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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 09:33 AM
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Media Reporter – Internet Researcher
How many of these “So Called” reporters in our media are merely internet researchers.

It’s like looking at a post card and becoming an expert.

I don’t believe anyone can truly know what the truth is by doing a little internet research, and maybe a 10 minute phone interview. I believe it takes “Boots on the Ground”, looking into the cracks and crevices, and a passion for the truth to get at what is real.

This corporate media crap where they have dumped most of the investigative reporters is pure BS. Not only do they whole sale sponsor 1000s of lies by the corrupt Bush administration, they want to fill our airwaves with megawatts of mind numbing senseless tripe about Britney Spears and what her Bust size really should be.

Time we demand the airwaves for the people. This rubber stamping of renewing licenses by the FCC has got to end. If a station can’t broadcast truthfully then they can go to the internet or some other source.

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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 11:23 AM
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1. Even articles in the NYT's seem to do "Google" search quotes rather than
any independent phone or boots on ground reporting. No reflective thinking ...just a comment from one side or another. After awhile it starts to seem that many articles come from the same source with a sentence or two rearranged and a different headline attached.

Even some of our best Liberal Bloggers are sounding "tired." With the exception of Glenn Greenwald...and I'm hoping he doesn't burn himself out with original thought.
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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 04:20 PM
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2. They need "Turn it in.com"
Teacher have used this for years to make sure their students don't plagiarize their assignments

But what the heck us commoners can suffer through another war because useless media won’t do their job
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