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PatrickforO

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21. You've got that right. As a nation, America is quite exceptional at two things:

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Reply #18)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 02:41 AM

Jul 2014

1) punishing the poor
2) killing lots of people really fast

And we are kept ignorant enough by the corporatist propaganda our media feeds us to beat our chests and be 'patriotic' while being encouraged by our popular culture not to delve too deeply into what is actually happening. God forbid we should begin looking at what our politicians DO instead of what they SAY, which is duly and uncritically reported by the talking heads.

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Why Doesn't the Media Care About Dead Palestinians? [View all] DeSwiss Jul 2014 OP

There is no "APPAC" to buy the American M$M and Congress. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #1

Israel is lucky to have anti-missle defense yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #27

I think the media cater to the 1%, but they are not the 1%. More the handmaidens of the 1% ellenrr Jul 2014 #2

The media are the tools of their owners, who are the .001%. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #3

They essentially own both the US mass media and the politicians cprise Jul 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #4

I'm afraid if you can't make sense of it...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #8

Well good. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #10

Here's the other side: DeSwiss Jul 2014 #12

Excellent, DeSwiss...101 courses might ballyhoo Jul 2014 #15

I hear what you're saying about the people WORKING for the media - those who PatrickforO Jul 2014 #20

well-put nt ellenrr Jul 2014 #24

Controlled Media Snoopy 7 Jul 2014 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #5

Damn you Norway!!!! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #7

I think it's more like one Australian American--Rupert Murdoch. tclambert Jul 2014 #11

Because ABC's Diane Sawyer LIED! And the MASSES who WATCH HER...SUCKED IT UP...Here: KoKo Jul 2014 #13

Probably the same reason they don't care about dead Americans. TygrBright Jul 2014 #16

Because God chose the Jews.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #26

Okay,...someone SAID it was in a book,......somewhere. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #28

They are poor. The poor do not count. They are fodder. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #18

You've got that right. As a nation, America is quite exceptional at two things: PatrickforO Jul 2014 #21

What passes for "analysis" of TPTB in our media cprise Jul 2014 #25

Insanity. Just like the way they reported Iraqis the US military killed. gtar100 Jul 2014 #19

Wasn't it the US that said 'you're with us or against us?' cprise Jul 2014 #23