General Discussion

Atticus

(15,124 posts) Wed Oct 26, 2022, 07:27 AM Oct 2022

Serious question: are the Republicans paying CNN for this "news coverage" of the midterm

races or is it just treated as a political "contribution"?

Like their chosen party, they no longer even try to conceal their agenda.

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Serious question: are the Republicans paying CNN for this "news coverage" of the midterm (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2022 OP

The MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs, all of it. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #1

Celebrities often buy positive news coverage, and pay to downplay negative stories. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #2

Serious question: why do people waste time watching what they think is a joke? Kaleva Oct 2022 #3

Snark can be fun, can't it? nt Atticus Oct 2022 #4

True Kaleva Oct 2022 #7

Drama sells, they smell a bloodbath election coming and want a feeding frenzy for the next 2 years Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2022 #5

I haven't watched that for a while Meowmee Oct 2022 #6

gab13by13

(21,363 posts)

1. The MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs, all of it.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 07:30 AM

Oct 2022

Irish_Dem

(47,160 posts)

2. Celebrities often buy positive news coverage, and pay to downplay negative stories.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 07:33 AM

Oct 2022

Of course the GOP does the same thing.

Kaleva

(36,315 posts)

3. Serious question: why do people waste time watching what they think is a joke?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 07:42 AM

Oct 2022

Atticus

(15,124 posts)

4. Snark can be fun, can't it? nt

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 07:49 AM

Oct 2022

Kaleva

(36,315 posts)

7. True

Reply to Atticus (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 10:02 AM

Oct 2022

Shanti Shanti Shanti

(12,047 posts)

5. Drama sells, they smell a bloodbath election coming and want a feeding frenzy for the next 2 years

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 08:02 AM

Oct 2022

They all do, more or less

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)

6. I haven't watched that for a while

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 08:04 AM

Oct 2022

But it wouldn’t surprise me. They seem happy to do it and have fired at least two people who didn't go along with the orders.

Reply to this discussion