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In reply to the discussion: It says something. and it's not good. [View all]Efilroft Sul
(4,422 posts)68. The media are only as liberal as the corporations that own them.
Candidates like Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein are the antithesis of what the country has become since the Powell Manifesto. Of course, such candidates would have been mainstream circa 1932 to 1964, before America became bat-guano crazy, but Powell changed everything top to bottom in this country over the last 40-plus years.
When you think about it, all those pretty little newsreaders making six figures aren't going to give good press to candidates telling voters that people making more than almost $120,000 aren't paying their fair share. Their bosses long ago probably gave the media staff their marching orders to provide a forum to the crazies but not the fiscally sensible.
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carolinayellowdog
May 2015
#18
You are right on target. When Chuck Todd speculates about possible candidates that MIGHT
GoneFishin
May 2015
#38
As Gandhi said first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
Bjorn Against
May 2015
#13
My minor role in that campaign taught me more about how things really work
Lydia Leftcoast
May 2015
#89
Bernie is one politician I plan to follow either all the way to the top or down to the bottom.
BlueJazz
May 2015
#27
the so called liberal media is crapitalist. of course the right is not crackpots.
pansypoo53219
May 2015
#45
K&R We have the best media corporate shareholders can bankroll. Profit trumps reality. nt
raouldukelives
May 2015
#54
Fantastic post and very true. This is well worth forwarding in email to others.
lostnfound
May 2015
#62
I paid little interest to Paul. I quickly dismissed him years ago as a nutcase and bigot
cali
May 2015
#71
I find it highly suspicious that they are not praising him since a third party spitter is their
McCamy Taylor
May 2015
#72
I think that the MSM overlooked the Thom Hartmann, liberal radio and liberal internet
JDPriestly
May 2015
#80