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Awsi Dooger

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6. No kidding...and declining approval of the media among Democrats is astonishing
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 01:00 AM
Aug 2017

I saw a poll recently with Republican trust in media declining a massive amount but likewise Democrats dropped something like 17%.

Unbelievable. There's never going to be everything you want. kentuck has the correct big picture outlook, that only the free media allows any type of opportunity to survive someone like Donald Trump, and everyone who will try to follow his lead.

We should have surrogates on every program championing the media and trying to get Democrats to understand that they need to do the same in every poll and every forum or wherever possible. The media is an incredible ally. I am disgusted every day while reading attacks on the media from all sides on political forums of sports sites I frequent. That attitude only feeds Trump and allows fake news to fester along with cynicism toward mainstream sources.

Democrats are inept handicappers and this is merely a current absurd example.

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Wouldn't be in this mess if we didn't have corporate media. n/t Chevy Aug 2017 #1
Do you think the corporate media colluded with Trump and the Russians? kentuck Aug 2017 #2
Every morning with Joe and Mika when Trump called in 7wo7rees Aug 2017 #3
We can take the good with the bad... kentuck Aug 2017 #7
Corporate media helped dumb down America Chevy Aug 2017 #5
And...they ignored ZERO proof of WMD in Iraq,ignored all intel before than illegal War Bengus81 Aug 2017 #12
How do you know that?? kentuck Aug 2017 #13
Nope buddy,I watched it first hand for months before Bush stared killing civilians in Iraq Bengus81 Aug 2017 #14
But you don't believe all mainstream media is "fake news", right? kentuck Aug 2017 #18
Sinclair coming your way . lunasun Aug 2017 #4
No kidding...and declining approval of the media among Democrats is astonishing Awsi Dooger Aug 2017 #6
I think we were on the brink. There has been a resurrection recently. nt Snotcicles Aug 2017 #8
100% agree, many people don't know how close the US was to the brink, and it's still not out of the OnDoutside Aug 2017 #11
Jeff Flake could come out of this smelling like a rose. nt Snotcicles Aug 2017 #16
Possibly, but he could fall between criticising Trump and backing Repeal, thus being hated by both OnDoutside Aug 2017 #17
We're just lucky madokie Aug 2017 #9
In my experience, too many people misunderstand or outright dont like the 1st Amendment Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #10
It's a free press until the propagandists succeed in labeling the truth #fakenews Mr. Ected Aug 2017 #15
Very true. kentuck Aug 2017 #19
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