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rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:07 PM Aug 2016

Dear Media Wake the Fuck up!!! This is your Country too!!

Last edited Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:26 PM - Edit history (3)

What the fuck is wrong with yall? In case you haven't noticed we have a full blown lunatic running for President, but yall are too busy scouring over every meal that Hillary has ever eaten, looking for something, anything to make her look evil. Meanwhile Trump is hiding his taxes and writing his own Dr's statement. This shit is crazy.

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Dear Media Wake the Fuck up!!! This is your Country too!! (Original Post) rbrnmw Aug 2016 OP
You should make that a jpg and tweet it out to all of 'em! nt MADem Aug 2016 #1
I honestly don't know how to do that rbrnmw Aug 2016 #4
The thing I find most disturbing is Manafort's cozy relationship with Putin doc03 Aug 2016 #2
Meanwhile .... Mika Aug 2016 #3
Where is that? They_Live Aug 2016 #14
Tripoli, Libya Mika Aug 2016 #16
Thanks for the follow up. They_Live Aug 2016 #18
The media doesn't give two shits FrenchieCat Aug 2016 #5
They are sick SHRED Aug 2016 #6
Media see themselves as 'players' of the arena who produce political horse races. ancianita Aug 2016 #7
+++ BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #24
Hold them accountable. Skidmore Aug 2016 #8
no shit, barbtries Aug 2016 #9
I tossed them for the same lean towards rMoney. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #25
Yeah...I always felt that way too! jaxind Aug 2016 #10
Don't hold your breath hibbing Aug 2016 #12
the gnewz media hates looking stupid & obama makes them look stupid. why they LOVE the GOP. pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #11
The media are corporations that are in business to make money. Not to inform. YOHABLO Aug 2016 #13
The media class would cheerfully put Adolf Hitler in the White House... First Speaker Aug 2016 #15
Howard Dean was asked why Hillary hasn't held a press conference oasis Aug 2016 #17
no it is not DonCoquixote Aug 2016 #19
^ BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #26
The media is largely responsible for the sorry state we're in - why would they change now? tenderfoot Aug 2016 #20
The "liberal" media attacked Al Gore The Wizard Aug 2016 #23
Washington Post asked readers to submit ideas for an editorial - here's a link if anybody is Bill USA Aug 2016 #21
Thank You rbrnmw Aug 2016 #22
They can't hear because their ears are stuffed with $$$ workinclasszero Aug 2016 #27
Yes....It is our country.. different equation Aug 2016 #28
What the fuck is wrong with them is money. Orsino Aug 2016 #29
Exactly right! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #31
Maybe it's time we did something about that Pakid Aug 2016 #32
Start renting the airwaves and/or taxing profits made in that public space... Orsino Aug 2016 #33
One person complains about Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and the media goes into an uproar world wide wally Aug 2016 #30

doc03

(35,335 posts)
2. The thing I find most disturbing is Manafort's cozy relationship with Putin
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:15 PM
Aug 2016

and his business ties with China and Russia.

FrenchieCat

(68,867 posts)
5. The media doesn't give two shits
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:07 PM
Aug 2016

About this country...apart from Benjamin Franklin adorned paper in multiples!

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
6. They are sick
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:14 PM
Aug 2016

Phony false equivalency abounds.
They are trying to make this a close race for their ratings. That much is obvious.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
7. Media see themselves as 'players' of the arena who produce political horse races.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:17 PM
Aug 2016

They trot out the candidates, advise their best strategies, give them free arena coverage and keep up the on-screen conflict-driven excitement that whips the political horse race around the track.

Much like those fake-ass mascot or product races often shown on digital screens in baseball parks.

The body politic is enthralled at the unfair feel of the production, casting and plot, but paid its money and takes its chances.

