nomdeplume
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What a shock. I could script a bot to basically mimic your every post with 99.9% accuracy. Tool.
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The people have spoken: the media is largely biased
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What a shock. I could script a bot to basically mimic your every post with 99.9% accuracy. Tool.
I recognize name calling is thought in your fantasy world, but do you?
A vote for John McCain is a vote against the fundamental principle of America, the right of the individual to lead their life privately without the government interfering.
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nomdeplume
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I call a spade a spade. Your responses are usually so ridiculous, contrived, partisan, and based in a such a spectacular fantasy world, that I could only guess you are actually a scripted program, a test in artifical stupidity.
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Re media bias being nothing new, I don't argue with that. I don't argue that those writing in earlier times were no more honest or possessed higher integrity than those writing now. Even Ben Franklin, a personal hero, can be accused of 'errors of omission' that benefitted him personally. I am not saying that early journalism was not critical or biting or even hurtful to people. Our founders took the principle of a free press quite seriously.
My observation re modern bias, however, is a lack of journalistic ethics and standards unsurpassed by any other era. We are in a time when libel and slander are allowed as the norm, even encouraged, with no journalistic standards enforced to control it. And as such, the entire Fourth Estate has compromised its integrity, its morality, its usefulness in truth telling, and therefore the confidence of thinking people in its reliability.
My observation re modern bias, however, is a lack of journalistic ethics and standards unsurpassed by any other era. We are in a time when libel and slander are allowed as the norm, even encouraged, with no journalistic standards enforced to control it. And as such, the entire Fourth Estate has compromised its integrity, its morality, its usefulness in truth telling, and therefore the confidence of thinking people in its reliability.
Charles_Main
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This from a guy with Liberal under his name. Of course you think it is not Biased.
Sorry Mccain Is Such A Flawed Candidate. And By The Way, The Media Treats Mccain Like Their Grandfather.
It Is A Fact That He Has Courted The Media Since The Late 90's. He Is Very Sweet To Them, So It Is Hard To Call Him Out.
And Sorry That Obama Is Such A Good Person That The Media Likes Him. About Time.
So Was The Media Conservative When Gore And Kerry Ran?
CharlestonChad
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NDP, do you realize that you currently hold the title of biggest douche on the USMB? You will struggle to find 3 posters that would say otherwise. It's not just that you act like a douche, we all do, but it's that you embody the very essence of douchery with comments like "I could script a bot to be like you" and "I call a spade a spade".
douche on, bro
I agree. and there are a lot of douches here.
say, randi rhodes just said this one is ours to lose. we, I need to stop playing the gop's game. we do turn independents off when we bicker. mccain is hanging himself. we don't need to prove the gop is wrong for america. they already have.
she said our left liberals are like your whiny girlfriend. she means well but won't shut up. lol.
i'll try to tone it down.
Ravi
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No way. The only one that comes close is Pole Rider.
I don't think that the lies are all that different.
What is different is the completely lack of embarrassment when people are caught in them.
There was a time when being caught in a bold faced lie was the end of a poltical career.
Not anymore.
Our pols (on both sides) can pretty much get away with anything as long as it does not involve SEX.
CharlestonChad
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possibly RedStateRule, but there's a strong chance it's the same poster.
someone said they worked in the media in a conservative town and the liberals were overjoyed knowing they were lying? something like that?
what a liar.
randi rhodes isn't aired in red states. they only play rush.
this argument is rediculous.
the media should be dems and gop's enemy. they should not be used for propoganda.
fairness doctrine. look it up right wing idiots.
what a liar.
randi rhodes isn't aired in red states. they only play rush.
this argument is rediculous.
the media should be dems and gop's enemy. they should not be used for propoganda.
fairness doctrine. look it up right wing idiots.
nomdeplume
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Yes, another of the Dems many attempts to steal americans' rights away.
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I know all about the fairness doctrine, I was around last time it was in effect. All It will do is cause all Radio stations to drop any political programing at all. Why, because they would have to give = time to both sides, regardless of their ability to get ratings, which of course they will not do.
If you can not get ratings you do not deserve to be on the air.
If you can not get ratings you do not deserve to be on the air.
That's funny, because Randi Rhodes beats Rush in a lot of markets. You neo con's want to pretent that there isn't an audience for Progressive Talk. Randi would kick Rush's ass if they went head to head. But they won't syndicate her. Why if she beats him? Because they don't want her message getting out.
Democrats.com Archive: Air America Radio
Air America Radio appears to have garnered a significant audience during its first month on the air, particularly among the younger listeners sought by advertisers. An analysis of recently released figures from Arbitron, the radio ratings service, showed that in New York Air America beat Rush Limbaugh's station among 25-to-54-year-olds during the period that Limbaugh and Al Franken, the host of the flagship show "The O'Franken Factor," go head-to-head. In Chicago, even though the network was available for only 28 days in April, Air America increased the average share of 25-to-54-year-old listeners on WNTD-950 AM from a 0.1 percent share in February to a 2 percent share in April."
Fox News and Rush's ratings are declining. Fox News’ Decline | Outside The Beltway | OTB
YOU COCK BLOCKED US FOR 7 YEARS DUDE!!! COLON POWELL'S SON AT THE FCC IS A NEO CON.
WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
The Top 20 U.S. Media Owners
1. Time Warner Inc.
2. Walt Disney Company
3. Viacom Inc.
4. News Corporation
5. CBS Corporation
6. Cox Enterprises
7. NBC Universal
8. Gannett Company, Inc.
9. Clear Channel Communications Inc.
10. Advance Publications, Inc.
11. Tribune Company
12. McGraw-Hill Companies
13. Hearst Corporation
14. Washington Post Company
15. The New York Times Company
16. E.W. Scripps Co.
17. McClatchy Company
18. Thomson Corporation
19. Freedom Communications, Inc.
20. A&E Television Networks
I WORK FOR ONE OF THESE COMPANIES TOO!!! THAT'S THE FUNNY THING!!! LOL.
