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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:41 PM
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I CAN'T WAIT until cnn and msnbc are forced to cover PRESIDENT OBAMA'S new policies!
Today its constant clips of McShame peddling fear and outrage over the idea of electing a president who will invite attacks.
Each day he serves up endless amounts of swill ~ poison for the brain, the emotions and the soul!

Won't it be wonderful to turn on the TV and hear reporters talk about the policies President Obama is putting into place?!:patriot:

Which policy changes do you want to hear about first?
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sweetpotato Donating Member (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:42 PM
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1. Overturning the Patriot Act
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 02:32 PM
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15. Not too sure he would do that, as he voted to reauthorize it in 2006
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SoonerPride Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:43 PM
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2. Rescinding all Bush Signing Statements
And then arresting Bush & Cheney (I dream)
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:47 PM
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3. and faux will be covering what? Judy miller on some remote assignment?
telling us why our foreign policy sucks compared to Cheney's?
Glen Beck spewing shit?
Billo billowing like a reverse windmill?

Frankly, I do not see Pat bucko changing his insane ranting. Dick Gregory has proved himself to be a fool and a tool. I don't think he really understand's the task of the news organization, honestly.
WOlf Blitzer? gag me with. . . . something.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:55 PM
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4. you will still have to fight for Obama
If you think the campaign has been fierce, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Remember what they did to Bill and Hillary Clinton? It is going to be even worse this time.

Bill Clinton's agenda was hogtied immediately by the Republicans' attacks. I spent a good part of my life for some years in activism against those attacks.

Prepare to fight.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:10 PM
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5. True, that's why I used the word "forced" - the networks will have to cover things...
...they might not want to.

Regarding attacks by Republicans, it's a different time. The party is severely damaged, without a plan for the future ~ we may have some breathing room while they regroup. We also have a huge number of newly involved voters who have helped us reach critical mass. But I've been an activist for decades ~ I'll keep fighting as long as it takes.

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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:11 PM
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6. They are killing me today
I'd like to hear what every candidate has to say, but when you have McLame and the Wicked Witch of The North on every hour, how is that balanced news?? I'm switching back to ABC Soaps
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:14 PM
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7. Rec'd~ This is an important thread because we
Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 01:15 PM by zidzi
need CHANGE in our corporatemedia, too..just as much as our government.

Without mediawhore$$ there would be no bush or War ON Iraq..and maybe no fucking 9/11.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:27 PM
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8. You're right - I wonder how long it will take network parent corps to get on board...
When I've called or written execs I remind them that, though it may be their corporate job to only consider short-term profits, it's their job as parents and grandparents to consider the long-term effects of their decisions on their own children and grandchildren. I would guess that some of them are voting for Obama because of those kids ~ at least I hope so.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:34 PM
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9. Thank you for writing to them with those
excellent words to remind us all what they're doing for the future of our children and our Planet.

It has to Change..the CMWhore$ remind us WHY.. everyday.
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:48 PM
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10. Breaking up the Republican media monopolies so we can get the truth
about President Obama's policies and plans.

As things now stand, the corporate media will present a negative spin on whatever Obama does.

Unless they want to court him at first to encourage him not to try to diversify media ownership.
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DangerDave921 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:51 PM
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12. Do you live in Fantasy Land?
The corporate media will present negative spin on whatever Obama does? How can you not realize that most media outlets support Obama? The NY Times loves the guy. MSNBC loves the guy. What corporate media are you talking about?
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 09:06 PM
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22. Republican corporate media have run MANY Obama stories, but lots of negative ones.
Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 09:07 PM by Overseas
The TV pundits and anchors on the networks work hard to prove that they are not personally Democrats-- they bend over backward to demonstrate that they can criticize Democrats and boost up the Republicans over and over again. Gotta keep their jobs.

There was a study done on the coverage of Obama vs McPanic. Obama got more total stories but lots more negative stories than McPanic. Corporate media dutifully talked up Rev. Wright for weeks but Hagee was a couple of days. And the Murthee exorcisms were barely touched upon. The reporters have worked hard to report McPanic favorably and just briefly note what Obama has done, unless it is a negative.

More clear evidence of conservative bias: There's a storm of controversy when two of MSNBC's anchors actually sound positive about Obama most of the time and negative about Bush-McCain. It's a big terrible deal and lots of folks attack Keith O. and the right wing blowhards boycott her show until David Frumm shows up to throw mud. All that hostility toward two actual liberals only confirms what I have personally observed-- that the broadcast media has been pushed far to the right.

For the past seven years, corporate media reporters have been doing their utmost to pretend that the Bush administration makes any sense at all when it has been clearly very destructive of our economy, national security and international reputation. Bush mistakes were reported on briefly, but the bulk of the reporting time was given over to Republican talking points. Per the network owners' preferences.

Sounds like you may not have lived through the consolidation of US corporate media, from 50 companies in 1980 to only 5 conservative-owned conglomerates today. Also sounds like you may not have read the 2003 book "What Liberal Media?" by Eric Alterman, to study the concerted campaign by right wing think tanks to dominate the public discourse. It's been a dedicated multi-million dollar effort. It has done quite well. You will be amazed at the complexity of the campaign. American Enterprise Institute. Cato Inst. and others.

And actually, the campaign to push the country rightward began even earlier and so I've also read Alterman's Sound and Fury, about how things were moving in my Dad's generation.

Right wing viewpoints have dominated our airwaves more and more through an intense campaign. We may not even recognize the transition. Unless you've been watching the US broadcast media tighten up, dumb down and slide to the right for decades now. I have watched it happen.

I thought you were going to say I was in fantasy land because I ever thought things could change. Was I dreaming that with only 5 conservative-owned mega media conglomerates in control now, instead of the 50 diverse companies we had in 1980, things could ever change? How could those media giants ever be broken up?

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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:49 PM
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11. I guess FAUX will have to go back to Aruba.
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TxBlue Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 01:59 PM
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13. Pull out of Iraq, close All Torture facilites, reinstate Fairness Doctrine for Media, Regulate Banks
Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 02:00 PM by TxBlue
Outlaw credit deriviatives and any other financial instruments that gamble and leverage.

Reverse outsourcing of American jobs.

Cut taxes for middle classes.

Invest in alternative energy.

Fix healthcare.

Change bankruptcy laws so credit cards can be written off again and homeowners protected.

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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 02:25 PM
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14. That will be great polichick.
I'm tired of waking every morning to another stadium half full of McTroll supporters and seeing that old coot on my TV again. I think once Barack gets back from HI he should find a reason to have a news conference every single day until the election. He comes across very Presidential and knowledgeable when questioned by the press.

More than anything I'm looking forward to hearing about his cabinet.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 02:52 PM
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16. I agree - he does great in press conferences...
...wonder who he'll tap for press secretary ~ it will be such a treat to listen to an intelligent WH representative!
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 02:56 PM
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17. I don't think there will be much difference..
can't get apples from a pear tree.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 03:06 PM
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18. Well, at least we won't have to hear and see endless clips...
...of McShame and Psycho Sarah anymore. They'll have to cover news releases from the White House, even if they do cover them with their heads up their asses.
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PatGund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 03:08 PM
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19. I dunno....
I'm looking forward to watching Bill O'Liely's head explode when he tries to say "President Obama met with Sen. Al Franken today....."
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 03:39 PM
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21. LOL - he'll probably come up with code words for them.
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Blu Dahlia Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 03:18 PM
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20. Bush's trial?
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