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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:16 AM
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The auto workers can't get a break from the cable news channels. My theory!

I have to go to work in about 15 minutes but I'd like to encourage people to think about this today!

I think the MSM is selling the "auto workers need to take a 'haircut'"
idea for a reason. Look at the amount of advertising the auto companies are buying on the MSNBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC!!!!!

It's in the millions. There is a car commercial every 2 minutes!

I think the bean counters are worried that if the auto workers union doesn't make concessions, they (the networks) will lose advertising dollars.

This is a CLEAR conflict of interest. But I don't know what we can do about it.

I did notice the same pattern when the banks were asking for bailout money. They were running commercials every two minutes too.

I was making jokes about being able to tell which bank was going to fail next because it would start running a lot of commercials.

Now we are seeing the same with the autos.

If the MSM is shaking down their customers, we need to get evidence. A whistle blower would be great.

Any ideas?

I got to go to work now!

Joanne98
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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:21 AM
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1. Just because Wall St takes a bath doesn't mean Main St takes a pay cut
You would think anyone with 1 or 2 brain cells left would understand the RATpublican policies of Reaganomics and Trickle Down Theory have FAILED MISERABLY and would be looking to disclaim any knowledge or participation of those same policies

NO - These RATPUBLICAN Freaks think it is time to reduce the working class wages because THEY FUCKED UP the ECONOMY
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:23 AM
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2. it's because the UAW does NOT spend billions of dollars on advertising
that the union workers get the shaft in this argument ...
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:23 AM
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3. The game is Blame the unions, not the Corp bosses that agreed to the contracts
Edited on Fri Dec-19-08 08:24 AM by HereSince1628
thirty years ago.

No one bothers to report that the contracts have all been modified in the past decade to help the corps help their CEOs make millions.

This is all a matter of choosing a bad guy. Guilt is in the eye of the beholder.
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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:30 AM
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4. The game is Lower our Standard of Living to Indebted Servitude
and Thanks for Playing RATpublican Freak Show
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