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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:15 PM Original message |
More than ten years ago, it occured to me that the single biggest problem in this country is . . . . |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well said. I like your last point particulary about using the individual media |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep...The media is a tool of the corporate "overlords"....even more so than it ever was before. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. and the one media we have any equality on - the internet - |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's the billion dollar problem |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. That also correlates to the Foxification of the news starting in the late 90's. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Control the media and you control the message. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I'm hoping that Olbermann on Current TV will be an important first step. n/t |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Did you ever watch Max Headroom? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. What Dorothy Sayers said is still true.... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thanks for that quote. Its perfect. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Agreed- |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media." -- Noam Chomsky |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's why I left journalism |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Too bad there are not more like you.... |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I can't prove anything |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It defies logic that scenario is anything but true. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You should start your own news blog. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe it's time to fire up the copiers |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here's some news for you -- THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That is true, but . . . . |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The consolidation doesn't change much -- we have the Internet to |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. The end of change should have been a major historical event. When did it happen? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Duh |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. i think it is wrong to single out one cause among many. |
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