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PuppyBismark Donating Member (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:26 PM
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The Debate was Great! The post debate was the usual MSM Crap!
I sent the following to CNN via their I-Report link:

The candidates did very well. CNN, on the other hand, your coverage after the debate was just typical. No discussion of WHAT the candidates said, just who was better. This is not journalism, this is sports reporting. It is time for CNN to grow up and become a real journalistic organization.

It is time for the MSM to cover the issues, not the contest!
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bc0001 Donating Member (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:51 PM
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1. Best "post debate" comment
was from Letterman: "After the medical procedure (colonoscopy) this weekend, doctors put Bush's head back up his ass."

It's hard for the MSM to "cover the issues" - when they have replaced the journalists with talking heads...
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 11:00 PM
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2. and they wonder why Stewart and Colbert are taken more seriously
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