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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:18 PM Original message |
Why isn't every news-site home page wall-to-wall Oil-Spill coverage right now? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. +1 for DAMNED GOOD QUESTION. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because the chemical dispersant worked. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Same reason no one knows about the TVA Coal Ash spill. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. That would not be pragmatic. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Deleted message |
texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bullshit |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Have you heard about this? I still haven't gotten an answer. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Let me do some checking tomorrow |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Your link goes to a deleted message. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. It does now, me thinks the poster has moved on to the great beyond. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. No time today |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes, I did but at first I thought it was either Deadeye Dick or Rush the Limp One, giving a speech. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Why do so many poeple hate America's government to the point of blaming it for everything? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Same reason there ain't wall-to-wall coverage - our two wars over seas. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. yup, should be wall to wall coverage...................... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've been on that rant for days |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because American Idol is more important |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Out of side, out of mind. |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because an informed public promotes democracy. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Bingo. I'm going to like you--welcome to DU! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. +++++++ |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Same reason why they're not covering the fact that Americans had lower |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I appreciate the tax generalization, but specifically? Not true at all for me! |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Sorry WD. Maybe things will turn around next year. n/t |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Its "old news" to our collective microwave mentality |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh, it's just boring |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. They are not talking about it because: |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Ultimately I believe that to be true too. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because the MSM's job isn't to report reality, it's to catapult Corporatist propaganda. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Corporatism rules. It took Tweety only a decade to note that Cheney is an oil-man. |
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Rectangle (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nothing to see here-Move along now!!--What about the TIMES SQUARE |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. WE NEED MORE CAMERAS ON THE STREETS, NOT IN CORPORATE BOARDROOMS! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Isn't the spill pretty much still offshore? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. The whole point of owning "mainstream" media is to require the active ignorance of corporate crime. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. DIng ding |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. How can you say that the future of life on earth is more important than corporate profits? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. i've never seen the "fox" home page, didn't know they had one... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Because it is much worse than any one wants us to know |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. the media |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. There is so much more important news. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Well, I posted this this morning and it only got nine recs. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Los Angeles Times today: NOT ONE MENTION OF THE SPILL grrrr nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. k&r |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. No bad news when our history-making President is in office. nt |
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ultracase24 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. It is a disaster |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes, it is absolutely criminal. (nt) |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. They even claimed that death of turtles and dolphins "not related to oil" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yes but what about Sandra Bullock's house? Or whether brown eggs are superior to white? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. because it's a huge disaster & fuck-up with many powerful perps, who don't want |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
47. I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes--how about some coverage about those most affected? |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. you mean you don't know why? |
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