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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:29 AM Original message |
The media meltdown -- in three paragraphs |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's baffling that most people (both in and out of the media) don't seem to notice |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Our media this century have reminded me an awful lot of Pravda; |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Pravda was less dangerous because |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's why CNN and the Washington Post are worse than Fox |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. We are a centrally managed economy much like the Soviet Union was. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. It's been like this since mid90s. Corpmedia applied so much teflon to Bush in Texas and post 9-11 |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. You *can't* notice |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. The percentage of the population |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. To the greatest with thee |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. NBC's Today Show headline: Speaker Pelosi defies the President! |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. nbcnews is a joke.. they have 7 min of news... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. We no longer have journalists nor news agencies. We are subjected to |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. Greenwald's columns are great, thought-provoking and insightful. |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Salon was wicked smart to hire him |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. The 'Journalists' dinner where * gave his 'Nope, no WMDs here' joke |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. They are all part of the Royal Court. Of course they laughed at |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They have assumed the role of the Court Jester from past centuries or maybe the Court Fool from |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Regarding your last question, I believe, the people do care, however |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've always thought it was a three--parter: Congress let us down, the media |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. I would be curious to know ... |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. The apathy of the people and the failure of the press are symptoms . . |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You said a mouthful |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Exactly. |
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