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fredamae

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9. The "Mute" button is a God-Send!

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:53 AM

Nov 2012

I too watched very little in the closing weeks-I think the whole "Sports Game-Score Board" bs takes away from the seriousness of what it means to vote.

I TiVo'd all progs the final month so I could speed through all the Romney Free Ads from all the "OMG! BS Stories" about him-Romney apparently got More air-time-whether the "story" was good/bad/indifferent. I never watched one of Romney's/Kochs/Roves/Adelson ads-all mailers went to the recycle bin w/out having been read.
I refused to be inundated w/BS. I'm a grown human and can make up my own mind based upon a phone call to the candidate and researching their records/history/speeches. They coulda saved a lot of money on flyers and held more forums/town halls.

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People are blaming Republicans in the "Fox Bubble" but the rest of the media [View all] rurallib Nov 2012 OP

you are exactly correct and they started rewriting history quickly, ignoring their own part. seabeyond Nov 2012 #1

There were some who posted on DU who thought Obama would NOT win. fasttense Nov 2012 #30

ya? i do not know. after a week of the first debate whine, i stopped going into threads. seabeyond Nov 2012 #33

Isn't trash thread and ignore great? As was John Lucas's thread. I bookmarked to my browser! freshwest Nov 2012 #56

Every time I started getting nervous hifiguy Nov 2012 #64

+1 - you are correct. dchill Nov 2012 #68

I can't speak for everyone on DU, but I worried that without a big lead in the polls, Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #78

The MSM yashoo Nov 2012 #2

Not only that, but if media says Obama & Romney are tied... Quantess Nov 2012 #24

Agreed ceeRoy Nov 2012 #3

You know, you're right. Call them all out while the spotlight is turn on the entire electoral nc4bo Nov 2012 #4

you speak the truth, rurallib, sing it loud! Whisp Nov 2012 #5

Indeed...Rachel Maddow should look at her own network while she's laughing at Fox alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #7

Exactly! I tweeted as much to mourning joe this am. I said that Kahuna Nov 2012 #18

Talk Left on satellite radio was way ahead of TV . . . brush Nov 2012 #53

NPRR barbtries Nov 2012 #6

I'm glad... sendero Nov 2012 #12

NPR was horrible left lowrider Nov 2012 #55

every time they throw a pledge drive barbtries Nov 2012 #59

I wrote to them explaining just that. I did not receive a response. No more pledges from my Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #67

I still need something new to go with my morning coffee, but I have completely switched to podcasts corkhead Nov 2012 #69

i do too barbtries Nov 2012 #75

+1! uponit7771 Nov 2012 #72

Look At It This Way... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #8

The "Mute" button is a God-Send! fredamae Nov 2012 #9

Fox is the bubble and the rest of the media are trying to be bubbles too. Skidmore Nov 2012 #10

I was losing my voice screaming at the TV qanda Nov 2012 #11

I too am disappointed with NPR uponit7771 Nov 2012 #13

NPR should be defunded, broken up, Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #17

Unn, maybe not broken up but moved from DC no doubt uponit7771 Nov 2012 #73

CBS is only a more genteel version of FOX these days Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #14

how about some media reform in america? spanone Nov 2012 #15

Ronald Reagan did away with the media regulations. (no text) Quantess Nov 2012 #27

They should have gone by the individual battleground states, PERIOD... Kahuna Nov 2012 #16

We all have our bubbles, we all want to be reinforced, luckily we Puzzledtraveller Nov 2012 #19

But we don't have an echo chamber in the same way. We look at both sides here plus the numbers CJCRANE Nov 2012 #50

x-posted... ewagner Nov 2012 #20

I agree Stargazer09 Nov 2012 #21

NRP Loudestlib Nov 2012 #22

National Propaganda for Republicans and brilliant propaganda it is. MightyMopar Nov 2012 #29

Cokie: "Obama off to NJ to look Presidential" Patiod Nov 2012 #45

Absolutely Agreed MissNostalgia Nov 2012 #23

I'm convinced that if Romney were winning, they would have been all over Obama's Ed Suspicious Nov 2012 #25

this is why romney was reported on MSM as tied w Obama BREMPRO Nov 2012 #39

Mine as well. Ed Suspicious Nov 2012 #52

+1! on Nate Silver uponit7771 Nov 2012 #74

I do not agree. PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #44

Too bad they are not supposed to be PR reps for either candidate. They're shameful. AAO Nov 2012 #48

the clear media winner in this election was the social media madrchsod Nov 2012 #26

MSNBC is a great place for political information BrainMann1 Nov 2012 #28

Well said, they all lied all the time. I could argue that they nearly destroyed what remains of Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #31

I'd rec this 1000 times if I could Blecht Nov 2012 #32

Agreed. But what amazes zentrum Nov 2012 #34

Dewey salinen Nov 2012 #35

I turned in my cable receiver on Monday carolinayellowdog Nov 2012 #36

I turned mine in during the Bush administration KurtNYC Nov 2012 #71

The media wasn't deluded. hay rick Nov 2012 #37

They're all right wing except for certain shows on MSNBC and all on Current and Democracy Now. valerief Nov 2012 #38

My local news are even all right wing shills PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #40

yep heaven05 Nov 2012 #41

I wasn't surprised by this outcome at all MrScorpio Nov 2012 #42

Here,........ Here!!! beachgirl2365 Nov 2012 #43

I followed Nate... femrap Nov 2012 #46

I believe that what caused all the confusion oldbanjo Nov 2012 #47

I was still chewing my nails PossumSqueezins Nov 2012 #49

All pretty dreadful, agreed. Haywood Brothers Nov 2012 #51

Not to mention the poor military out of country only allowed to hear Rush Lintball on service radio. judesedit Nov 2012 #54

fear Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #57

Hmmm... George II Nov 2012 #58

I accidentally had NBC and ABC on, for Election night. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #60

Ironic isn't it that Clinton would whine about media cosolidation tularetom Nov 2012 #77

I watched both Current, and MSNBC nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #61

Over-confidence could have given it to GOP though. ErikJ Nov 2012 #62

I blame the Fox Bubble, but not because of the polls. ieoeja Nov 2012 #63

I think everybody knew Mitt sucked.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #65

Re: Bird cage liner IADEMO2004 Nov 2012 #66

I still remember CNN declaring a 4-point Obama lead in Ohio to be a "tie" Daniel537 Nov 2012 #70

I do not agree with your last line. Most of the country voted for Obama. Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #76