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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:32 PM
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Not hearing much about the "liberal media bias" these days, are we?
Wouldn't a "liberal media" be coercing America to believe that Congress' and Jeb's interference in the Schiavo affair is wholly inappropriate?

I think our "liberal media" is sleeping on the job!
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Daydream_Believer Donating Member (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:34 PM
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1. This country has no liberal media.
Except for Mike Malloy! Mike rocks! :headbang:
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:40 AM
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12. And Rhandi Rhodes!
She's great too!! :toast:
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 02:01 AM
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16. Yes Indeed!!
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:35 PM
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2. The "liberal media" tag is reserved for the 2% of the time
when the media actually mentions anything bad about Bush*, then the RW echo-chamber screams "librul media!".

I heartily agree with you.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:55 PM
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3. I used to think CNN was conservative...
but then I finally watched, 'OutFoxed' last night and now they look pretty damn liberal (and they aren't in the least--bunch of spackled hacks). I haven't watched Fox 'News' since the '80's. I had no idea it was THAT horrifically bad. Honestly, I knew it was bad, REALLY bad, but dear god! My sister was visiting from out of town. She majored in journalism/communications. She was so disgusted and angry I thought she was going to kill someone. Hell, I thought I was going to kill someone after seeing that. When I think of how many people I've heard say, 'I don't watch anything but Fox News.', it makes me want to scream and cry at the same time.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:57 PM
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4. Led Zeppelin rules, BTW.
It's unfortunate that I'm 27 and I listen almost exclusively to music that was recorded before I was born.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:59 PM
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6. That means you have good taste in music. :)
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:57 PM
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5. I have to give Dan Abrams credit on *this* issue...
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 10:58 PM by 8_year_nightmare
He was livid in his criticism of Congress interfering in this case, attempting to override the law.

I don't normally watch him because of his fascination with Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, etc., but I'm glad I was slow in changing the channel the other night after Keith O. It's a breath of fresh air when the media recognizes right from wrong, & this was one of those times.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:27 PM
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7. Oops! Spoke too soon!
The fact that a memo circulated around the GOP urging the politicization of the Schiavo case isn't the issue...rather, the fact that the left blogs exposed it.

Much like the torture at Abu Ghraib not being nearly as important as the cameras that recorded it:

<snip>
Yet the infamous memo that argued Republicans stood to gain politically by saving the life of Terri Schiavo was characterized by ABC News as consisting of "GOP Talking Points." True, a few paragraphs were of Republican origin. They had been lifted, word for word, from a Martinez press release outlining the provisions of his legislative proposal, "The Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act." This was the inoffensive part of the memo. The offensive part--it didn't come from Martinez--left the strong impression that Republicans are callous and cynical in their attempt to save Schiavo's life, ill-motivated in the extreme.

Two paragraphs were the problem. One contended Republicans should save the disabled Schiavo's life because "this is a great political issue" that could lead to the defeat of Democratic senator Bill Nelson of Florida in 2006. The other said dwelling on the Schiavo issue would excite pro-lifers, a key Republican constituency.

Supposedly the memo was distributed only to Republicans on the Senate floor. Ergo, it was a Republican document. ABC correspondent Linda Douglass first reported its existence on March 18, saying the network "has obtained talking points circulated among Republican senators, explaining why they should vote to intervene in the Schiavo case." She mentioned the two offensive passages, and the memo was shown on the screen. The ABC website was explicit about the source of the memo: These were "GOP talking points on Terri Schiavo." Two days later, the Washington Post referred to it as "an unsigned one-page memo, distributed to Republican senators."

There wasn't a hint in these reports the memo could have any other source but Republicans. Yet there was no evidence it had come from Republicans. It was unsigned and had no letterhead or date. Nothing indicated it came from the Republican leadership or the House or Senate campaign committee or from the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) or even from a stray Republican staffer. The only evidence was of a dirty trick--and there wasn't much evidence of that. Powerline, the influential blog, found a version of the memo with typos cleaned up on left-wing websites.
<snip>

Link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2280&ncid=742&e=1&u=/weeklystandard/20050325/cm_weeklystandard/theabcsofmediabias
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:29 AM
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8. Kick
:kick:
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buzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:34 AM
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9. Well then read this, I just saw it posted at Freeperville
"They're intent upon killing Terri, and are beating us. They're winning. They own the judicial infrastructure, built over the past 4-5 decades. We don't have a chance. We're out-manned and out-gunned, this time.

Liberal-progressive-socialist-commie-nazi-subhuman-garbage-filth, are our masters. They own the MSM, local gov't, state gov't, all the courts, and ultimately: US.

Are you worried/scared/locking&loading, yet?

I am."
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Biased Liberal Media Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:38 AM
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10. Sounds like they've been
reading DU and stealing ideas...hmmm??
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:39 AM
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11. Poor, poor GOP.
Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 01:44 AM by OrlandoGator
They own the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the federal government and most of the media...and yet they are still "losing America."

I often wonder what defines "winning" to these people. It scares me a little.
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buzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:46 AM
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14. They wiil win when they are all raptured.n/t
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:44 AM
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13. According the the polls, a whole new liberal population just took over.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 01:47 AM
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15. And I bet most of them are GAY GAY GAY!
How those GAYS terrify me. I don't know how to protect my children from their infernal gayness.

The librul gays. They are so gay and they hate God.
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