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G_j

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32. a good analogy,
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 10:52 PM
Jun 2014

Last edited Mon Jun 16, 2014, 12:19 AM - Edit history (1)

as they muddy the waters and perpetuate confusion and divisiveness,. Oh, and add apathy to that.

Thanks Uncle Joe!

And we were all right too. nt bemildred Jun 2014 #1
And the media ignored it completely or printed lies about it. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #18
Yes, they did, and they are still paying the same people for doing that same job. nt bemildred Jun 2014 #22
War is good for ratings. eom MohRokTah Jun 2014 #2
But did they listen to us? femmocrat Jun 2014 #3
They didn't even count or report on us. Demeter Jun 2014 #4
They did more than that. They actively suppressed and muzzled us. calimary Jun 2014 #5
Yes, they did gratuitous Jun 2014 #8
same thing in SF...the lied about the number of people noiretextatique Jun 2014 #25
Bull Scarsdale Jun 2014 #6
Welcome to DU, Scarsdale. femmocrat Jun 2014 #13
The Iraq war was a mistake based on lies abelenkpe Jun 2014 #7
The anti-war protesters and OWS Shemp Howard Jun 2014 #9
The largest protest in US history was virtually ignored by the MSM LiberalLovinLug Jun 2014 #10
Exactly. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #11
I was there! And, so Naive.. thought the papers would be full of us Protesting bush's war to be... Cha Jun 2014 #16
I was in huge protest in DC just prior to the invasion. DCBob Jun 2014 #19
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Well done, G_j! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #12
Yeah, and I was one of them. My sister and I.. in New York City. And, the NYT under reported Cha Jun 2014 #14
We were among them malaise Jun 2014 #15
! KG Jun 2014 #17
Lots of pictures of the protests from around the world. Here's the google link. Beautiful. madfloridian Jun 2014 #20
Recommend view... KoKo Jun 2014 #23
K&R! Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #21
thanks! not long ago, a DUer challenged me about these numbers noiretextatique Jun 2014 #24
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2014 #26
And there are still people who never knew this. They never saw any coverage unless they were sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #27
And I participated in many of them. WhiteTara Jun 2014 #28
Yes...so did I and many other DU'ers no longer with us... KoKo Jun 2014 #29
My first march was in SF WhiteTara Jun 2014 #30
We call them the corporate media because they're nothing more than that. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #31
a good analogy, G_j Jun 2014 #32
Peace to you, G_j. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #33
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