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Median Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 12:30 AM
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Corporate Media Declares War On Us - CNBC, Rush, Fox News - Where Is The "Liberal Media"?
The liberals essentially have four shows: Maddow, Countdown and Harball (sometimes), but the rightwing has assembled entire networks and media conglomorates dedicated to bringing down the Obama presidency, and preserve Bush's failed policies. News Corporation alone is the sixth largest media conglomorate in America, and virtually all of Murdoch's media properties are dedicated to bringing down the Obama presidency. Indeed, the WSJ has already ran an editorial blaming Obama for prolonging the recession less than two months into his Presidency.

We really need to begin grass root efforts once again to bypass the media filter, and confront these corporations and talk directly to our families and co-workers to counter the right wing media. Can you imagine a media conglomorate (not just a random tv show host) publicly discussing how they are going to try to bring down the Presidency:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-foxnews6-2009mar06,0,5964042,full.story

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I see this as the Alamo," Ailes said, according to Beck. "If I just had somebody who was willing to sit on the other side of the camera until the last shot is fired, we'd be fine."

That couldn't have suited Beck more. In making the jump to the top-rated cable news channel from HLN, where he had a show for two years, he hoped to alert more people to one of his consuming fears: that the government's handling of the economic crisis is ushering in an era of socialism.

"Look in your rear-view mirror; we just passed France," he said. "I think our country is on the verge of disintegration."

Beck's indignant critiques of the Obama administration and gloomy outlook on the nation's financial health have found near-instant resonance. His eponymous 2 p.m. PST program averaged nearly 2.2 million viewers last month -- double the number the time slot attracted the previous February and a remarkable amount for the afternoon. That made "Glenn Beck" the third most-watched program in all of cable news for the month, after Bill O'Reilly's and Sean Hannity's evening shows.

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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 12:36 AM
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1. THERE IS NO LIBERAL MEDIA, YOU FOOLS
AMERICA HAS BEEN HAD BY THE FASCISTS
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 12:43 AM
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2. The whole "liberal media" is just an illusion..............
Edited on Fri Mar-06-09 12:44 AM by Joe the Liberal
put up by the right wing to try to appear as "the little guys", In truth they (the right wing) own the media and have entire channels that just spew their talking points. Name me one channel that has a "liberal bias" and no MSNBC does not count, they have a whole 3 hours of right wing propaganda on their morning show "Morning Joe". They went after Clinton all throughout his presidency and there is no doubt in my mind they will be going after Obama for however long he is in office.
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BluePatriot21 Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 12:48 AM
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3. War Room
Becks new segment where he throws out apocalyptic "what ifs".
I honestly want to be a left wing whacko media person just like they have, I think I would be great and way more radical than even say Olbermann. And I would use truth instead of lies like the reich wing does, kill them with truth, attack attack attack. I would love bashing those dicks, finally a job I really love *dreams* Why dont we ever push the message the way they can? Why always on the defensive and never on offense?

"Who's with me!? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?!"

But seriously, fascism is control over the media and that is what the reich wing has mastered. Outfoxed is a perfect example. Karl Rove has taken this from Goebbels and perfeced it, that guy that died during Goldwater or something? He was the starting point on the right for smear campaigns, who on his death bed wished he hadnt done it. Lee Atwater was it? Has anyone read or listened to videos by Naomi Wolf on how close we were to losing our Democracy? Look at the characteristics of fascism and you will see how great the Republicons are at this thing, scary shit.

Now this is the real enemy of this country, there is no liberal media bias, that is a talking point meant to squash anyone that ever wants to dissent. It reminds me of how someone will call you antisemitic if you say anything about Israel, its supposed to shut your mouth and squash all discussion of it. I want one media outlet that I know I can trust, something not owned by corporations control. Democracy now or here for instance, I'm still paranoid about DU :)

You know what I mean, TRUTH damnit! This country is way too stupid to allow corporate media to be able to twist the minds of these short bus republicons and make them believe the lies.
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