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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 10:06 AM Oct 2013

If We Had An Honest & Decent Media Right Now GOP Would Be On The Run

A lot of the MSM is covering for the GOP and giving them legitimacy. And RW talk radio and Fox are running interference and working very hard on blaming the Dems. Many parts of the country only hear RW propaganda now because of consolidation. The internet and social media are about the only media left.

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If We Had An Honest & Decent Media Right Now GOP Would Be On The Run (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Oct 2013 OP
Some of us are trying!!!! stevenleser Oct 2013 #1
duh Doctor_J Oct 2013 #2
The GOP would be very different from what we see today ThoughtCriminal Oct 2013 #3
No question about it. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #4
who did what to whom when and for how many peanuts? reddread Oct 2013 #5

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
4. No question about it.
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 03:19 PM
Oct 2013

The Democratic Party is to the right of the people on many issues. The only reason the Republican Party can survive is because the mainstream media frames every argument to favor their positions.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
5. who did what to whom when and for how many peanuts?
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 03:43 PM
Oct 2013
http://www.globalization101.org/deregulation

http://www.ibltv.org/FCCDeregulation.htm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1513870/Television-in-the-United-States/283644/Reorganization-and-deregulation

never forget who created Capital Cities.

never forget Westmoreland's threats against CBS' news department.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_v._CBS

dont forget Operation Tailwind,
and the TANG blowback to Dan Rather's long career.
aint nothing on the TV that is healthy or useful.
and scarcely anything that is truly amusing or entertaining.
so why do people fork over?

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