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In reply to the discussion: President Obama: Congress obstructs, so I act alone [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)15. MSM is the sole reason for that. They didn't block FDR's Fireside Chats, they didn't edit out,
ignore completely, talk over and denigrate every opportunity when former presidents spoke.
I grew up in a media era that when any announcement was made by the POTUS, he was on every station live, without commercials, able to talk straight to the American people in his own words.
Now they refuse to cover him, then claim he is negligent or has nothing to say, actively blocking him from coverage. Or they edit him, state outright lies, interrupt the most salient points with negative dialog or commercials. I didn't elect mealy mouth pundits to represent me, I want to hear from the man I voted for.
They have made us jump through hoops to hear his words at any time, unless they are banging away at him. They spend more time with endless Republican reviews after every major speech than his words. And that's not counting the daily mantra and psychological use of words to make him look naive, ineffective, dishonest - and that is the mainstream media.
It's hard to see him online or elsewhere if you can't catch a live event. This is wrong, it's censorship of the man we elected to do what we elected him to do. That's why his poll numbers aren't as high as they should be, like any Democrat who they give scant time to.
They have gone further in trying to own his very words, forcing people to go to commerical outlets to hear him. We have to pay them, to see or hear him, and then only a little bit in the middle of an ocean of dreckt.
They even went after the content provided by the official White House photographer by saying cormmerical media should have that job, not the White House. It's good that they ignored their demands to own the images, too.
MSM is totally out of control in their agenda to block this POTUS and the ideas and policies we elected him to perform. They are destroying this country one mind at a time.
I grew up in a media era that when any announcement was made by the POTUS, he was on every station live, without commercials, able to talk straight to the American people in his own words.
Now they refuse to cover him, then claim he is negligent or has nothing to say, actively blocking him from coverage. Or they edit him, state outright lies, interrupt the most salient points with negative dialog or commercials. I didn't elect mealy mouth pundits to represent me, I want to hear from the man I voted for.
They have made us jump through hoops to hear his words at any time, unless they are banging away at him. They spend more time with endless Republican reviews after every major speech than his words. And that's not counting the daily mantra and psychological use of words to make him look naive, ineffective, dishonest - and that is the mainstream media.
It's hard to see him online or elsewhere if you can't catch a live event. This is wrong, it's censorship of the man we elected to do what we elected him to do. That's why his poll numbers aren't as high as they should be, like any Democrat who they give scant time to.
They have gone further in trying to own his very words, forcing people to go to commerical outlets to hear him. We have to pay them, to see or hear him, and then only a little bit in the middle of an ocean of dreckt.
They even went after the content provided by the official White House photographer by saying cormmerical media should have that job, not the White House. It's good that they ignored their demands to own the images, too.
MSM is totally out of control in their agenda to block this POTUS and the ideas and policies we elected him to perform. They are destroying this country one mind at a time.
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Maybe you just don't see the President when he's out and about with the People, cilla?
Cha
Jun 2014
#20
MSM is the sole reason for that. They didn't block FDR's Fireside Chats, they didn't edit out,
freshwest
Jun 2014
#15
It's getting through.. don't listen to the negative bullshit. The polls will change too..
Cha
Jun 2014
#19