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SergeStorms

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26. Republicans deep-sixed the fairness doctrine....

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:49 PM

Sep 2020

but they want news organizations to present their fictitious representation of the news (a.k.a. "alternative facts" ) as an honest portrayal of the news. Fuck them. They have FAUX NOISE and (holds breath) OAN as the presidential propaganda Wurlitzer, isn't that enough for them?

UPI, AP, Bloomberg etc. should report the news as it is, not fictitious talking points that supposedly offer a "fair" balance of the news. That's not their job. They seem to forget that.

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Eric Boehlert: The AP's colossal campaign failure [View all] babylonsister Sep 2020 OP

AP either has been bought off or are part of something bad here, or something else, they KNOW that Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #1

That's what happens DENVERPOPS Sep 2020 #30

Indirectly, in the case of the AP. calimary Sep 2020 #46

Thank you Calimary DENVERPOPS Sep 2020 #47

They're setting the tone Montelimar Sep 2020 #2

Welcome to DU, Montelimar! calimary Sep 2020 #34

Thank you for the welcome! Montelimar Sep 2020 #36

the media are in their own bubble of $$$ . it's only about $$$. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2020 #3

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #41

Didn't find the AP nearly as off the mark stopdiggin Sep 2020 #4

I think they're afraid of consequences if Trump stays in office. mountain grammy Sep 2020 #8

It was unnecessary, day-glo, terminology, plain to see. AP are not the informers anymore. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #10

no idea what that means, but - stopdiggin Sep 2020 #33

the headline is extremely deceptive NewJeffCT Sep 2020 #42

WTFF??? Faux pas Sep 2020 #5

k&r for visibility. Well said. n/t Laelth Sep 2020 #6

Very disturbing reporting. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #7

Mainstream media only cares about having a "horse race" to feed their ratings and hence iluvtennis Sep 2020 #9

Exactly DallasNE Sep 2020 #14

Spot on! nt iluvtennis Sep 2020 #15

Good call DNE DENVERPOPS Sep 2020 #48

Thank you. BigDemVoter Sep 2020 #11

I find AP a colossal failure at all times bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #12

All media is terrified of being labeled as LIBERAL budkin Sep 2020 #13

I remind people that the media is only as liberal as its corporate owners. OMGWTF Sep 2020 #16

The GOP strategy was to take a perfectly reasonable term - liberal, and make it into a slander. erronis Sep 2020 #20

Please don't get mad at me when I say maxrandb Sep 2020 #17

Between "rational, sane and calm" and "chaotic clown circus HONK HONK SCREEECH BAM," Grokenstein Sep 2020 #18

there's not much that pisses me off barbtries Sep 2020 #19

It's fact versus fiction- alternative facts don't exist dlk Sep 2020 #21

Ironically, the AP had a special arrangement with Nazis and Hitler back in the day. ancianita Sep 2020 #22

Trump is correct with his info when the only people he knows are in the top 1% LiberalArkie Sep 2020 #23

Rotten awful take by the AP Mersky Sep 2020 #24

More from NYT on the AP and the Nazis. ancianita Sep 2020 #25

Republicans deep-sixed the fairness doctrine.... SergeStorms Sep 2020 #26

and RW radio, father of faux. maybe AP management listen to limbaugh certainot Sep 2020 #27

I saw too much both sides negativity on the news yesterday and then again this morning. betsuni Sep 2020 #28

There is no "reasonable midpoint" between... hay rick Sep 2020 #29

Absolutely disgusted KNR niyad Sep 2020 #31

Our Commercial Media GETPLANING Sep 2020 #32

They're leading themselves to their own slaughter ecstatic Sep 2020 #35

Fuck AP vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #37

2016 Redux. BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #38

AP's WH correspondent Jonathan Lemire is a fine, honest and courageous reporter. Grasswire2 Sep 2020 #39

"Colossal Failure"? Roy Rolling Sep 2020 #40

Boehlert reports on the media; he's not a competing reporter. babylonsister Sep 2020 #43

It's not only the AP... dajoki Sep 2020 #44

It's not only the AP... dajoki Sep 2020 #45

Yes seta1950 Sep 2020 #49

Reality is NOT a version. dchill Sep 2020 #50