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Bernie Sanders

AZ Progressive

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10. We live in a democracy, dammit, it's the news media's job to inform us of what we need to know

Reply to hootinholler (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2015, 01:30 PM

May 2015

in order to make good choices in who we elect. If it isn't so, if the corporate executives get to say what is news, what gets to be covered, and what isn't, then the news media has all the power, not the people, and we don't really live in a democracy (or democratic republic to be more specific.)

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Great MoJo comparison of Bernie's positions to polls (Bernie Group Post) [View all] hootinholler May 2015 OP

K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #1

It strikes me that with Bernie we have a chance to educate people Jackpine Radical May 2015 #2

Agree. There are a lot of good terms that have been made bad by the politicos and their press - erronis May 2015 #9

To the greatest! merrily May 2015 #3

Even more are in favor of them marle35 May 2015 #4

Yup. silverweb May 2015 #6

On pay equity for women: silverweb May 2015 #5

Um hootinholler May 2015 #7

Need coffee.... silverweb May 2015 #8

We live in a democracy, dammit, it's the news media's job to inform us of what we need to know AZ Progressive May 2015 #10

K & R !!!! Thespian2 May 2015 #11