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Tarheel_Dem

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18. The sad part is that the media gets to choose what gets press. And since they're all trying to ....

Reply to Botany (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:23 PM

Jul 2014

out-Fox, Fox News, we get a sort of one sided view of what's happening in our politics. Only the most sensational, sellatious stories get "press". Rest assured, the media will always go for whatever they think will get the most hits, viewers or listeners. The false equivalence you speak of is rife throughout the Fourth Estate. They are mere infotainment at this point.

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Random thought ..... Are republicans trying to tank the economy and make people suffer because .... [View all] Botany Jul 2014 OP

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I certainly agree with you, however, these are not normal times. I began really paying attention... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #6

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Good points Botany Jul 2014 #19

Both Politicalboi Jul 2014 #2

BOTH, and this was the plan that night in 2009... randys1 Jul 2014 #3

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good points! Botany Jul 2014 #9

+1. Excellent post. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #13

All of the above! nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #8

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I think they are just doing what they are told, and were easy pickings because of greed djean111 Jul 2014 #11

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Kind of reminds me of Nixon ordering the CIA to make the Chilean economy "scream" deutsey Jul 2014 #16

Neither. Orsino Jul 2014 #17