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maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:40 AM Aug 2016

If the MSM

Spent half as much time and a 10th of their resources investigating CONservative policies as they do Clinton NON-scandals, you wouldn’t be able to find two Republicans to rub together in a Public Men’s Room. (Sorry, but that’s my favorite GOP reference ever since the “wide-stance” days of yore)

Trickle-Down economic policies? If the MSM spent just of 5th of the time and “investigative reporting” into its impact on our economy, they’d be able to prove that it has done irreparable harm. It doesn’t take much effort. Just look at the economic trends of the past 30 years, or go back to the Hoover era when we last tried Trickle-Down and deregulation.

Gun Rights? If the MSM spent just 1% of the time and “investigative reporting” into its impact on our society, they would find that it has done irreparable harm to our country and our safety. Just look at the difference in violence and gun deaths after Australia implemented strict gun control. Hell, it’s not even that difficult. Just compare the United States homicide by fire-arm rate with every other world Democracy.

Deregulation and rolling back of Environmental protections? This one is easy! You don’t even need to use 1/100th of the time the MSM has spent on every Clinton NON-scandal. Just go interview the people of Charleston, WV where over 300,000 Americans saw their drinking water poisoned…for over 2 months. Be careful though, despite assurances that everything is “fine” with the water, I won’t even stop for a cup of coffee when I travel through there.

I guess my bottom line is this. Our MSM’s “investigative reporting” seems to consist of having a Democrat on to state that the sky is blue, followed by a Republican to state that the sky is red…and then to treat each as “equally plausible”.

Perhaps the most important thing that we can do is to stomp Donald Trump into the ground, and at the same time, leave the current MSM as a bloody-pulp destined for the ash heap of history.

I doubt that the Founders idea of a Free Press was to make us all stupider.

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If the MSM (Original Post) maxrandb Aug 2016 OP
If MSM wasn't an on running commercial for the MIC, they would of had a story orpupilofnature57 Aug 2016 #1
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