Have you noticed how all these little tid bits

[INdemo]

being written by these right wing columnists that are taking a unimportant issue or fact turning it into some Obama bashing and trying to pull Romney through some gaff he made and making him look like this election is his to lose...
Networks like ...well all the cable networks are catering to Romney it seems to show their appreciation for the millions upon millions repukes and repuke pacs are spending on their network...Anytime they have a chance to pull something out of the hat and make a few false statements to build a column around they do..AP waiters,as well as commentators like Chuck Todd seem to get their goodies by falsely reporting facts or twisting a story to bash Obama or the Democrats...I know this has always been the Republican way but I just dont think it was this bad in 2008 with McCain but they didnt have millions upon millions flowing their way then either.
And then there are the phony polls...

[AndyA]

1. The media situation in this country needs to be addressed

They don't report facts, and have no compulsion to do so. There's little doubt that they cater to their advertisers, whoever has the most money controls the news cycle.

This is pathetic. Media needs to be regulated, as the "news" being reported isn't news, it's propaganda. Things that should be important to Americans are buried under the latest reality show story, like the Kardashians latest crisis, or anything else they can find to talk about.

We have Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC reporting news that involved her husband, Alan Greenspan, with no disclosure that she has a personal connection to the story.

We have a Congress that is more corrupt than ever, but by and large nothing is said about that. There is reason to believe that election fraud is an issue, but that isn't reported or investigated either. The GOP condemns President Obama and Democrats for the lack of jobs, but it's rarely reported that the real reason we don't have jobs is because the Republicans in Congress have blocked legislation over and over again that would have saved jobs or created new ones.

Oil companies are trashing the environment with fracking, polluting water and exposing citizens to toxic chemicals, but nothing much is said about that either.

After being "grilled" by Congress, JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon goes out to dinner with them! Why isn't this being reported as a conflict of interest and inappropriate, given the economy today and the fact that the banking industry is largely responsible for it? We have executives in the banking industry in top positions in the Federal Reserve, overseeing their own industry and making decisions based on what's best for the profit of their companies. Really, how could anyone expect that there wouldn't be corruption?

This is why we need more regulation, more oversight, and new laws. (Or perhaps we just need current laws to be enforced better.)

As long as those with the most money control the message, steal the vote, and get their way, we'll never see the middle class in America recover.

[INdemo]

3. All this including election fraud issues and media reporting could have been dealt with

when Democrats had control of congress,but wasnt. And the Democratic congressmen turned tail and ran and fed us a bunch of lies in order to cover up their pay-offs by the corporate mafia...So would any regulation regardless how soft or how strict be enforced by those taking the bribes through campaign funds? Term limits would change our legislative branch into half way decent Reps knowing that after a couple of terms they would be done..It would take a big chunk of corporate money out of politics.

[SoutherDem]

2. Most, if not all states have a weights and standard department.

They insure the 1 lb package of ground beef really weighs 1 lb. They insure the sale prices you see posted or advertised is the price you pay. They also insure truth in advertising. If a company makes a claim it must be true.

Of course you have small print, disclaimers and carefully worded claims which are legal ways of lying, but at least you have the information available if you want it.

We need to include campaign advertising in the "truth in advertising" laws.

Also, news organizations should legally be required to either tell the truth or not be called news. We have a system to insure our kids don't watch a TV show which isn't appropriate for their age and the same is true to movies. Why can't this happen with news. I don't want to infringe on their freedom of speech and they can lie as much as they like but it must not be called news.