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Related: About this forumPapantonio: Sochi Fright Sells Air Time
Mike Papantonio and Thom Hartmann talk about how the media is trying to sell fear ahead of the Sochi Olympics in an effort to increase viewership.
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Papantonio: Sochi Fright Sells Air Time (Original Post)
GoLeft TV
Feb 2014
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How little attention the mass media is focusing on the magnificent athletes and the games they play
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. How little attention the mass media is focusing on the magnificent athletes and the games they play
to focus instead on fear mongering is obvious to anyone who know the mass media is owned by 7 people who worship money as God.
Demenace
(213 posts)2. Thank you for saying it...
All over the news, the Winter Olympics have become all about 'Terror' and 'fear' but contrast the new coverage with the 'Super Bowl' last week which took place in an American where there is daily news of mass shootings and there was no question such as of 'are you safe?'
People, it is a sporting event, leave the politics and fear out of the coverage and celebrate the human capacity to achieve something!
Visitors and residents in an American city are more likely to fall victim to terrorism and I stress, domestic terrorism via gun violence than at Sochi!
Moses2SandyKoufax
(1,290 posts)3. +1 n/t
HoosierCowboy
(561 posts)4. The Corporate Networks have come to know fear...
...since the Internet took away 80% of their viewership in the past five years. The DVR took away all of their advertising power, and their reputation for mendacity took away all their credibility.