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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCorporate Media Outrage-Ometer
CORPORATEMEDIA OUTRAGE - OMETER:
Texting nude pictures of yourself, or "Sexting" (Tony Weiner) = AN Unforgivable Sin;
Wearing a Diaper while Soliciting the favors of a prostitute (Senator David Vitter) = Not Even an Issue*
(* unless you're a Democrat like Eliot Spitzer, and you don't wear the Diaper - Then it's of Earth Shattering, Career Ending importance.)
Participating in the Destruction of the World Economy through advocating Deregulation while making misogynist comments and being wrong about everything in your chosen area of expertise (Larry
Summers) = No big deal, in fact it may increase your prestige;
Advocating Re Regulation of the Markets, (Robert Reich, Paul Krugman) = Insanely Unrealistic,
the pipe dream of utopian idealists who probably believe in Unicorns.
This can only hurt your credibility.
Almost Crashing the World Economy, demanding taxpayer funded bailouts in the
trillions (Wall Street banksters)= the cost of doing business;
Foodstamps for the Poor = Dependency on bloated welfare state "handouts".
Data Mining and collecting the phone records of journalists in direct violation of the Bill of Rights = Laudible behavior;
Telling Your Fellow Americans their government is spying on them, in a blatant violation of Democratic Norms and Constitutional rights (Edward Snowden)= High Treason.
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Corporate Media Outrage-Ometer (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2013
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. Hypocrisy And Duplicity Plainly Exposed For All To See
eom
annabanana
(52,791 posts)2. Nailed it, spot on
perfect. It is so predictable and will keep Stephen Colbert in business for the rest of his life.
ms liberty
(8,607 posts)3. Off to the Greatest Page! n/t