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Sanity Claws

(22,444 posts) Thu Oct 16, 2014, 09:40 AM Oct 2014

Does this NY Times' headline bother you as much as it does me? [View all]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/late-surge-of-money-buoys-republicans-in-races-that-will-decide-control-of-senate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMediaHigh&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

The headline is Late Surge of Money buoys Republicans in Races that Will Decide Control of Senate.

It really bothers me. "Buoys" strikes me as far less than an objective tone. Why isn't it simply, "PAC money injected in Senate races for Republicans"? That is far more accurate and projects less of a viewpoint or judgment.
Aah. That's the reason. The media is not interested in reporting the facts but in supporting a particular side.

Fuck the mainstream media.

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Does this NY Times' headline bother you as much as it does me? [View all] Sanity Claws Oct 2014 OP

Our msm is a very bad joke. Too bad it's still influential. merrily Oct 2014 #1

They can't Democratic Party raised more than 50 yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #42

Did you mean to post that to me? merrily Oct 2014 #43

Not necessary. Just to anyone who cares yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #44

I'll reword. You replied to my post. Did you mean to reply to me or to the OP? merrily Oct 2014 #45

The MSM loves them those "money surges"....who gets all that money?? To them it is all about the Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #2

Don't be picayune. It's not like The New York Times lies about matters of war and peace. Octafish Oct 2014 #3

Silly Octafish. The Times-Picayune is the NOLA cat box liner. KamaAina Oct 2014 #24

Hahahaha!!!! There used to be a magazine devoted to correcting the Paper of Record... Octafish Oct 2014 #29

Buoy (verb): "to sustain or encourage" brooklynite Oct 2014 #4

I consider it subtle propaganda Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #6

You're welcome to; I think you're over-reacting brooklynite Oct 2014 #7

The point is that this is not an isolated incident Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #11

You think low information voters are influenced in their voting by how much money a Party raises? brooklynite Oct 2014 #14

You are creating a strawman Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #15

...and almost everyone else disagreed with your interpretation of this as "bias" brooklynite Oct 2014 #17

so you have moved from strawman argument to a bandwagon argument Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #20

NO, I came to that conclusion on my own...like everyone else did. brooklynite Oct 2014 #46

But all don't disagree. Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #48

With a picture of a beaming Republican. moondust Oct 2014 #5

So you think the NY Times is in the tank for the Republicans? Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #8

and also super accurate reflection of what is occurring. La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #10

no, its an accurate statement. a news paper is supposed to be objective otherwise La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #9

It is not objective Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #13

the fact that money boost visibility of candidates, is really not a subjective matter La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #18

That was not the headline Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #19

i think you have trouble understanding what buoyed means. nt La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #21

No, I understand exactly what it means. Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #23

the word is both accurate and neutral in contextual usage. LanternWaste Oct 2014 #47

So when you get a pay raise or win a prize Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #22

There is a distinction between reporting facts and writing conclusions Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #25

You have become entertaining. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #28

Interesting Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #30

Your argument has no merit because it's based on your feelings, not fact. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #31

huh? Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #35

OMG. Just OMG. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #36

That reads like something Rush Limbaugh would say. Kingofalldems Oct 2014 #39

Are you suggesting that more money could depress them? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #33

Couldn't it just as easily be spun as Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #37

But that would be longer, and also implying they have 'fear' muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #38

USA - For Sale. jwirr Oct 2014 #12

Seriously? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #16

Yes it bothers me, but I already knew the M$M worked for the same people as the GOP. Rex Oct 2014 #26

Surge of Money buoys Republicans in Races that Will Decide Control of Senate. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #27

It's sad that money Faux pas Oct 2014 #32

No, it does not. Jim Lane Oct 2014 #34

looks like a typo to me hfojvt Oct 2014 #40

Not the medias fault that idiots believe political ads! Nt Logical Oct 2014 #41