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In reply to the discussion: Will the media please STOP THE FUCKING INSANITY!!!!!!!!!! [View all]FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)32. Well they are getting away with it, and they'll keep doing it
...until we fire or impeach all of them.
I think the OP's point is, he's tired of the media dragging this out (for entertainment purposes) when the answers are black-and-white. There are very few gray areas, so no discussion is really needed.
What do the 24/7 TV news mavens do then? They have to talk about something to keep their ratings up.
I watch MSNBC and they keep telling the same Jared Kushner news stories over and over, but nobody is defending him. They've already convicted Kushner, if anything. I suspect it must be the Faux News channel that's trying to defend him. I wouldn't know because I don't watch Faux News.
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Will the media please STOP THE FUCKING INSANITY!!!!!!!!!! [View all]
politicaljunkie41910
May 2017
OP
Yes it's like sports entertainment for the less politically enlightened . That's how much of
lunasun
May 2017
#14
I completely forget about a trip outside the country..and forget to put it on my SF86
HipChick
May 2017
#6
I worked for the government over a period of 31 years and filled out the SF86 many times.
politicaljunkie41910
May 2017
#21
I apologize for my earlier language; but I couldn't take it any longer. I too, have been shouting
politicaljunkie41910
May 2017
#11
I screamed at the tv all through the buildup to the Iraq war. Cheney, rice etc bombarded
notdarkyet
May 2017
#37
It's a measured response. As much as I detest it, the media does not want to make false claims
Mr. Ected
May 2017
#5
They are also considering all the right wingers and they come across a lot more credibly if
Amaryllis
May 2017
#45
Who owns the so-called "liberal media"? Hint, it ain't the proletariat. - nt
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#10
Don't watch the MSM. They are trying to normalize this. They HELPED this to happen.
LaydeeBug
May 2017
#18
Perhaps the media could bring themselves to simply REPORT the events .. & leave interpretation out
MedusaX
May 2017
#19
Lets see if there are other undisclosed contacts, or if Russians are biggest part of undisclosed. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#26
Sorry, other than one or two right wing guests, I didn't hear ANYONE on news shows making excuses.
George II
May 2017
#31
It will help if we realize it's not "the media," it's just corporate profit-propaganda
Kimchijeon
May 2017
#39