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nadinbrzezinski

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10. I do not think it is RW, it is more like media likes a scandal
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:05 AM
Oct 2012

trust me, we are getting waved a few bloody flags locally. And I mean, if that scandal, (any of the three we are fact checking right now) blows up, it might cost somebody an election. Operative word here is might.

On the media "conspiracy." [View all] nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 OP
The overall problem here dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #1
I know, and the polls they like nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #2
Breaking Story This Morning Tying Romney & Big Coal to Voter Registration Fraud Ops BW561 Oct 2012 #129
As an institution they have an inherent conflict of interest placing them in Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #3
But that is not what the conspiracy tells me nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #6
They're not with both, they prefer a Republican corporate supremacist dominated government. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #14
Not quite correct, nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #16
How many of them have covered Citizens United as of late in regards to Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #23
My local paper did nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #35
That's great but for the masses of American People; television Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #38
Ok, Rachel Maddow ran those stories nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #42
That's what I meant when I said "timing is everything" Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #46
No, it is not coincidence it is called the NEWS CYCLE nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #66
How could Citizens United not be considered "contemporary news?" This is the first Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #72
That is why you have stories of it every so often nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #76
"If we got a million bucks then we could do far more than what we do." Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #88
The slant is obvious in the editorial page nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #89
Yes but what is less obvious is the slant by omission or inflection in actual news reporting. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #93
And you are forgetting that organizations that used to have their own media nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #95
"This actually reflects how little people know of how media actually works." zappaman Oct 2012 #97
I never said either "party owns the news" I said the system is corrupted. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #99
the pull right nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #100
And which institution let that meme stick around and even repeated it? Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #102
You can thank Karl Rove for that one nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #103
I don't look for coddling of candidates or parties. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #106
Well, at this point it wasn't the media nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #109
The Internet has democratized the exchange of information and allowed thought mobility. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #116
As I said, I used to hold that view until I started to do serious reporting nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #122
The corporate media has not been helping the American People become familiar or enlightened with the Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #131
We will have to seriously agree to disagree nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #132
I can agree with that. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #135
And here you raised another issue nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #136
That was part of Telecommunications Act, Clinton had a Republican controlled Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #137
I still blame him for it nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #141
The MSM only hires 'safe reporters'. So what we get as 'news' is what sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #139
Thank you for this rational post! zappaman Oct 2012 #74
I agree with you. There are all sorts of cross-currents in play in the media. randome Oct 2012 #4
They like a horse race. vi5 Oct 2012 #5
So the polls, on their own, could not have tightenend, LIKE THE DO EVERY GENERAL ELECTION nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #8
Huh? I'm a little confused. vi5 Oct 2012 #17
If yuo listen to the editorial pages nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #24
+1 ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #53
Good point libtodeath Oct 2012 #7
I do not think it is RW, it is more like media likes a scandal nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #10
The media has become one giant editorial machine liberal N proud Oct 2012 #9
If you are watching Mathews or O'Reilly, you are watching the editorial page nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #11
Why do you believe anything right-wingers and republicans say? sadbear Oct 2012 #12
So if I have a local member of council tell city staff that nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #13
If you want to play little games with semantics, that's fine. sadbear Oct 2012 #15
I am giving you an actual example from a local city council nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #19
Again, I think you know what I meant. sadbear Oct 2012 #28
Again, you are taking a very dangerous position, nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #31
I don't understand. sadbear Oct 2012 #37
You think civil wars are civil? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #41
So do you want to win or lose? sadbear Oct 2012 #44
Sadly you are mistaken nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #58
Sadly you make no sense zappaman Oct 2012 #63
Is that a response to me? sadbear Oct 2012 #71
The page is simple nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #77
Because the right-wing partisans claim victimhood for everything... sadbear Oct 2012 #81
Because left wing partisand claim victimhood for everything... nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #82
I can appreciate what you're trying to do sadbear Oct 2012 #85
No kid, it is not false equivalency nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #87
Condescend much? sadbear Oct 2012 #90
Well it is either that or cry nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #91
I said I can appreciate what you're trying to do. sadbear Oct 2012 #104
Perhaps because I work in the field nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #105
You work in the field? zappaman Oct 2012 #107
Sorry "kid" zappaman Oct 2012 #94
The media is corporate-run. It is STRUCTURALLY corporate, woo me with science Oct 2012 #18
I guess close elections are something new nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #21
The media has a profit motive to create a "horse race," even if one does not exist. porphyrian Oct 2012 #20
So they did that fifty years ago, before media consolidation? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #22
Fifty years ago, the media had actual jouralists with journalistic integrity. porphyrian Oct 2012 #26
Again, you are tellimg me that they are getting close now because of lack of integrity nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #29
You aren't understanding me. Allow me to clarify. porphyrian Oct 2012 #33
We are? Again, you are telling me that the trend for election to tighten nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #36
Never mind. You're right. I'm sorry to bother you. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #47
You have not the slightest clue what you are on about zappaman Oct 2012 #56
Automatic Rec for industry information from a professional that works in the industry slackmaster Oct 2012 #25
There are a lot of factors at work. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2012 #27
WSJ used to have a barrier between the news page nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #30
If the paper is a good one, that's true. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2012 #34
That is why I made the qualifier about the WSJ being good before nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #39
They can sell more soap with a perceived tight race WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #32
MSNBC chuck todd is an editorial writer nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #40
He's a useful idiot... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #43
But we agree, this is not the news desk, right? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #62
This has bothered me too loyalsister Oct 2012 #45
That presumes journalists aren't tools.. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #49
That's exactly the point loyalsister Oct 2012 #52
Hard to respond to this because I was attacking MTP (but I will) WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #54
The sunday shows, all of them, have been known as editorials for a long time nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #65
Yes, exactly the same thing laundry_queen Oct 2012 #48
I am talking of the NEWS desk, not the editorial pages, nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #60
What news desk? nt laundry_queen Oct 2012 #115
ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as NPR nightly news programs nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #120
I think everything about anything in the media comes down to two words. RomneyLies Oct 2012 #50
Do you also believe that Fox News is "fair and balanced?" n/t Jamastiene Oct 2012 #51
Fox news is editorial now and most of the time nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #59
I used to think MSNBC was objective... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #64
"MOSTLY doing it's job" ronnie624 Oct 2012 #55
So you are tellimg me that overall they are biased and nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #61
When it comes to the US political landscape, ronnie624 Oct 2012 #119
No it makes zero sense nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #121
I don't see MSM as taking sides. ronnie624 Oct 2012 #125
There is a reason this thread only has 2 RECS zappaman Oct 2012 #57
+1 Cali_Democrat Oct 2012 #67
One serious problem with today's media is that reporters don't... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #68
That's true zappaman Oct 2012 #69
The budget, you are correct, nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #70
Can you measure "conspiracy?" WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #73
We have first have to define media nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #79
The sample size was enormous. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #110
If believer means being able to differentiate between the editorial page nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #111
lol are any of us asking for your help? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #113
The laughs are becoming cheap round these parts nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #114
" It cannot be in the bag for both Romney and Obama at the same time. It just can't. " krawhitham Oct 2012 #75
Nationally, i would say yea, but locally no nolabels Oct 2012 #78
So polls never change, except when it is convenient to push a meme nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #80
I used to read both the Nation and the National Review treestar Oct 2012 #83
And doing it for real, it got drummed into my head nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #84
The media (with the obvious exceptions) isn't "red" or "blue"...it's "green" brooklynite Oct 2012 #86
Why the 24 hour editorial, so called nooz channels exist nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #92
With the exception of Faux, there is open media collusion. It is not for either Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #96
I'm not saying there isn't collusion, ronnie624 Oct 2012 #124
You're right, it is not required, but it invariably develops for just the reasons you cite. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #140
Tell that to the employees of the Seattle Times countryjake Oct 2012 #98
san diego inion trib nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #101
as the number 1 propaganda machine in North America Fox News sure does its job! Media Lies Oct 2012 #108
Since Fox, CNN. MSNBC and Current are editorial papers best case nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #112
Junk media GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #117
Someone needs to remind the media that they are supposed to be liberal. I think they forgot. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #118
That is the problem nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #123
Thank you for reminding us in every single post... zappaman Oct 2012 #126
Media is PLURAL, dammit! carolinayellowdog Oct 2012 #127
If the media was doing it's job, we would have clean energy, safe food, ecstatic Oct 2012 #128
And you guarantee, cross your heart, people would be watching nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #130
By creating a narrow monopoly of media owners we have also created a narrow realm of coverage. LanternWaste Oct 2012 #133
Alas that is a problem with large media nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #134
I absolutely agree; otherwise it becomes something that is not in fact, media. LanternWaste Oct 2012 #138
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