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samsingh

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9. your are right and that is the irony

Reply to betterdemsonly (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 12:06 PM

Aug 2014

I think the media is a loss leader for the ruling class. it is intended to brainwash the public - the simplistic thinking of the repug masses and many of the independents - to keep them uninformed. Whether the news programs make money is not important because ignorance allows the ruling class to make more money and continue to rule.

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To CNN, NBC, ABC, CBC and MSNBC - your financials are suffering you're laying people off [View all] samsingh Aug 2014 OP

HP IS owned by AOL and licks the boots of Facebook...there is that. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #1

Bootlickers of the wealthy and powerful, all of them. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #3

huffington post started out independed and showed us how to samsingh Aug 2014 #5

Well daredtowork Aug 2014 #20

some better, bitter advise. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #2

we only want news - unbiased and valid - not made up crap samsingh Aug 2014 #4

CNN bought and re-sold the steaming pile of propaganda crap expunged by "The Gateway Pundit". Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #6

zucker is a major disappointment samsingh Aug 2014 #7

I think the corporatists are more motivated by feudalism betterdemsonly Aug 2014 #8

your are right and that is the irony samsingh Aug 2014 #9

You expressed that well. That was my gut feeling when NBC replaced David GOPregory Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #10

yes, sadly i believe that is the agenda samsingh Aug 2014 #13

But he'll be just as boring and one-sided as Gregory. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #16

I don't think they care much about ratings for those shows ... Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #19

Then why even bother to get rid of Gregory? Fawke Em Sep 2014 #22

This is something I find to be interesting. BKH70041 Aug 2014 #11

it's an increasingly smaller number samsingh Aug 2014 #14

I used my TV only for news and movies. Atman Aug 2014 #15

the profitability of any MSM entities depends on how valuable their audience is to advertisers KurtNYC Aug 2014 #12

Let their ratings plummet... toddwv Aug 2014 #17

maybe Ted Turner could buy CNN back for a song? samsingh Aug 2014 #18

Haven't watched cable news in quite a while bigwillq Aug 2014 #21