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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:51 PM
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The TV networks seem to have totally ignored the rallies; let's boycott network TV.
They certainly carry nothing most of us would miss, and we might lose them enough viewers that they notice it, especially if we tell them we are doing it. They love their money, and obviously nothing more, so we might want to attack their wallet.
They care nothing about the left anyway, and it should be no loss to us.


mark
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:55 PM
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1. I normally do so! I watch HGTV and Food Network! No Network!
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:56 PM
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3. HGTV - my favorite.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:55 PM
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2. It's just mind boggling how they cover every teabagger rally. But are MIA when it comes to rallies
from the left. Even the anti-war protests of the Bush administration there was no coverage, with the exception of Cindy Sheehan.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:58 PM
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5. But the baggers bring guns. There's a big difference.
The American audience likes the thrill of will there be blood shed?
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 09:57 PM
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4. Lets see how long that boycott lasts.
I give it until Monday.
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:00 PM
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6. I can't remember the last time I watched a network news show
Edited on Sat Feb-26-11 10:01 PM by csziggy
And there are few network shows I watch anymore - Bones, Harry's Law, and The Mentalist are the ones that come to mind right now, though there are probably a few more.

More often in the last few years I wait until the shows I like appear in syndication on some cable channel rather than watch them on the local channels with their variable broadcast quality and obnoxious local commercials.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:01 PM
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7. Can't boycott something if we aren't the customer.
A boycott announces a goal, usually a change in behavior a the targeted company, and then encourages consumers not to buy certain products until the company responds. Lettuce, bus rides, things that people pay for.

We aren't customers of the MSM news shows therefore we can't boycott them.
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subterranean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:01 PM
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8. CBS News gave the demonstrations about a minute of coverage tonight.
Much less than their coverage of events in Libya, but they did mention them.
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coalition_unwilling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:02 PM
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9. I watch network TV only to understand what my enemy is thinking --
really, did you expect the MSM to cover the working class sympathetically?
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:04 PM
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10. Hmmm... that will be easy during the offseason
I watch MSNBC, Comedy Central, HBO, Tennis Channel, and Soccer Channel. Only during the NFL season do I watch Fox (Bears) or CBS (AFC).

My participation will have 0 impact.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:25 PM
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11. The Interests of Their Parent Companies Come First
Their "news" programs don't make money, they never did. That is not the point.
Their purpose is to shape public opinion.

They have probably noticed that Al Jazeera is getting more viewers than they are.
Even though we have to watch it on the net.

Will that cause them to change their ways? No!
They'll just crank up the propaganda even more.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:29 PM
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12. Today is Saturday ..
Edited on Sat Feb-26-11 10:31 PM by AsahinaKimi
MSNBC doesn't do News on the weekend. SINCE WHEN DOES NEWS TAKE A WEEKEND BREAK??? Let me guess, if people worked the News room on the weekend its time and a half? So MSNBC doesn't want to pay that? I can't see any other reason to show crap all weekend.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-11 10:34 PM
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13. For the most part, I've had the corporate nooze toadies on ignore for 2+ years.
They suck. Thank goodness I have Free Speech TV.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 02:46 AM
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14. The only time I watch the network "news" is in the early AM-for the weather forecast...
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 02:46 AM by old mark
so I guess we are already boycotting them because they suck?

mark
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 04:38 AM
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15. It's sucks.
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