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lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:15 PM Jun 2012

Why do bags get to appear on CNN, a national program and get to leave out over 1/2 the story w/o

being called on it? Woman just blamed Mr. President on not keeping his promise on immigration when it was her pug party that voted down the Dream Act and in addition everything else Mr. President has tried to do that would benefit the economy as a whole? Papers please Supremes.

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Why do bags get to appear on CNN, a national program and get to leave out over 1/2 the story w/o (Original Post) lonestarnot Jun 2012 OP
Simply, the man who pays the fiddler picks the tune that is played. freshwest Jun 2012 #1
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ bigwillq Jun 2012 #2
They say the same thing on every show aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #3
Maybe it can be attributed to some bad listening skills. lonestarnot Jun 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Jun 2012 #6
CNN Content Not Necessary GreatCaesarsGhost Jun 2012 #5

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
1. Simply, the man who pays the fiddler picks the tune that is played.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:30 PM
Jun 2012

Half a dozen or less corporations own the media you are citing here. When you look at their financial interests, they are against the powerless and for the powerful. It's a very ugly reality to come up against. They are not going to change their ways.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
3. They say the same thing on every show
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:34 PM
Jun 2012

It's like they function like a hive, with a group mind. They know they seldom get called on it. I heard the same thing this morning spoken by a Reshitican on Andrea Mitchell's show. She didn't bat an eye.

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