Bernie Sanders

SoapBox

(18,791 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:56 PM Apr 2016

Hmmmm...I never thought of it this way.

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Hillary is being sold to us the same way the Iraq war was. The public clearly wants Bernie, but the corporate media blackout wants their way
Apr 22, 2016, 1:35:14 PM

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Hmmmm...I never thought of it this way. (Original Post) SoapBox Apr 2016 OP

read my sig Baobab Apr 2016 #1

+1 silvershadow Apr 2016 #2

Oh, so totally beltanefauve Apr 2016 #3

Yep! nt thereismore Apr 2016 #4

It's been clear to me for a good while that corporate media is the propaganda arm of the merrily Apr 2016 #5

Baobab

(4,667 posts)

1. read my sig

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:58 PM

Apr 2016

things like that are why

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

2. +1

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:58 PM

Apr 2016

beltanefauve

(1,784 posts)

3. Oh, so totally

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:05 PM

Apr 2016

true. I hadn't thought of it quite in this way either. I'm going to start using this as a talking point.

thereismore

(13,326 posts)

4. Yep! nt

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:42 PM

Apr 2016

merrily

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5. It's been clear to me for a good while that corporate media is the propaganda arm of the

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:20 PM

Apr 2016

establishment.

If the establishment agenda is war, corporate media is there for the establishment.

If the establishment agenda is a particular candidate, corporate media is there for the establishment.

Mentally confining it to a few issues, however, obscures the big picture: corporate media is the propaganda arm of the establishment, no matter what the issue is.

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