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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #1
Thanks. If I could I would set up a tent in front of the trade association of Big Media with $$$$$$ Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #4
It's such an obvious conflict of interest it would be funny it wasn't so tragic. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #6
Occupy CNNFOXCBSMSNBC billhicks76 Jun 2014 #19
Who could possibly trust any of them after their collective and co-ordinated selling of Bush lies Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #20
Agreed billhicks76 Jun 2014 #28
I kind of figured the smartest Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2
Better to have a middleman, creates plausible deniability. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #3
It is a self perpetuating perpetual motion circle jerk between the media and the money. djean111 Jun 2014 #5
And only the jerks think that it is otherwise erronis Jun 2014 #13
Political or social issue ads by the fake social issues PACs should have a tax on them, to be Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #14
Yes. elleng Jun 2014 #7
They bought the media ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #8
A side effect of this is... mindwalker_i Jun 2014 #9
And what better reason is there to mess with net neutrality? Skidmore Jun 2014 #10
Tired of all the pro-fracking ads on MSNBC. n/t NCarolinawoman Jun 2014 #11
Not just that. The millions and millions oil and gas and auto and drug etc. they give to media, Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #15
An Excellent, And Often Overlooked Point, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2014 #12
PBS? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #16
Supported by corporate foundations to an extent too great to insure its honesty. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #27
It's a racket. nt bemildred Jun 2014 #17
Those with the most money have the most speech neverforget Jun 2014 #18
And the ones with the most money pay the least rates of income tax because they buy the laws, Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #22
it pays to be rich neverforget Jun 2014 #23
^^^we have a winner^^ mopinko Jun 2014 #21
been wondering that very thing for years ellennelle Jun 2014 #24
The extreme right wing polynomial Jun 2014 #25
K&R. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #26
Filthy lucre, filthy speech Blue Owl Jun 2014 #29
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