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In reply to the discussion: While the US was riveted and divided by OJ, the GOP used the distraction to takeover Congress. [View all]Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)37. In a broader sense, I believe that to be pretty true
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.
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While the US was riveted and divided by OJ, the GOP used the distraction to takeover Congress. [View all]
blm
Jul 2013
OP
Of course the plan was in place years earlier. And a distracted/divided nation not paying attention
blm
Jul 2013
#2
and yet turnout was higher than it had been in several previous off year elections
onenote
Jul 2013
#32
Pretrial was July94, right in the middle of World Cup and even distracted from World Cup.
blm
Jul 2013
#6
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
EXACTLY. Surprised some people haven't caught on to how these matters get used so cynically
blm
Jul 2013
#7
If you can find even a single political scientist that supports your thesis, I'll eat my hat
onenote
Jul 2013
#19
I don't dispute the fact that TPTB use social issues to divide and distract...
OneGrassRoot
Jul 2013
#21
whenever you see a media feeding frenzy, look for the big issues that arent being covered
markiv
Jul 2013
#28