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libodem

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4. Yep

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 12:48 PM

May 2016

The 4th estate is dead. No one to question the government or the corporate structure.

Republicans hated having the truth told about them. So we quit telling the truth about them but they have continued to have talking points (lies) developed/manufactured for them, in think tanks for the 1%, and presented to Drudge, Britebart, Beck, Scarborough, Hannity, Limbaugh and the rest of the RW opinion, as news.

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Mainstream Media No Longer A Trusted Source For News Or Information [View all] mitty14u2 May 2016 OP

Radio news as well. Its frustrating to turn to the corporate media Iliyah May 2016 #1

Free Speech TV chknltl May 2016 #2

Excellent network. Donations keep it going. mountain grammy May 2016 #16

I donated to it and to Bernie. chknltl May 2016 #20

Same here! mountain grammy May 2016 #22

We all want to trust who we want to trust The2ndWheel May 2016 #3

Well of course there is hidden bias but it is expected to be bias today fasttense May 2016 #14

What happened to evidence for a basis for news? Are you jwirr May 2016 #18

Yep libodem May 2016 #4

Besides that, remember that the GOP's believe in isolationism Iliyah May 2016 #6

The most trusted man in America Walter Cronkite When News Was the Truth mitty14u2 May 2016 #5

+100 yep, I didn't know Cronkite urged Bobby to run. Interesting. nt 99th_Monkey May 2016 #9

I can't imagine why the MSM would have a problem like that Jack Rabbit May 2016 #7

What is the boycott koch app called? n/t tom_kelly May 2016 #8

It's called Buycott Left Brain May 2016 #10

It is here! In fact, it is the only sure thing to not get a hidden post. nt silvershadow May 2016 #11

And It is not just the news. zeemike May 2016 #12

"A person who does not read the newspaper The Green Manalishi May 2016 #13

Yeah, but what's the alternative? Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #15

A serious question. Our country was founded on a mass media model... Eleanors38 May 2016 #19

All these radio pundits keep bashing sorefeet May 2016 #17

From This article, �news stories� they read are only opinion columns in disguise mitty14u2 May 2016 #21

it's partly because of confirmation bias and high partisanship La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #23

Many good TV News sources... Just be aware... Larry Wilmore, Samatha Bee, RT News, Daily Show, FighttheFuture May 2016 #24