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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 12:24 AM
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Corporate Media = Jerry Springer Show
Edited on Wed Aug-12-09 12:27 AM by FrenchieCat


The similarities are obvious,
But so are the differences...
The town halls aren't about some baby's daddy,
They are about our life and health!
Like Jerry Springer who exploits those who come to be on the show,
the media is not reporting on the issues, just on the screamers.

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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 12:38 AM
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1. I swear I'd shit my pants if one day NBC Nightly News
showed a chart of how our exploding health costs would strangle the economy and increase deficits while discussing this issue. Instead its Chuck Todd interviewing angry uninformed folks.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 12:39 AM
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2. Cable has literally become the Jerry Springer show......
and what it promotes is the worse of America.

It's a shame, but for the most part,
that's how I see them.
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democracy1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 01:31 AM
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3. why are you dissing Jerry Springer LMAO!
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:21 AM
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4. You're right....cause at least with him, you know you are watching garbage.
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democracy1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:02 AM
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5. yep the whole problem with this bs media,even when its a clear lie they still give the story merit
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 04:21 AM
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6. And this is why Jerry was always like, "Where do they get these people?"
Apparently the midwest and South.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:01 AM
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7. A friend of mine from Australia said the US political system is like Jerry Springer
Just the other day.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:04 AM
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8. I wish it were more like his radio show.
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 10:46 AM
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9. the Springer's show points out just how undereducated americans are


more people should watch the show and learn the truth

some of the truths:

the poor can't afford dentists
the uneducated think having sex/marriage with first cousins is OK
men are getting breasts from the man made hormones in meat/etc.
uneducated women are having babies for uneducated reasons in epidemic proportions.
uneducated women are stripping/whoring as the only way they have to earn money to support their children.

the list goes on. watch and learn.

Springer is doing us a favor by showing real life in america.

he deserves an award.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 12:39 PM
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10. The Eagles wrote a song about the media which describes them perfectly
I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
It's interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:51 PM
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12. Yes! I remember that song. I thought that was a solo for Don, though?
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ncteechur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:47 PM
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11. You know, I thought those town hall shits reminded me of something. An effing Jerry Springer
audience, 6 brain cells and 5 teeth between them.
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