But don't say the media is liberal when it is owned and run by corporate fat cats. And I have two eyes. I can see. Can you?
George Lakoff tells how conservatives use language to dominate politics
Previous to the Reagan Administration, our public airwaves were regulated by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) who enforced stipulations that were meant for the public good:
- The Fairness Doctrine required media outlets to provide equal time for opposing view points.
- Broadcast frequencies were assigned to companies - not to the highest bidder, but by what the FCC determined as the “best public use.”
- A corporation was only allowed to own a certain amount of radio, TV and newspapers in any geographical location; this was to keep any one company from monopolizing what was seen, heard or read in the area.
In 1982, 50 companies controlled half or more of the media business.
When the Reagan Administration took power in the early 1980’s, many of the doctrines of the FCC were considered outdated.
The FCC was revamped to promote a more “free market” approach to broadcast and print media.
In 1987 the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine.
In 1994, broadcast spectrums were auctioned to the highest bidder, regardless of “best public use;” this made only the largest and most powerful of corporations able to afford them.
Large media giants swallowed the smaller companies that could not afford to compete.
In 2003, the FCC Media Bureau produced a draft report analyzing the impact of deregulation in the radio industry.
The report stated that from March 1996 through March 2003, the number of commercial radio stations on the air rose 5.9 percent while the number of station owners fell 35 percent.
Today, most of what we see, hear and read is controlled by nine large media conglomerates; the largest five are Time Warner, Disney, Bertelsmann, Viacom, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (i.e. FOX News).
Now, take into consideration the fact that 1% of the population controls more than 50% of the wealth of this nation.
That 1% know each other very well!
Call them what you want, the illuminati or whatever, but these are the few families that chose the candidates that we are allowed to pick from.
These candidates, no matter who wins, are no more than puppets of the billionaire families that control the nation’s industry and money.
The way the electoral college is structured, the process only works if you have two serious candidates, and the powers that be make sure they own them both.
So, when Congressman Ron Paul (aka Dr. Paul) from Texas entered the Presidential race last year, he was pretty much written off by the mainstream media as an “extremist” due to his “unconventional” views.
Dr. Paul, did make sense to a lot who listened; his respect for the Constitution, his ideas of small government, a sane fiscal policy and civil liberties are popular ideas in today’s mass-deficit, intrusive totalitarian police state.
But, his ideas and platform challenge the power of the few who control the money, government and media; Congressman Paul’s ideas threaten the status quo.
Ten years ago, the media would have just ignored Dr. Paul until he faded away into obscurity.
However, he gained massive support through the unregulated internet.
So when Dr. Paul won most of the Republican Straw Polls, most of the post debate call-in and internet polls and raised more money in a single day than any other Presidential candidate, the main stream media could no longer ignore Dr. Paul.
Previous to the Reagan Administration, our public airwaves were regulated by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) who enforced stipulations that were meant for the public good:
- The Fairness Doctrine required media outlets to provide equal time for opposing view points.
- Broadcast frequencies were assigned to companies - not to the highest bidder, but by what the FCC determined as the “best public use.”
- A corporation was only allowed to own a certain amount of radio, TV and newspapers in any geographical location; this was to keep any one company from monopolizing what was seen, heard or read in the area.
In 1982, 50 companies controlled half or more of the media business.
When the Reagan Administration took power in the early 1980’s, many of the doctrines of the FCC were considered outdated.
The FCC was revamped to promote a more “free market” approach to broadcast and print media.
In 1987 the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine.
In 1994, broadcast spectrums were auctioned to the highest bidder, regardless of “best public use;” this made only the largest and most powerful of corporations able to afford them.
Large media giants swallowed the smaller companies that could not afford to compete.
In 2003, the FCC Media Bureau produced a draft report analyzing the impact of deregulation in the radio industry.
The report stated that from March 1996 through March 2003, the number of commercial radio stations on the air rose 5.9 percent while the number of station owners fell 35 percent.
Today, most of what we see, hear and read is controlled by nine large media conglomerates; the largest five are Time Warner, Disney, Bertelsmann, Viacom, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (i.e. FOX News).
Now, take into consideration the fact that 1% of the population controls more than 50% of the wealth of this nation.
That 1% know each other very well!
Call them what you want, the illuminati or whatever, but these are the few families that chose the candidates that we are allowed to pick from.
These candidates, no matter who wins, are no more than puppets of the billionaire families that control the nation’s industry and money.
The way the electoral college is structured, the process only works if you have two serious candidates, and the powers that be make sure they own them both.
So, when Congressman Ron Paul (aka Dr. Paul) from Texas entered the Presidential race last year, he was pretty much written off by the mainstream media as an “extremist” due to his “unconventional” views.
Dr. Paul, did make sense to a lot who listened; his respect for the Constitution, his ideas of small government, a sane fiscal policy and civil liberties are popular ideas in today’s mass-deficit, intrusive totalitarian police state.
But, his ideas and platform challenge the power of the few who control the money, government and media; Congressman Paul’s ideas threaten the status quo.
Ten years ago, the media would have just ignored Dr. Paul until he faded away into obscurity.
However, he gained massive support through the unregulated internet.
So when Dr. Paul won most of the Republican Straw Polls, most of the post debate call-in and internet polls and raised more money in a single day than any other Presidential candidate, the main stream media could no longer ignore Dr. Paul.
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