Are Americans only allowed one side of the story?

Think incrementalism...

Almost everything Obama plans to do undermines capitalism.

But you still haven't answered my question. I'll even make it more pallatable for you:

So are you accusing the mainstream American media of being biased? You know sorta like when they syncophantically followed Barack Obama around like a happy puppy and reported nothing about his socialist policies, his long list of secrets, and his radical associations? That kind of "uninformed"?

Gord..would you not call Fox News mainstream? How about the AM talk radio stations owned by the likes of Clear Channel and Citadel? These are mainstream media.

Saying that, the likes of likes of CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS TV news did indeed ignore the topics you are talking about.
 
Yes the media is biased, Its a corporate owned industry. They will only tell you what they dont mind you knowing. They are in it for profit. I have been told by many a con that the only mission of any corp is to make a profit. The courts have already determined they dont have to tell us the truth. Why should they report anything that harms their bottom line?


Now as for the RADICAL associations and "long list of secrets" horseshit you are trying to pass off as reality I think you must not be watching the news because they talk about it all day long even though the people investigating and charging the people you are so concerned about have all stated Obama has done nothing wrong.

Funny you want even more histeria to be pumped when its already being pumped.
Well maybe you could provide me some links, because I have seen virtually no coverage by the mainstream media of the items on the second and third lists here:

http://www.usmessageboard.com/consp...-will-be-blackmailed-possibly-many-times.html
 
American's Journey: Are Americans only hearing one side of the story?

Obviously not. Or haven't you noticed the wildly different views we seem to have on this board.
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I think we are not given the entire story. Sure I might hear something on progressive radio, but it doesn't mean squat until it's being told on mainstream tv news. That's ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC. If they aren't reporting on it, then it aint happening, and there are a lot of very important stories they ignored for the last 8 years. Or I hear the story on MSNBC but no other station? Might as well have not happened if the other stations don't report on it.

The GOP has taken over the big networks, Now everything they report favors the GOP. Notice how no finger pointing is being done by the media on exactly who fucked this economy up? Notice no mention of the $10 billion dollar war going on right now? Exactly!!!!

But no fear, the sleeping media is waking up just in time to be a hawk on Obama and Pelosi and Reed.

And then idiots will continue to call it the Liberal Media. :cuckoo:
 
Yes the media is biased, Its a corporate owned industry. They will only tell you what they dont mind you knowing. They are in it for profit. I have been told by many a con that the only mission of any corp is to make a profit. The courts have already determined they dont have to tell us the truth. Why should they report anything that harms their bottom line?


Now as for the RADICAL associations and "long list of secrets" horseshit you are trying to pass off as reality I think you must not be watching the news because they talk about it all day long even though the people investigating and charging the people you are so concerned about have all stated Obama has done nothing wrong.

Funny you want even more histeria to be pumped when its already being pumped.

I think Gunny compared me to you? I would take that as a complement. I agree with EVERYTHING you say. Are you a woman?

You say things that I'm thinking but forget to say.

I don't know how anyone can argue with what you say. I don't think they do. I think they change the subject or attack you and always avoid the fact that you are MONEY!!! :clap2: Did I pos rep you yet?
 
Gord..would you not call Fox News mainstream? How about the AM talk radio stations owned by the likes of Clear Channel and Citadel? These are mainstream media.
No these are considered the alternative media.

Saying that, the likes of likes of CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS TV news did indeed ignore the topics you are talking about.
These are the mainstream media along with the NY Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, etc.
 
I think we are not given the entire story. Sure I might hear something on progressive radio, but it doesn't mean squat until it's being told on mainstream tv news. That's ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC. If they aren't reporting on it, then it aint happening, and there are a lot of very important stories they ignored for the last 8 years. Or I hear the story on MSNBC but no other station? Might as well have not happened if the other stations don't report on it.

The GOP has taken over the big networks, Now everything they report favors the GOP. Notice how no finger pointing is being done by the media on exactly who fucked this economy up? Notice no mention of the $10 billion dollar war going on right now? Exactly!!!!

But no fear, the sleeping media is waking up just in time to be a hawk on Obama and Pelosi and Reed.

And then idiots will continue to call it the Liberal Media. :cuckoo:

I just read this and laughed...how anyone can say that the main TV media does not lean mainly to the left is crazy
 
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No these are considered the alternative media.

These are the mainstream media along with the NY Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, etc.

