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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:06 AM Original message |
The Nation Unearths Massive, Blatant, Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest Among TeeVee Pundits |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. suddenly |
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Rev. Paul (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. So... |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I believe so. |
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Rev. Paul (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I believe it was... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Sorry, but you are full of shit. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. He joined Public Strategies in April 2009. Before that he was with Newsweek. KO apologized |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. k/r |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nope, no story here. Nothing newsworthy, no human interest. Drop 'er down the Memory Hole. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. WOW. rec'd before even reading |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. K&R |
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leftrightwingnut (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 05:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good point. What exactly do these people *do* that they can afford to be on TV all the time? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. Recommend |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. GEM$NBC |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. McCaffrey has experience in this sort of thing. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Maybe that's his DynCorp title! |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. agreed. no surprise. |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. I don't know what it would take to shock me, after living through *'s eight long years. EOM |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. And it seemed like an eternity n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. +1 no shock to me at all |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Me too but I don't have cable at all. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. "Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power company" = backer of Chicago charter schools |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Vile and completely unsurprising. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. They know full well what they are doing.. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kicked and recommended. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Support real journalism and subscribe |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank God for the Nation. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. k and r |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you, Nation. Well worth shouting about. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. i'll say it til i'm blue in the face....the media is our enemy |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can't believe anybody watches that crap in the first place. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R - For The Nation |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Interesting. K&R n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Recomm |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Great analysis. MSNBC is all about business. Amazing how they fooled so many Dems |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. the sole purpose of the media is to promote the status quo and deliver the undiluted BRAND USA |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. There are no "real" journalists anymore |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. lawsuits? |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. MSNBC is a lot like the democratic party |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Corruption here.... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. LOVE your photo of FAUXNOISE anchorcritters!!! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. Be cool to see a calculation of the rate at which these brainwashers for our Economic Royalty appear |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. This ought to be a contender for most recommended post here ever |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Didn't "Network" teach you guys anything? |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Scary, isn't it... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Pretty prescient, huh. Paddy Chayefsky was a genius... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. It just occured to me that the teabaggers watched the "mad as hell" part |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Nation rocks. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. kick nt |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. DUH. The fools that swallow up cable "news" on either side are the dummies here |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Do you mean to imply that Network News is any better? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Of course not. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Turn it ALL off . . . !! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. In case there was still ANY doubt at all that we are living in a Corporatocracy.... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. Our "free market" at work (thank you, Mr. President). Just like those retired generals and |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. The answer to this is to STOP watching the corporate media whores. |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. Isn't Katrina vanden Heuvel a regular on Countdown? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Not comparable to what's being discussed . . . at all -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. We're overloaded with corruption -- let's please uninvent the dollar bill??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. Basically, in between the commercials, what you're getting is more COMMERCIALS!! |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. That's why it's called commercial television. |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
60. Excellent post, truth2tell, |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
61. Conflicts of interest? |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. I'm so sorry that I'm too late to recommend this post!! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
67. How did I miss this thread before? |
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