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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:30 AM Original message |
When did the media become so RW? |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh that's easy to explain |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Anyone remember the first media anti-liberal? |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I think Morton Downey Jr was predated by Wally Shawn |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. That was Wally George. Blond guy who was a REAL knuckle=dragger. |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Wally George! Yes! Thanks..... |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. I remember when Rick Dees hit Wally George in the face with a pie... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Hey, don't we produce interesting folks here in California? |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. very simple |
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frogbison (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wealthy control the media |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. watch the movie "The Insider" |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 06:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. GREAT Movie |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 11:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. yeah, me too |
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TexasMexican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. IMO |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But they were not kind to Clinton when he was president |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It started before that. It really got rolling in the 90's |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Read my post #19 below. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 07:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. MSNBC isn't? And ya better believe CNN has an agenda for junior. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. When Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine. nt |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. yes, that was when it truly started. It's grown exponentially since |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 06:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Precisely. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. their real ideology is profit |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I disagree. I think it's control. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. that control is used to confiscate wealth |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. pay no attention to the man behind the curtain |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. it has been a systematic plan by the neocons, started in the 70's |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. we need to embrace and extend their terminology |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Sorry, but no. It actually started in the late 1940s... |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 03:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Wow. That explains Lou Dobbs .... and Paula Zahn .... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 03:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Here's a guy that's a classic case...Bob Woodward of the Post... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. It's teally a convergence of two separate movements |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. My answers |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Clear Channel and the end of the Fairness Doctrine. |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I've had first hand experience with Clear Channel. They are Borg. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 06:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Ask the Dixie Chicks about Clear Channel...that was the group that... |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Yeah boyeeee, they really showed the Chicks, huh? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Congress has yet to send to Bush legislation reversing the FCC |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. They've "fixed it" only cosmetically..but its interesting nonetheless |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's been that way for years |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's never |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. What "made" CNN? Gulf War I |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. 'Serpent's Walk' |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't think they were ever liberal |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. It isn't. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 06:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The term "media" is so vast that |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. I always find these discussions interesting |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. well here's one nice example, by the associated press no less |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. here's another from CNN's page right now |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 09:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. here's the whole front page as of a minute or two ago |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Ridiculous |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. maybe so but not really |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. controversy sells |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 09:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Wow. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 09:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. The Washington Post editorial staff |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. the country was behind the war |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. "The country was behind the war"??? To which country are you referring? |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 04:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. the greater percentage of the population os America |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. nice post. n/t |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. firstly, its not their job to be suspicious |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. What???? "...not their job to be suspicious"????....... |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 04:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. once the Inquirer found it it became news |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 02:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. but it IS their job to be skeptical and to question everything |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 04:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. and if they find facts to corroborate, they report |
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SEAburb (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Ted Turner's threat to buy CBS, if it didn't take a less liberal stance |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. When It Started to Such? Good Anwser? n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-03 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. haven't you noticed America LIKES GARBAGE??? |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. give that man a cigar |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. You realy need a clue don't you? |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 05:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I believe it was also an overreaction to the liberal sixties seventies |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 05:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. can't argue the point can you |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-03 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
58. When America became a facist state. |
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