they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 01:43:46 PM » |
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i find it hilarious how bo can't take a dump without you picking through the dung to see what he had for dinner last night obsession is not healthy 
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 01:49:47 PM » |
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Obama is getting better press coverage than Soviet leaders got from the State-owned press. It is pretty amazing to watch.
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 02:02:41 PM » |
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Of course he is. Why is it so wrong?
The media is only a reflection of the people who watch it. If people don't like it, they are going to turn it off. The media KNOWS what people want. People want Obama.
I got pissed when the media fawned over Bush, too. But then I realized why they did it--because people wanted Bush. Just because I thought Bush was a schmuck back then (and still do) doesn't mean the media wasn't being fair in reporting what I WANTED TO HEAR.
The media certainly does not HELP biasness, but it does not cause it either.
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 02:08:58 PM » |
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i agree with spunk you guys are complaining about the media being unfair? the media is trying to make money...don't hate capitalism please 
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 02:31:42 PM » |
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do you not believe that journalist have a responsibility or is the function of journalism today to merely keep you entertained??
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 02:36:34 PM » |
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do you not believe that journalist have a responsibility or is the function of journalism today to merely keep you entertained??
if you are hoping nbc news, fox news, and all the rest "do the right thing" then you truly are a dinosaur. of course you only object when the 'liberal media' does it but fox news is no better. media is changing and newspapers are falling by the wayside. it's all online and these companies need to make a buck or else they will die, just like the dinos. free market.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2008, 02:43:53 PM » |
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do you not believe that journalist have a responsibility or is the function of journalism today to merely keep you entertained??
There is a very blurry line between those two things, which I think you know. It is entertainment, and it is journalism. People need to be entertained by the news or else they won't watch it. If the media were being unfair, they would be reporting many tasteless and damaging stories about McCain while applauding Obama. I think, more over, people are being unfair--and on both sides of politics, too.
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I don’t think that the media is a microcosm of their clientele. I think they are far left (while the majority of Americans are floating to the left and right of center) and they see Obama as the messiah.
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 02:59:49 PM » |
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do you not believe that journalist have a responsibility or is the function of journalism today to merely keep you entertained??
if you are hoping nbc news, fox news, and all the rest "do the right thing" then you truly are a dinosaur. of course you only object when the 'liberal media' does it but fox news is no better. media is changing and newspapers are falling by the wayside. it's all online and these companies need to make a buck or else they will die, just like the dinos. free market. was this even an attempt to answer the question? make it easy on yourself and answer yes or no 
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 03:01:20 PM » |
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I don’t think that the media is a microcosm of their clientele. I think they are far left (while the majority of Americans are floating to the left and right of center) and they see Obama as the messiah.
Rush Limbaugh refers to Obama as "The Messiah" and to the media as "The Disciples." I find it amusing.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 03:07:14 PM » |
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do you not believe that journalist have a responsibility or is the function of journalism today to merely keep you entertained??
if you are hoping nbc news, fox news, and all the rest "do the right thing" then you truly are a dinosaur. of course you only object when the 'liberal media' does it but fox news is no better. media is changing and newspapers are falling by the wayside. it's all online and these companies need to make a buck or else they will die, just like the dinos. free market. was this even an attempt to answer the question? make it easy on yourself and answer yes or no  reading is fundamental. try hooked on phonics. 
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2008, 03:17:53 PM » |
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I don’t think that the media is a microcosm of their clientele. I think they are far left (while the majority of Americans are floating to the left and right of center) and they see Obama as the messiah.
Rush Limbaugh refers to Obama as "The Messiah" and to the media as "The Disciples." I find it amusing. ...And Rush Limbaugh is not part of the media?
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2008, 03:18:52 PM » |
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I don’t think that the media is a microcosm of their clientele. I think they are far left (while the majority of Americans are floating to the left and right of center) and they see Obama as the messiah.
Rush Limbaugh refers to Obama as "The Messiah" and to the media as "The Disciples." I find it amusing. ...And Rush Limbaugh is not part of the media? he is part of the LEFTIST CONSPIRACY shhhhh
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2008, 03:20:02 PM » |
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I don’t think that the media is a microcosm of their clientele. I think they are far left (while the majority of Americans are floating to the left and right of center) and they see Obama as the messiah.
Rush Limbaugh refers to Obama as "The Messiah" and to the media as "The Disciples." I find it amusing. ...And Rush Limbaugh is not part of the media? Correction: Rush Limbaugh refers to the mainstream media as "The Disciples." Conservatives are in the minority when it comes to network news. How you can deny this is beyond me.
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