Alternative...WTF...Fox News (from the last figures I saw) gets more viewers in Prime Time than CNN, HLN or MSNBC..how is that Alternative media????? That is as mainstream as it gets.
 
Alternative...WTF...Fox News (from the last figures I saw) gets more viewers in Prime Time than CNN, HLN or MSNBC..how is that Alternative media????? That is as mainstream as it gets.
OK I'll give that to you, but you do realize that cable news channels have a fraction of the viewers of the big three news broadcasts. Even FOX is a very small fish in comparison to CBS, ABC, NBC, the NY Times, the Washington Post, AP, Time Magazine, Newsweek, etc.

And from what I have read FOX really did not report on much more about Obama's past associations, secrets and policies than did the other networks.
 
I appreciate what you are saying about the broadcast, not cable, channels....a couple of points on the printed media:

The NY times only has 300,000 of a bigger circulation than the NY Post...the USA Today only has 200,000 more than the Wall Street Journal

The LA times has a slightly bigger circulation than the OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, LA Daily News (although they did back Obama over McCain)...in the same distribution area.

I think too much is put on the power of the printed media today...I think far more people get their news from the Internet.
 
No these are considered the alternative media.

These are the mainstream media along with the NY Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, etc.

The NY Times or Washington Post can report on anything they want. If they don't talk about it on tv later that night, it never happened as far as America is concerned.

That's just the way it is.

My radio hosts say things all the time and no one listens/cares. Then it gets some play on tv and now all of the sudden everyone is aware.
 
I just read this and laughed...how anyone can say that the main TV media does not lean mainly to the left is crazy

They why were they not screaming for Bush's impeachment?

Why did they stop reporting on Iraq?

Where were they when Bush stole the last two elections?

The media went after Clinton hard core and took a nap on Bush. Wanna bet they hound Obama more than they did Bush?

How do YOU explain that?
 
Yes, we do get only one side of the story..the side that is most uncomplimentary to us and which is most sympathetic to our enemies.

I was struck anew by this when listening to the news the other day and there was a blurb (just a blurb...) about a suicide bomber in Afghanistan who took out 14 school kids in a school. Again.

And again, the presentation of the bombing was that it was a "mistake", as if it's okay to take out targets right NEXT to schools because the "intent" is good.

The kids were killed because the bombers don't give a shit if they die.

BTW, Afghani kids love our soldiers. My daughter in law received all sorts of goodies made by the kids for Christmas.
 
I appreciate what you are saying about the broadcast, not cable, channels....a couple of points on the printed media:

The NY times only has 300,000 of a bigger circulation than the NY Post...the USA Today only has 200,000 more than the Wall Street Journal

The LA times has a slightly bigger circulation than the OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, LA Daily News (although they did back Obama over McCain)...in the same distribution area.

I think too much is put on the power of the printed media today...I think far more people get their news from the Internet.

The papers endorsed Obama once it was a no brainer. Not before.

Where were they with jobs going overseas? Show me their stories about wages going down or unemployment going up. Show me where they questioned the Iraq war or WMD's or Anthrax? Show me their skepticizm over the 9-11 commission reports. The skyrocketing costs of healthcare? Oil gouging?

And who cares? No one reads the paper.

Who advertises in those papers? Corporations?

I remember my Detroit News lying about Obama's platform. Said he was going to raise taxes on people who made over $40k. He NEVER said that.

The Detroit News/Free Press broke their unions. I would hardly consider that liberal.
 
They why were they not screaming for Bush's impeachment?

Why did they stop reporting on Iraq?

Where were they when Bush stole the last two elections?

The media went after Clinton hard core and took a nap on Bush. Wanna bet they hound Obama more than they did Bush?

How do YOU explain that?


It was BECAUSE of the press that the ridiculous lie about "stealing elections" got as far as it did. Despite the fake reports that all these people had been disenfranchised, despite a hard look, two recounts and scouring the bushes for malcontents, there just wasn't anythign there. It was BECAUSE of the press that Obama is president now. The press NEVER went after Clinton, are you serious?
 
The papers endorsed Obama once it was a no brainer. Not before.

Where were they with jobs going overseas? Show me their stories about wages going down or unemployment going up. Show me where they questioned the Iraq war or WMD's or Anthrax? Show me their skepticizm over the 9-11 commission reports. The skyrocketing costs of healthcare? Oil gouging?

And who cares? No one reads the paper.

Who advertises in those papers? Corporations?

