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TheRealNorth

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1. A lot of the media are no better then stenographers

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 02:06 PM

Jun 2021

Too afraid of being labelled as biased if they called it what it is.

This is especially true with radio news - where their top-of-the-hour news segment might get dropped if it "offends" the Deplorables.

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we are really getting killed letting the GOP call it "Election Reform" and "Election Integrity" [View all] TomDaisy Jun 2021 OP

A lot of the media are no better then stenographers TheRealNorth Jun 2021 #1

I tend to agree. calguy Jun 2021 #2

i agree.. and we should/could stop using the term 'infrastructure' to get funding for samnsara Jun 2021 #3

They have always been good at making their terms sound great and putting a positive spin on things USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #4

When you have your own media machine, you can spout nonsense unanswered 24/7. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #5