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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:42 AM
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Why is the media giving these Birtha people air time
WTF!!!!!
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:47 AM
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1. Hate sells
it's all about the ratings and ad dollars
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:53 AM
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2. Crackpot media
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snake in the grass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 06:40 PM
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13. More like 'crackpipe' media! n/t
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:53 AM
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3. They and the media march to the same drummer
Edited on Tue Aug-04-09 07:55 AM by lunatica
Unfortunately the answer is obvious and we're fools if we don't get it yet. How much longer before we realize they aren't unwittingly being obtuse? It's quite deliberate and there's an agenda.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:58 AM
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4. The media needs healthcare reform to fail
Edited on Tue Aug-04-09 07:58 AM by rocktivity
because for-profit healthcare is a major source of their ad revenues.

:headbang:
rocktivity
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:00 AM
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5. Because the Media is part of American Royalty and they regard you as their property.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:01 AM
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6. You ask this question about one of the major marketers of WARS!!
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:15 AM
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7. Its all about the wing bat parade...pile on.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:41 AM
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8. Beats working for a living.
It's easiest to point a camera at someone who wants to work up a sweat.
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quantass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:43 AM
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9. Seems Predictable to me -- Its about Ratings -- Politics is Boring!
But yet they call themselves the best source for politics. Its all about appeasing your audiences and its their audience that doesnt stop thinking about it that forces them to keep talking about it...but yet it is the media who doesnt stop talking about it which forces the people to start talking about it talking about why they wont stop talking about it :crazy:
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:44 AM
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10. Hey, I'm not complaining
The birthers are the greatest thing to happen to Obama since Mccain picked Palin.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:45 AM
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11. Gives them an excuse not to have to cover a real issue.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 08:47 AM
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12. Easy - To make money
If it bleeds, it leads. If it smells, it sells.
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:00 PM
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14. WHY ARE YOU....
...creating yet another thread on the subject????? It would be really nice if a day could go by when there aren't any threads on birthers.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:02 PM
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15. Everyone except Lou Dobbs and Faux is ridiculing them and disproving their claims. n/t
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 07:09 PM
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16. they get a lot of "air time" from many DUers too
:eyes:
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