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leveymg

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7. It's an industry pushing a product making a profit. If it doesn't sell ads, it's gone.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 04:15 PM

Jan 2016

If you want detail, context, expert analysis, and integrity, that's expensive and probably won't keep the stockholders and advertisers happy. So what we get is Big Macs and Bud Light. We're being sold something essentially fraudulent at the lowest possible cost and business risk. Is that propaganda or manipulation or exploitation or fraud, or all of the above?

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Well It Begins...... [View all] global1 Jan 2016 OP

Yes NorthCarolina Jan 2016 #1

Both. Hard. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #2

Have you considered turning it off? Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #3

Right on schedule. Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #4

Turn it off. roody Jan 2016 #5

I'm afraid to ask what they're going on about now. arcane1 Jan 2016 #6

It's an industry pushing a product making a profit. If it doesn't sell ads, it's gone. leveymg Jan 2016 #7

POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums ... Scuba Jan 2016 #8

I haven't been watching. Should I be scared? Renew Deal Jan 2016 #9

Both, with gossip & entertainment thrown in the mix too. lovemydog Jan 2016 #10

just like every run-up to every election saturnsring Jan 2016 #11