thinking critically. Don't you realize that's frowned upon?

Please, stick to the script we've all been given by the corporate media. They know more than you do.

[erlewyne]

21. The DNC and MSNBC are in lock step.

They have their "think tanks" and watch and read everything
we "old democrats" post.

I am voting for BERNIE SANDERS on March 15th.

The DNC and MSNBC are going down. They will
never recover. Victims of Wall Street.

[Cobalt Violet]

23. K & R

[dana_b]

25. Please share this on social media

Far and wide.

So much for objectivity!! Disgusting.

[Phlem]

27. Most of her supporters are being played.

It's apparent when you start talking substance with any of them. They no nothing but "Go Hillary!"

[PatrickforO]

28. Yes, I know that. But you know what? Last night I ignored all that media

shit and caucused for Bernie anyway. Our state went for Bernie.

I urge all Bernie supporters in states that have not yet had primaries to ignore the media shit and vote for Bernie. Do this, and he'll END UP AS OUR PARTY'S NOMINEE!!!!

[ConsiderThis_2016]

31. It's the "Me First" greedy herd mentality that has and will continue to destroy civilization.

[appalachiablue]

33. K & R

[jillan]

34. "I was going to vote for Bernie but now I don't know. The news keeps telling me he has no chance ...

of winning."

This is an actual conversation I had with a millennial last nite. Of course I calmed her down & we had a long talk about the media and this.
But that is one person that I know.
How many others are out there.

Arizona is in early voting right now. Our primary is on 3/22.

It's a close race, one poll showing Bernie with a lead, the other showing Hillary with a lead "but that could change depending on the college towns".

Congrats media for trying to control democracy.

[TIME TO PANIC]

35. K & R!

[Helen Borg]

36. It's obvious. In addition.

This is something that is never discussed but... With all these conflicts of interest, how do we know that the polling is not majorly biased or that there is even intentional manipulation of results? Who is checking that there is no fraud in polling? Nobody, as far as I know.

[George II]

37. Hillary Clinton will still win the Democratic nomination and be elected President.

[BernieforPres2016]

40. K&R. Thanks for posting this.

[bvf]

42. I dug out "Bowling for Columbine"

for a re-watch the other day. It's an excellent reminder of how the media's main function is to keep consumers in fear. Plus I was amazed all over again at what an articulate guy Marilyn Manson is.

Worth a watch.

[auntpurl]

44. Really? "$hillary"?

A word that would not be out of place on any screaming RW loony site.

I am very much looking forward to the primaries being over on DU.

[blackspade]

45. Unsurprising.

The Oligarchy has its preferred candidate and will work to put her in the Whitehouse.

[INdemo]

48. Hillary has wanted this for 30 years and her theme is :

"I am going to be President and by God no one or nothing is going to stop me"


This clip forgot a person..George Stephonapolis (a huge contributor)

Guess with Hillary supporters if she steals it or cheats it just doesn't matter,just so she wins.
Iowa and the improprieties in NV are very good examples.

DU must be a very popular site and you cant tell me there are not Clinton operatives here defending our comments and just plain keeping the pot stirred with scripts and subject material direct from the campaign..I suspect Bill is a big part of it.
So if you have a comment for Bill just post it here because he will it see along many others from the campaign.

Stephanie I got a comment for you________________________________________________________
(just fill in the blank)

Remember folks from MSNBC
At the end of all this we will choose Hillary's MVP ..finalists are
Rachel Maddow
Chuck Todd
Chris Mathews

And there is more..Did I mention Hillary Clinton's campaign is looking an awful lot like Nixons,and G. W's ...

[Don Draper]

49. I haven't regularly watched the corporate main stream media in years. They can't be trusted

The little I watched this primary season reinforced my decision quit watching them. The good news is that they don't have the monopoly or influence they once did before the internet and the rise of independent media. Less people are buying their biased narrative and tuning them out.

[RufusTFirefly]

59. It's shocking to return to it and take a look, isn't it?

The extent to which they dictate the narrative in this country is pretty appalling.

The longer you've been away, the more obvious it is. You also realize how many good people -- smart people -- are inadvertently echoing the corporate message.

[Todays_Illusion]

50. This is not an election cycle, This is a managed event and voters don't count.

[Todays_Illusion]

53. Thanks, fixed, faster than this year's elections. /laughs.

[BeanMusical]

52. Kick and R

[tom_kelly]

54. Ugh! I just heard a lead-in on NPR

that said "Hilary Clinton is near half way to securing the nomination of the Democratic Party." Come on. NPR now?

[Uncle Joe]

56. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Segami.

[Babel_17]

57. Multi-millionaires biased against the candidate that will tax them, and those that cut their checks?

Say it isn't so!