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7. The media has been failing the public for years and years. But they are not only making money -

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:44 PM

Mar 2017

they are brainwashing the watchers....and all those ads!

We turned it all off 9 years ago and it is the BEST THING we've ever done.

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America's for-profit media corporations catastrophically failed us [View all] sharedvalues Mar 2017 OP

Yes, they have. nt jrthin Mar 2017 #1

I would certainly support a reckoning but I have my doubts. Caliman73 Mar 2017 #2

Re-enacting the fairness doctrine would be a good step forward. sharedvalues Mar 2017 #4

Agreed! Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #5

Us too! No TV is great for us. sharedvalues Mar 2017 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author sharedvalues Mar 2017 #8

big money controlling media elmac Mar 2017 #10

That sums it all up. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #11

CNN failed zentrum Mar 2017 #12

The mistake was pecosbob Mar 2017 #13

Derelict Media Corporations Working Against the Good of Our Nation panfluteman Mar 2017 #15

K & R LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #16