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LaydeeBug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:01 AM
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Is there even an election today? To hear the MSM, and I mean ALL THE CHANNELS
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 09:04 AM by LaydeeBug
Brown has won. Cripes, George Stepho was even saying that this is the biggest upset of his adult lifetime. Two seconds alter, and a flick of the channel, and another reporter was saying that "a veteran campaign reporter has already said that is the biggest upset of his adult lifetime. Are you fucking kidding me? I think the Diebold fix is already in, and that is why the MSM is walking lock step. But then again, I'm a wee bit conspiracy minded. I think they stole it in 2000 too.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:04 AM
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1. That saves me the trouble of voting.
:sarcasm:

The M$M is bought and paid for.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:23 AM
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3. Yup, back to bed for me.
No sense going out in the cold for nothing.:rofl:
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 12:36 PM
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14. Funny...that's what the RWers say too.....
The media is playing up this story because it's more exciting than "Democrat wins a Democratic seat", and because Brown HAS overcome a deep deficit to tie the score. The narrative delivers an audience which delivers commercial viewers, which is all the media outlets (Fox an Talk Radio excepted) want.
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euphoria12leo Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:23 AM
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2. Our local media is saying Brown has won.
WTH is going on? I got a call saying oh no, it looks like Brown has won. Turn on your tv. :shrug:
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:26 AM
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4. Pure spin
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 09:29 AM by lunatica


They had Obama dead and buried a bunch of times too and look how that worked out.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:30 AM
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5. This kind of coverage is voter suppression and it should be illegal.
They are trying very hard to discourage Dems and make them feel why bother going to the polls if we already know she lost.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:55 AM
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9. This is EXACTLY why they do it.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:34 AM
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6. I have already said this
Yes why do we vote...we should just ask the MSM to tell us what the republican owned pollsters tell us who is going to win and just don't show up.
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:44 AM
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7. The media is as much our enemy as the Republican party.
They are one and the same, really.
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ObamaKerryDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:04 PM
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18. +1
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 01:07 PM by ObamaKerryDem
If there is a 'liberal media', I sure as hell don't see it (with very few exceptions, like Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow--and they probably wouldn't let them stay on the air if they didn't have such high ratings for MSNBC). *shakes head*

If I were a MA resident, I would sure fucking resent my state's election being virtually called before I had a chance to vote..hell I resent it FOR them! I hope this tactic backfires and these assholes all have faces covered with egg tonight. :grr:
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Gman2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:15 PM
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20. Stop whining, they are just all money driven. Just like Rethugs. but not the same.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:47 AM
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8. channel 5 news didn't even think of asking Gail Huff (Scott Brown's wife),
a reporter for the news station, to take a leave of absence for the duration of the election. And this and the other local stations are the ones declaring a winner already.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:57 AM
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10. OMG! Maria Shriver did the right thing. I am truly shocked and amazed
Future potential First Lady of Mass given air time as reporter and no one complains? Does that even begin to pass a sniff test? I see that airtime as a donation of media services by the TV station.

I can't believe this is the first I'm hearing of this. Is this legal?
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Blaukraut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 12:41 PM
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15. Huff should have quit the day her husband ran for public office n/t
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:57 AM
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11. George has entered his adult lifetime?
I missed that.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:09 AM
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12. There is even more than one election today
Here in Oregon we have two tax issues being voted on, to raise the corporate tax rate and the rate on high earners. But such issues simply do not matter in the face of personality politics and MA's one seat for two years contest. Oddly, when we elected a brand new Democratic Senator to replace a sitting Republican last year, no one noticed much. We won a fresh seat, replaced a Republican. You're welcome.
So yeah, there is an election today. More than one.
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Kdillard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:27 AM
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13. Voter suppression efforts by the media you have to love it.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 12:59 PM
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16. More Than Coakley Winning - MSM Losing Would Make My Day
with their predictions of doom and gloom being all wrong.

I can dream can't I?
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:01 PM
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17. So true..
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marshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:15 PM
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19. Everybody wants to be first (or at least not last) in getting their sound byte in!
Of course the real attention grabber will be the one who suggested yesterday the polls were not accurate, and that Coakley was going to win and win big.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:18 PM
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21. Wow, what kind of BS is this? What makes them think they can call a race before it is even
anywhere near over? This is shocking.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:19 PM
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22. Don't anyone by into this. Go vote for Coakley. n/t
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