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Volaris

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24. Maybe we need an ongoing gofundme account set up

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 08:53 PM

Oct 2017

To fund an actual news outlet in this country that does actual journalism with actual foreign correspondents and reports in every major region in America and a dedicated investigative corps in DC.
like the AP, only non-profit and completely donor- funded.
At this point, we could probably get Keith Olbermann to sign on to... be the managing editor

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The media is really inept. Their half-assed lazy reporting on Tom Petty isn't the first time they [View all] still_one Oct 2017 OP

Blame it on Fox Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #1

It isn't just fox still_one Oct 2017 #2

sure it is Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #3

Then obviously you didn't read the NYTimes when we invaded Iraq, or CNN when they misreported about still_one Oct 2017 #6

the wealthy control the news Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #10

True, but that by itself isn't necessarily good or bad. It is when their profit motive, and other still_one Oct 2017 #15

yes we are ............ a good day to you Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #28

This. MontanaMama Oct 2017 #4

"These fools are doing it to themselves", excellent point. We arthritisR_US Oct 2017 #17

Maybe we need an ongoing gofundme account set up Volaris Oct 2017 #24

Democracy Now. Free Speech TV MontanaMama Oct 2017 #27

CBS relied on information provided by the LAPD. LAPD has apologized onenote Oct 2017 #5

There was a time when two reliable sources were needed for confirmation. This happens all too still_one Oct 2017 #7

Precisely, their desire for low hanging fruit is our demise. arthritisR_US Oct 2017 #20

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Oct 2017 #21

He gambled. He drank liquor. He lived with a women he wasn't married to and presumably slept politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2017 #8

I agree. still_one Oct 2017 #9

Tom Petty? kwassa Oct 2017 #11

In defense of the media, it looks like it was PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #12

Shit happens... Baconator Oct 2017 #13

But, I've been assured here on DU that TMZ never gets it wrong!!! Coventina Oct 2017 #14

My bad still_one Oct 2017 #18

In your defense, I wasn't referring to you. Coventina Oct 2017 #22

.............................................................................................. still_one Oct 2017 #23

Tape this to your computer and you'll never be disappointed. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #16

wow. Thank-you, that says it all still_one Oct 2017 #19

Three more: "KAL 007 landed safely on Sakhalin Is." "The Israeli athletes are alive." WinkyDink Oct 2017 #25

The list goes on for a while. Dan Rather was setup by Rove, but still, if his staff had been more still_one Oct 2017 #26