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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:06 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are sensational news stories de facto RW propaganda? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "Beltway Sniper" is a bad example. That was a valid story. (nt) |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No, it wasn't. |
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GR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. They Are The Modern Equivalent of "Bread and Circuses" |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I switch the channel when they come on. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Exactly. "They distract from reality" |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a corporate bias, not always conservative |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Aren't corporate interests pretty much inherently right wing? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Usually except that they allow liberal viewpoints that |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, just a ratings grab by the mainstream media |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Funny that for all Fox's bragging... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. I just came to that conclusion too |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. other: it's "filler" and distraction from more important issues |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can't they be both? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Needless distractions more than propaganda |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Turn off the TV! |
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