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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:42 PM
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MSNBC now pulling embedded reporters away from Braun, Kucinich, & Sharpton
Edited on Thu Dec-11-03 05:00 PM by slinkerwink
those bastards!

edit: This is purely hearsay but if this is true, then we need to write letters----we should do a massive DU call of every member here to write letters to ABC and MSNBC.

So far, there's no links that support this. I retract my earlier statement.
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loudnclear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:43 PM
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1. So much for our love of democracy
Can it really get any worse?
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:43 PM
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2. link?
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:44 PM
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5. I heard it somewhere on the Dean blog
I'll now look for a link.
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:51 PM
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13. maybe you heard ABC
Edited on Thu Dec-11-03 04:51 PM by goodhue
Which has been circulating for the last 24 hours and was originally noted in a Kucinich press release.

Until someone can confirm otherwise, I trust the MSNBC embeds are embedded away.

But this brings up an interesting point. The MSNBC embeds are well-known but I had never heard of an ABC embed until yesterday's news of pull-out. Any informed comments?
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:44 PM
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3. That is FUCKED UP
It really pisses me off
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:44 PM
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4. WTF
:wtf:

They are asking for it!!!!
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LittleDannySlowhorse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:45 PM
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6. Motherfuckers!
We should implore the "major candidates" (not my term, but you know what I mean) to make a stink about this. The field certainly needs narrowing, but this is precisely how NOT to do it. This proves everyone's theories about the media trying to influence the outcome of the race --- what bullshit. What utter, complete bullshit.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:46 PM
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7. that's a very good idea :)
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:50 PM
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10. I agree with you
that is a fabulous suggestion. Anyone involved with the other campaigns should write to them. WE will weed out our candidates when we vote. That vote will mean much less if the media has pre weeded it for us.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:51 PM
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12. if Clark and Dean don't have official comments on this, then we need
to do our own DU call to arms on this issue.
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bearfartinthewoods Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:09 PM
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28. actually they have been making this type of decision all along...
Edited on Thu Dec-11-03 05:11 PM by bearfartinthewoods
you are aware that there are and have been other people, even a dem, running for prez who have been aqlmost totally ignored don't you?

if you don't it's hardly a sin since they have been ignored.

the media is doing what the media does all the time, determine what is and isn't news <sigh>
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:48 PM
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8. surely you jest
source? link?
Would they do this out of perverse solidarity with ABC?
And I liked the MSNBC embeds coverage. How sad.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/958041.asp?cp1=1
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jmaier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:48 PM
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9. Okay
Dean supporters + DU activists. You guys have pioneered the grassroots mobilization efforts. What can we do together that might positively impact media coverage heading into the next crucial months? Writing letters surely helps BUT we need some media coverage of our own -- the freepers killed the CBS "The Reagans". Can a DU + Dean + Clark + left blogosphere boycott threat of ABC, MSNBC, et al (as required) help.

Or, would we just damage our own candidates coverage chances? Would it still be worth it?
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:52 PM
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15. it'll be hard but we can try
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PissedOffPollyana Donating Member (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 07:39 PM
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36. Democracy, still worth it?
It is a sad, sad day for the party and a sadder day for the democratic process.

Have we caught on to the fact that no votes have been cast? With all the calls for party unity, one would hope that there would be some unity in standing up against something as vindictive and biased as this. Isn't this how the DLC and their ilk wound up firmly in bed with the same brands of slime as the GOP? It's just one little compromise after another.

The party should take ABC & Ted to task. They should do the same with any other network that tries to subvert our voting rights by proxy. That's unity.

Thanks to all the DU folks who are doing something about it!
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Kosmos Mariner Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:50 PM
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11. Gore and Dean should be happy now, right?
Less distractions, fewer pesky candidates, time to unite! :argh:



:dem:
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:59 PM
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22. How are Gore and Dean responsible for MSNBC's actions?
nt :eyes:
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 07:08 PM
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33. They'd Be More Happy if MSNBC Pulled Lieberman's
reporter. what a ridculous thing to imply
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TakebackAmerica Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:51 PM
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14. WTF?
Corprate Whores!

My Sympathy to DU's Kucinich, Braun & Sharpton suppporters.

This is an outrage! I will send an angry email to MSNBC about this.
:argh:
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:53 PM
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16. it's still hearsay but if it's true.....
then we should be very very very angry.
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:53 PM
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17. I doubt its true (n/t).
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 07:16 PM
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34. Earlier today (in response to the ABC withdraw)
I gave a donation to each of the three campaigns. We need their voices to persist.
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GreenArrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:54 PM
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18. People! RESTRAINT!
This is still heresay at this point. Why not wait for some additional confirmation before taking action.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:55 PM
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19. I agree....
I'm searching for links.
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:58 PM
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21. In the meantime, sign petition to tell ABC what you think . . .
Tell ABC what you think of their decision to pull the campaign embeds for Kucinich, Mosely-Braun and Sharpton. Tell them we DEMAND fair and balanced coverage of our candidates, and will not allow them to be stifled for not being "acceptable" to the media bigwigs.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/455575483
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indigo32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:15 PM
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31. Maybe you needn't be deciding who's a real democrat and who isn't
eom
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:00 PM
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24. What will the Democratic party do to fight the corporate media?
Anything?
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:06 PM
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26. the DNC had no official statement on this
and they didn't even try to help Lieberman out in the next to last debate.
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 07:19 PM
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35. Dean should publically renounce them
Dean has the mojo to get on TV to denounce the Corporate Media for marginalizing the other candidates and refusing to give equal time. That's consistent with Dean's message, and it will cement his position as the frontrunner.
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:04 PM
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25. can you edit your title?
Not sure whther you have the power but the MSNBC reference would best be removed.
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cigarstore Donating Member (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:10 PM
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29. Now that campaign finance has passed
The print and air media has almost all the power. (except the Internet, so far)
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:13 PM
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30. Seems to be valid
Bastards is right. Too bad though, when they know what they sparked, they are gonna be pissed. Thanks for the news, typical shit by them, I am not suprized.
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 05:22 PM
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32. but John
There is no news here. The poster has backed off any suggestion that MSNBC is doing any such thing. It is ABC, as you know, that did this yesterday. Let's stay focused on ABC.

Tell ABC what you think of their decision to pull the campaign embeds for Kucinich, Mosely-Braun and Sharpton. Tell them we DEMAND fair and balanced coverage of our candidates, and will not allow them to be stifled for not being "acceptable" to the media bigwigs.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/455575483
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37. I have to lock this
Please refrain from using inflamatory rhetoric when starting new threads. Please review the rules for posting a new thread in GD before posting a new thread in GD.

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