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Populist_Prole

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37. In a broader sense, I believe that to be pretty true
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:48 PM
Jul 2013

It was just another in a long and continuing line of BS fluff that people should be ignoring and instead focusing on the plutocrats impoverishing us.

I'll grant the OJ trial was the most blatant fake "news" talk of all too many people. Normally apathetic people I knew suddenly became obsessed with it...never stopped talking about it. It was all OJ all the time. The fact it dragged on was no doubt a bonanza for the media, who in effect, primed their own pumps but then claimed they were just reporting on "what everybody's talking about".

My musing assertion then was that the OJ trial was a great measure of intelligence: The more one talked about it: The more stupid they were.

um...no? Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #1
Of course the plan was in place years earlier. And a distracted/divided nation not paying attention blm Jul 2013 #2
Well studied? Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #5
No - I said it was USED cynically to distract from their advancements being made blm Jul 2013 #9
How many people were IN the voting booths in 94? blm Jul 2013 #10
and yet turnout was higher than it had been in several previous off year elections onenote Jul 2013 #32
I don't think you read me clearly Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #38
Sorry - You need a calendar. blm Jul 2013 #39
The jury was sworn in, in November '94 wercal Jul 2013 #3
Pretrial was July94, right in the middle of World Cup and even distracted from World Cup. blm Jul 2013 #6
"Your use of the calendar is absurd." wercal Jul 2013 #13
"distracted from World Cup". Nope. Try again onenote Jul 2013 #34
Get real - You weren't there when events surrounding World Cup lost coverage to OJ murder. blm Jul 2013 #40
so if it wasn't for the OJ trial there would have been more coverage of the World Cup onenote Jul 2013 #44
Twist away, one. The lion's share of network airtime went to OJ before Nov election. blm Jul 2013 #46
And if there was no OJ trial it would have gone to something else. But not the election onenote Jul 2013 #47
He's a side show to what is really wrong Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #4
EXACTLY. Surprised some people haven't caught on to how these matters get used so cynically blm Jul 2013 #7
Manipulation with the populace is a science now Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #11
Surprised that some here would question what is so apparent. blm Jul 2013 #12
Because it s not so apparent nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #14
the best propaganda hides in plain sight markiv Jul 2013 #30
Yup. TTP, they also used it nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #33
He's only a pawn in their game Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #15
yup, behind every media frenzy is a big hidden agenda markiv Jul 2013 #8
TTP that's what sliding into place nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #16
This is not conspiracy shit Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #17
yup, i made that exact point in this thread i started markiv Jul 2013 #18
Last night with Obama's love fest for Bush Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #23
THIS ^ , the new DU snooper2 Jul 2013 #22
If you can find even a single political scientist that supports your thesis, I'll eat my hat onenote Jul 2013 #19
who do you think employs political scientists? markiv Jul 2013 #20
Pathetic. onenote Jul 2013 #31
I have a BA in Political Science Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #35
I don't dispute the fact that TPTB use social issues to divide and distract... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #21
of COURSE they use real issues to divide and distract! markiv Jul 2013 #24
I suppose I misunderstand posts such as yours... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #25
multitasking is an illusion markiv Jul 2013 #26
okie dokie then. So....humor me.... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #27
whenever you see a media feeding frenzy, look for the big issues that arent being covered markiv Jul 2013 #28
Okay. Thank you. n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #29
Agree those are the missing pieces. And most folks don't have KoKo Jul 2013 #36
I agree wholeheartedly. This survival mode... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #45
Of course - It's also important to see the cynicism in the GOP political opportunists blm Jul 2013 #42
In a broader sense, I believe that to be pretty true Populist_Prole Jul 2013 #37
Exactly. blm Jul 2013 #43
This thread needs more tinfoilbell NoPasaran Jul 2013 #41
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