Democratic Primaries

TreasonousBastard

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30. You want a date? I regularly read WaPo, NY Times, New Yorker...

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:47 PM

Aug 2019

and a few other things. And I get a daily barrage of emails from all of them and more. I see Alabama stories.

The poorer parts of the South are not daily stories, but are ongoing situations that come up as they come up.

The current situation with the press is not ideal, but it has never been ideal, nor will it ever be-- that's the down side of a free press. The only thing we can do, short of starting our own networks, is support those who give it a good shot. And try to work within a faulty system. Pushing for more anti-monopoly rules would help, too.

If you think this is bad, imagine living when Hearst was around. Or the Times-Tribune circulation wars.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders Is As Frustrated as Ever With Corporate Media [View all] Uncle Joe Aug 2019 OP

lol stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #1

What is the poverty rate in Alabama? Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #2

millionaires and billionaires ! stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #17

Couldn't find anything eh? n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #24

You want a date? I regularly read WaPo, NY Times, New Yorker... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #30

How about CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, or Fox on television? I'm Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #35

How about them? I've seen specials about poverty, but a free press depends... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #37

If a free press depends on advertising sales, it goes to follow Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #38

what's the point of this? qazplm135 Aug 2019 #3

Why explain the point if you couldn't be bothered to read the article? Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #5

Interesting assumption qazplm135 Aug 2019 #19

Do you disagree with the article in the OP and if so why? n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #25

It gets very tiring and annoying to read these whines. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #31

The media demonizes socialism.... zentrum Aug 2019 #13

wait...you mean to tell me that socialism gets a bad rap in America? qazplm135 Aug 2019 #18

media FEARS Bernie? Nah, not at all. They do misrepresent democratic socialism and Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #27

The situation is so bad that the Vermont Digger has characterized it as whining TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #14

strategy is exactly right qazplm135 Aug 2019 #22

Most people don't even realize they live in the corporate media bubble bluewater Aug 2019 #4

... Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #8

Unbelievable! What kind of "media" would he like other than his own in-house "media".... George II Aug 2019 #6

You didn't read the article or you would know the answer to your own question. n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #7

I did and I don't. George II Aug 2019 #9

Then I can't help you. n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #11

and that, in a nutshell, qazplm135 Aug 2019 #20

Yes that's really proving to be a challenge for Bernie. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #26

Too bad that's not showing up in the polling BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #28

and yet qazplm135 Aug 2019 #33

How Media Consolidation Threatens Democracy bluewater Aug 2019 #10

Thanks for the addition bluewater. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #12

Thanks for the OP, Uncle Joe! bluewater Aug 2019 #15

Same to you. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #16

That's just awful. BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #21

Maybe he could publish his own newspaper and have it comradebillyboy Aug 2019 #23

Again, That's Not the Point HiloHatti Aug 2019 #29

I agree and welcome to D.U. HiloHatti Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #36

I've reported on Bernie Sanders for years. A free press won't give him what he he wants lapucelle Aug 2019 #32

From Nate Silver-sanders complaints about media coverage do not hold up Gothmog Aug 2019 #34