As George Orwell said in 1984, "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." That's us.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
8. Hold them accountable.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:28 PM
Aug 2016

Get on the twitter machine and correct the record by tweeting to them every time they spin instead of report. Call them on their dishonesty. When you do, copy to other outlets. Use as many hashtags as you can to spread the word. And don't forget to copy the GOP, Ryan, Trump, and any other of the insane right you want to know that you are paying attention.

barbtries

(28,793 posts)
9. no shit,
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:39 PM
Aug 2016

i am so sick of NPR - they're promoting trump it seems every chance they get. i do not get it, but it pisses me off.

jaxind

(1,074 posts)
10. Yeah...I always felt that way too!
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:46 PM
Aug 2016

I always wondered why the media are making it so easy for Trump...don't they realize that when this country goes to hell (if Trump gets elected), they're going to be affected too! Also, Trump wants an investigation into the Clinton Foundation..well, how about an investigation to see if he has the same ties to Russia that Manafort has?? Just because Manafort has left the campaign does not absolve Trump of any shenanigans he may have had!

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
12. Don't hold your breath
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:05 PM
Aug 2016

The media sure fell short of their obligations during the proliferation and promotion of this god awful war in Iraq, let alone the economic mismanagement.


Peace

pansypoo53219

(20,976 posts)
11. the gnewz media hates looking stupid & obama makes them look stupid. why they LOVE the GOP.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:55 PM
Aug 2016

RUMP would make them GENIUSes. meanwhile RUMP is all wile e coyote.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
15. The media class would cheerfully put Adolf Hitler in the White House...
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 04:13 PM
Aug 2016

...if it helped their ratings, and even more importantly, if it would cement their position as a privileged class.

oasis

(49,383 posts)
17. Howard Dean was asked why Hillary hasn't held a press conference
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 05:02 PM
Aug 2016

in a long time. He told the CNN interviewer l "the media treats Hillary press conferences like a feeding frenzy". He went on to use the AP "Clinton Foundation" story as an example of how the MSM cherry picks facts to create a distortion of the overall picture. Dean said he did not blame Hillary for not doing pressers.

This is the first time I ever seen Dean blast the press.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
19. no it is not
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 06:58 PM
Aug 2016

The media and they that own them are used to feeding off a country, but never being responsible for what happens to that country. In any country in the world, they know they will be able to afford to buy whatever, and that people will try to woo them with free stuff. They are, for all intents and purposes, Pirates flying the Jolly Roger.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
23. The "liberal" media attacked Al Gore
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:16 AM
Aug 2016

and made George seem normal. They Made George Bush a war hero and John Kerry a coward.
I stopped paying attention in 1998 during the Clinton witch hunt. Not one of them questioned the impeachment for being rooted in political revenge for Nixon. The fact is, there was no impeachable offense. The impeachment circus gave them ratings.

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
21. Washington Post asked readers to submit ideas for an editorial - here's a link if anybody is
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 08:04 PM
Aug 2016

interested in commenting and asking WaPo why they haven't reported on the fact (for example)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512382540



... that FBI director Comey, when questioned by Rep Cartwright, had to admit that NOT ONE of the Clinton emails that are purported to contain Classified Info - NOT ONE had a Classified Header on it .. as required by the governing reg/manual. Thus, Comey confirmed that Clinton did NOT LIE about not sending or receiving anything marked Classified. (BTW: WaPo allows url's to be included in reader comments)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/08/24/vote-on-the-topic-for-a-future-washington-post-editorial/?utm_term=.be8b6547d1f8#comments

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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
27. They can't hear because their ears are stuffed with $$$
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:05 PM
Aug 2016

They can't see because their sight is obscured with bushel baskets of $$$.

They can't talk about it because their mouths are stuffed with $$$.

In their gated communities and private schools and police forces everything is just fine, thanks.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
29. What the fuck is wrong with them is money.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:06 PM
Aug 2016

We sold our airwaves, we failed to regulate them, and here we are with media who chase ratings and profits with no obligation to inform us.

Pakid

(478 posts)
32. Maybe it's time we did something about that
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:50 PM
Aug 2016

Every time there licenses come up for renewal we should write a couple million letters asking that they not be renewed and keep it up until they change there ways and start honest reporting just the facts with no BS.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
33. Start renting the airwaves and/or taxing profits made in that public space...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:17 PM
Aug 2016

...to include cable. Treat access to our brains as a responsibility as well as a right.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
30. One person complains about Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and the media goes into an uproar
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:09 PM
Aug 2016

showing sow motion, instant replay over and over for three days.
A million people complain about their biased treatment of Hillary and blind eye to Trump...crickets

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