I remember my Detroit News lying about Obama's platform. Said he was going to raise taxes on people who made over $40k. He NEVER said that.

The Detroit News/Free Press broke their unions. I would hardly consider that liberal.

Lame.
 
They why were they not screaming for Bush's impeachment?

Why did they stop reporting on Iraq?

Where were they when Bush stole the last two elections?

The media went after Clinton hard core and took a nap on Bush. Wanna bet they hound Obama more than they did Bush?

How do YOU explain that?

1. Screaming for Bush's impeachment would mean trying to make the news not reporting it.....maybe they researched the laws for impeaching the president more than those calling for it?

2. Maybe they stopped reporting it, when the majority of the American public moved on to the issues with the economy and when less of our soldiers were being killed there.

3. I wont even comment on the rubbish about stolen elections...and I seem to remember then going on and on about Florida.

4. The media reported the other houses going after Clinton, not the other way around....if the house and senate had gone after Bush it would have been story # 1.
 
The papers endorsed Obama once it was a no brainer. Not before.

Where were they with jobs going overseas? Show me their stories about wages going down or unemployment going up. Show me where they questioned the Iraq war or WMD's or Anthrax? Show me their skepticizm over the 9-11 commission reports. The skyrocketing costs of healthcare? Oil gouging?

And who cares? No one reads the paper.

Who advertises in those papers? Corporations?

I remember my Detroit News lying about Obama's platform. Said he was going to raise taxes on people who made over $40k. He NEVER said that.

The Detroit News/Free Press broke their unions. I would hardly consider that liberal.

If you had half a brain, you would have twice as much as you do now.

My whole point was negating the argument that the printed media has a left wing bias....I was pointing out that there are as many people buy publications that lean right as lean left.

Both sides lie...both sides have their share of the media...the American public have to look at the reporting of both sides and find the truth somewhere in between.
 
If you had half a brain, you would have twice as much as you do now.

My whole point was negating the argument that the printed media has a left wing bias....I was pointing out that there are as many people buy publications that lean right as lean left.

Both sides lie...both sides have their share of the media...the American public have to look at the reporting of both sides and find the truth somewhere in between.

Show me the lies from the left wing media. Both sides lie. Sorry if I mistook you for a right winger, but that's typically what they say.

Randi Rhodes don't lie!

Global warming. Human's are either causing it or not.

Abortion. Democrats want to lower the number of abortions that are done each and every year. Republicans want to ban abortion. One is the right approach, and one is flat out wrong.

The GOP from 2000-2006 ruined this country and told us all along the way that everything was fine. The Dems said that was not true and you didn't listen. One's wrong, one's right.

The Iraq war was a complete waste of time and money. True or false.

No, both sides don't have "their share" of the media. Look who owns all the tv and radio stations. Like someone else said, Corporations are only in it to maximize profits. If the paper is a corporation, then they want all the George Bush tax breaks too. So it only makes sense they defend Bush, just like all the other GOP did. And now they try to pretend that thay only defended bush when he was right and didn't when he was wrong. What a fucking joke.

So if you have half a brain, you won't allow the blame to be taken away from the mother fuckers that put this country where it is today. That's the GOP! And you know it.

Will the dems be perfect angels? No. But were they the party that fucked up our great nation? Fuck NO!
 
1. Screaming for Bush's impeachment would mean trying to make the news not reporting it.....maybe they researched the laws for impeaching the president more than those calling for it?

2. Maybe they stopped reporting it, when the majority of the American public moved on to the issues with the economy and when less of our soldiers were being killed there.

3. I wont even comment on the rubbish about stolen elections...and I seem to remember then going on and on about Florida.

4. The media reported the other houses going after Clinton, not the other way around....if the house and senate had gone after Bush it would have been story # 1.

4. You mean like

New York - The Kucinich Impeachment Speech and the 35 Articles in Full - Runnin' Scared - Village Voice

OpEdNews » Wexler Impeachment Petition nearing 200,000 signatures

3. You won't even comment on stolen elections because you don't have all the facts. I do. But they won't be "facts" to you until the tv tells you about them. My point exactly.

2. Nope, they stopped reporting on Iraq long before the fundamentals of our economy got fucked up. Sorry. Try again.

1. See point 4.
 
Maybe you need to wake up. People aren't uninformed because they don't agree with what YOU think is right; which, is ass-backward from the facts.

american news is bias and censored...no denying that...

many people are uninformed ...be they agree with me or not..ignorance is simply that
 

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