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greymattermom

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11. I really noticed that

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 10:32 AM

Jul 2016

the microphones were so weird on MSNBC that I switched to cspan and never went back. Ever. I want to hear the speakers, not some random person they found in the audience too.

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We're being played [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 OP

Wish they would stand up to the media for a change. RandiFan1290 Jul 2016 #1

That was enormously powerful Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 #2

So true... sarae Jul 2016 #3

It's been happening and it keeps happening Saviolo Jul 2016 #4

+1 eom LittleGirl Jul 2016 #5

The networks more than "need" it, the owners of the networks and their affiliated companies, Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #22

Old news, really. The "Not Hillary" Party relies on it. baldguy Jul 2016 #6

I have come to believe this is true... dawnie51 Jul 2016 #7

They would kill us all Wednesdays Jul 2016 #24

Yep, and it leaked in here. demmiblue Jul 2016 #8

I watched MSNBC group of "reporters" including Andrea Mitchell Loki Jul 2016 #9

Marta? Photographer Jul 2016 #10

I really noticed that greymattermom Jul 2016 #11

Sensationalism over "Just the Facts, Ma'am" JaneQPublic Jul 2016 #12

I thought exactly the same thing about the volume of the booing. Bonhomme Richard Jul 2016 #13

I Hate The Media More Than I Hate Republicans Yallow Jul 2016 #14

"Liberal Media" is a big fucking lie Stainless Jul 2016 #15

Cable news MUST make drama out of nothing. That IS its business model. nt 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #16

Agenda driven corporate propaganda 90-percent Jul 2016 #17

The media managed to get Trump installed as Republican nominee Vinca Jul 2016 #18

K&R... i don't know how democracy exists with a for profit media. spanone Jul 2016 #19

well, back when having a free press didn't require billions of dollars in capital, it worked fine Bucky Jul 2016 #20

Except many of the speakers on that first night explicitly mentioned the booing Marcia Fudge, Dream Girl Jul 2016 #21

Even the most casual of observers....... Scruffy1 Jul 2016 #23

They've been playing us for a long time. Avalux Jul 2016 #25

They should review old tapes of the '68 Convention. Even '64. mild stuff, now. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #26