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tenderfoot

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65. There are better commentaries about the failings of the MSM from reputable sources...

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:17 PM

Jun 2014

you were just too lazy to find one.

What has Alex Jones or Brietbart ever exposed or uncovered? Other than making shit up.

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Death Throes: The Mainstream Media Is Hanging By A Thread [View all] TheNutcracker Jun 2014 OP

Ha ha kick so the real nooze becomes known, they are losing! TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #1

bullshit info-tainment... echo chamber nonsense... political flacks... tk2kewl Jun 2014 #2

"journalism" indeed. The quotation marks are well placed. AlinPA Jun 2014 #26

Exactly......it is a shame titanicdave Jun 2014 #31

I get my info from 840high Jun 2014 #44

This says it all: blue neen Jun 2014 #3

not their game tk2kewl Jun 2014 #15

They wish to be mouthpieces for the corporate establishment. Let corporations maintain them. Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #4

My brother calls it "Angertainment" TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #5

Boom - in a nutshell hatrack Jun 2014 #83

Thanks! By the end of the day they'll know they're dead! HA! TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #6

I know we have OUR shows too! But that is not news. It's "angertainment" TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #7

Bullshit from a guy trying to sell you gold and silver muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #8

He may have an agenda -- but can you deny his basic points? starroute Jun 2014 #14

But look at what he wants to replace it with muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #18

Then the problem is why we leave it to jerks like this to spread the bad news starroute Jun 2014 #21

^^this^^ zeemike Jun 2014 #53

Agreed 100%. But I see the same forces that own MSM owning CTers like Jones. See my reply to muriel. freshwest Jun 2014 #80

CNN isn't looking for overseas bureaus, and neither are ABC, NBC, CBS - folded the tent years ago hatrack Jun 2014 #85

Agree, he's spot on here! TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #59

He cites a finding by Breitbart. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #77

Now now muriel_volestrangler you big old MSM apologist... tenderfoot Jun 2014 #42

You beat me to it. A sampling from the front page of The Daily Sheeple: freshwest Jun 2014 #79

The oligarchs will simply move their propaganda machines to those venues that rhett o rick Jun 2014 #9

If you're an obscenely rich fascist, what do you do first? Warpy Jun 2014 #10

And let's not forget Rupert Murdock....and the phone tapping etc. TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #60

Great article until he cites Alex Jones as an example of journalistic integrity. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #11

Good catch - I hadn't notice the OP carefully edited out that name from their excerpt muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #19

the article cites Brietbart as well... tenderfoot Jun 2014 #27

Looks like TheNutcracker has an agenda too... Blus4u Jun 2014 #34

Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #62

You're defending Rense, Before It's News, Infowars, and Lew Rockwell? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #64

I think he's here to simply bust nuts. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #68

And now he's flagged for review. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #78

Name some truths from Brietbart and Alex Jones. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #69

He appears to have left the thread. Try this: freshwest Jun 2014 #81

I cracked a nut once! snooper2 Jun 2014 #73

no way!! wtf, I'm taking back my rec. n/t Whisp Jun 2014 #22

MSM is not MSM 90-percent Jun 2014 #12

We won't have Colbert much longer, though. Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #23

Colberts replacement? 90-percent Jun 2014 #29

I don't know about the replacement. Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #30

And this guy is the replacement? MineralMan Jun 2014 #13

I know what would boost their ratings: ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #16

Indeed, as a fellow whistleblower said, 'Life's too short to lie in court.' freshwest Jun 2014 #82

Alex jones is not who I think off as a good newsman nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #17

He lost me at Bill O'Reilly. Skidmore Jun 2014 #72

"Truth" is exactly why they're failing, they're incapable of it Corruption Inc Jun 2014 #20

Back in 2002 libodem Jun 2014 #24

people realised fox is just an arm of the republican party. Medias much better outside the USA. Sunlei Jun 2014 #25

"feces all over the wall and on the floor in the bathroom" in CNN offices? enough Jun 2014 #28

its from flinging sh-t... Historic NY Jun 2014 #32

I think the feces are in front of the camera. Fuddnik Jun 2014 #47

The only times we watch TV news is when there is a local concern..which most often turns out to be a Tikki Jun 2014 #33

The "winning formula" for the media was based on Monica, Monica, Monica.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #35

It took 9/11 to knock Gary Condit off Faux Nooz. Fuddnik Jun 2014 #49

Barbara Olsen made a career over that nonsense.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #56

Judging from the recs - it's pretty obvious that people didn't read the full article. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #36

Champion of the MSM are ya? DeSwiss Jun 2014 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jun 2014 #39

K&R! DeSwiss Jun 2014 #37

People's BS detectors are now fine-tuned Tsiyu Jun 2014 #40

Companies like General Electric bought a network for propaganda purposes and leverage on Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #41

there's one group of people left who still watch a lot of TV, whether it be news or entertainment... paulkienitz Jun 2014 #43

Only thing we ever watch is Cosmos, Basketball, Colbert and Jon Stewart. abelenkpe Jun 2014 #45

"The Mainstream Media Is Hanging By A Thread" Jenoch Jun 2014 #46

And uses Alex Jones and Brietbart as example of intergrity. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #48

Well, NealK Jun 2014 #75

READ BEFORE YOU REC - This article cites Brietbart and Alex Jones as Journalistic Integrity. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #50

Well, Breitbart and Jones are true to their sources... winter is coming Jun 2014 #54

So what of his opinion of Breitbart and Alex! He's spot on here with our MSM TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #63

There are better commentaries about the failings of the MSM from reputable sources... tenderfoot Jun 2014 #65

MSM=The Industrial Bullshit Complex n/t fredamae Jun 2014 #51

Now where's my scissors... Blue Owl Jun 2014 #52

Just like Wylie Coyote ran off a cliff HoosierCowboy Jun 2014 #55

Many people have experienced being present at news events and seeing the press's slant later. Zen Democrat Jun 2014 #57

You do realize "Daily Sheeple" is a racist conspiracy theory site right? alp227 Jun 2014 #58

You MSM apologist! tenderfoot Jun 2014 #61

Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #66

Then that must mean you're an apologist for Alex Jones and Brietbart. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #67

Nothing I posted has anything to do with anything but the post on MSM. You distract with the writers TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #70

You're posting links to sketchy sources and getting called out for it. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #71

And flagged for review now alp227 Jun 2014 #76

Your article is putting Breitbart and Alex Jones forward as good examples of journalism muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #74

Yes, my search there quickly devolved into a sewer of racist crap. Your Skeptoid piece is good. TY freshwest Jun 2014 #84

Television Not a Fan Jun 2014 #86

FInally!?!! I Wish.. along with every other person who is sick to death of the BULLSHIT. Cha Jun 2014 #87