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pennylane100 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:06 PM
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How different would politics be today without the internet.
I was reading about and article in Common Dreams about media consolidation: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0721-06.htm
and it suddenly dawned on me how lucky that we have the internet to counterbalance this threat.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:07 PM
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1. So right! I would know very little except through hand-me-down
issues of The Progressive and The Nation.
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:08 PM
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2. The internet doesn't exactly "counterbalance" the VRWCSCLM
but we'd all be sheeple without it.
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pennylane100 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:10 PM
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4. Okay, I give up,
what does VRWCSCLM stand for.
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 02:14 PM
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6. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy So Called Liberal Media
Acronym hell.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:09 PM
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3. The Internet is what saved Spain and I think it will save the US too
I don't get any of my news from Radio or TV anymore
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-04 01:10 PM
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5. It would make W's job a hell of a lot easier.
n/t
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