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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 12:16 PM
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It is against Federal law for a TV station to conspire to influence
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the outcome of a federal election.

I have been watching CNN for about 3 hours today. During that time, Soledad O'Brien has been the
main announcer. Her role has obviously been to do everything possible to undermine, distract and divide the Democratic Party during this convention.

Tune her in and see for yourself. Almost every paragraph she speaks starts with an introductory, topic sentence, for example Sen. Bidden is know for his foreign policy expertise followed by a "But, how is he on economic issues?"

You will note that almost every sentence that follows the topic sentence begins with the word "but" or it's equivalent. She has constantly diverted the interviewees back to the issue of the Clinton supporters or some other disparaging or divisive topic. If the election outcome wasn't so desperately serious for America, her tactics would be comical.

Which brings me to this, is Mrs. O'Brien breaking Federal anti-conspiracy laws by hammering relentlessly a presentation that seems to be designed so as to influence the outcome of the Presidential election? I believe that the answer is yes and if so, she should be prosecuted?

In the event that Obama were to win the election, along with filibuster proof gains in Congress, and an added supreme court appointee, Mrs. O'Brien could well find herself in a lawsuit, originating filed by the Justice Department that finds her guilty of conspiracy. Such an outcome could, and probably would, put a stop to what has been happening in the media for the past several decades.

You might ask, why am I singling out O'brien? Simply because as I watched her this morning, it struck me that the tapes of her performance from today, presented by the Justice Department in a lawsuit against her would have resulted in an easy conviction.

What about CNN itself? They also could be prosecuted. But, it might be more difficult to accomplish.
The same for dozens of other "shills" that work for several TV companies. There only needs to be one
landmark conviction to bring the house of shame down.

To carry this further, the Democratic Party could hire a company to analyze the tapes of CNN and FOX for a period of say, Oct. ,2007 through Oct. ,2008, laying out the research results in various graphical forms showing tendencies toward Party bias. Such statistics would speak volumes about how the news information is mis-handled.

The first two steps toward bringing down the crime syndicate that is now running our government would be to elect a strong Democratic administration and then neutralize the media bias.


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