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In reply to the discussion: Why does everyone automatically trust the polls? [View all]RepublicansRZombies
(982 posts)22. Who gives them more money, Koch and Rove groups, or your average American citizen?
Do you think the media is serving the public interest?
You need only look back before the Iraq war and the lies they were propping up to support that mass murder.
They pushed the idea that Iraq was seeking yellowcake, long after it had be debunked, just as Bush kept using the claim.
The Bush Administration still had Colin Powell present their 'evidence' to the UN who laughed at US!
They used google and discovered it was a forgery in 5 minutes.
The criminals who created the forgery did not even use the right names or letterhead.
Why did these criminals assume the media would not catch them on such an overt forgery?
Because the criminals control the media. None of this is possible without them working together.
And they count on the American public being really fucking stupid and actually believing that they are not allowed to overtly lie on the TV.
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I second that. Polls are just a news-creator for the 24-hour entertainment/news cycle.
LovePeacock
Oct 2012
#3
really? I just see so many Americans as apathetic, having no idea what is going on
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#17
It's not about you, it's about the millions of people who will support the cops beating protesters
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#28
I trust my state's Secretary of State to ensure that voting systems and procedures used in...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#25
I think we better do something about the way our elections are counted...and FAST!
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#12
okey, just seems like a lot of people believed Obama lost because of the media
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#14
Who "won" the debate is a matter of OPINION and cannot be objectively proved one way or another
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#34
These polls are all over the place, plus they use DIFFERENT methodology as well....
LenaBaby61
Oct 2012
#11
I don't trust any one poll, but I do trust the general trend... and it isn't good.
reformist2
Oct 2012
#13
Who gives them more money, Koch and Rove groups, or your average American citizen?
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#22
True but there's a huge number of right wing polls coming out now. I'm not just talking
craigmatic
Oct 2012
#24