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daschess1987

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4. Sorry, man, I lose 'cause I have fewer posts..

Reply to mindwalker_i (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 10:11 PM

Jul 2013

but it's not our fault they market lies to us. They're just packaging shit as perfume as they always have, but they're more flagrant about it. Marketing = IPM = Influence, Persuade, Manipulate... Are you saying we choose that for ourselves? I agree with the OP, but I'm not battle-ready at this time.

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TREASON IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA [View all] Left Coast2020 Jul 2013 OP

If the media is commiting treason, then that charge also falls to consumers mindwalker_i Jul 2013 #1

Sorry, man, I lose 'cause I have fewer posts.. daschess1987 Jul 2013 #4

Post count doesn't mean much to me mindwalker_i Jul 2013 #13

Then why did Olbermann get canned? snot Jul 2013 #7

Partly true, but we as the consumers of the media can not watch it mindwalker_i Jul 2013 #9

No respect here for what passes as media.. daschess1987 Jul 2013 #2

You forgot mysterious car wrecks, plane crashes and heart attacks Drew Richards Jul 2013 #3

You forgot one: daschess1987 Jul 2013 #5

That is what you get when you try to be fair and balanced... kentuck Jul 2013 #6

you lost me when hopemountain Jul 2013 #8

Conflating the two is Treason in my Mind.... busterbrown Jul 2013 #10

thank you hopemountain Jul 2013 #16

I didn't ID Cheney and Obama as manipulator. Left Coast2020 Jul 2013 #14

Signed! ut oh Jul 2013 #11

the media's job is to keep the public disinformed markiv Jul 2013 #12

Journalism is dead mick063 Jul 2013 #15

The government/ FCC does not control anything that is not on channel 2-13 or radio. Socal31 Jul 2013 #17