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CJCRANE

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5. But that's the point. The mass media is owned by corporations.

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:46 PM

Apr 2012

The corporation that owns Fox News is under investigation for bribery, illegal phonetapping, computer hacking, pirating. Their agenda is to lie on a massive scale and influence people to vote against against their own interests.

I'm not interested in being self-selctive about information. The reason I prefer DU to FreeRepublic is because there is a ton more information from every angle and many viewpoints from facts to speculation, to gossip, to govt leaks, to inside information etc. from different parts of the world. I make up my own mind, I don't need a TV pundit to spoonfeed my opinions to me.

So, that's why on DU we always come back perennial problem which is the media. When people get more accurate information, or at least a variety of different viewpoints, they can make more informed decisions.

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This only moves it back one step. ithinkmyliverhurts Apr 2012 #4

But that's the point. The mass media is owned by corporations. CJCRANE Apr 2012 #5

Look, I agree about the media. ithinkmyliverhurts Apr 2012 #8

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