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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:15 AM
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Now that Gore is exonerated in the groping charge will the media spend as much time reporting this
fact as it was trying to paint the picture that Gore was a grouper as a fact?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_re_us/us_gore_sex_allegations


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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:17 AM
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1. "We apologize" - Corporate Mass Media (R)
Edited on Sat Jul-31-10 08:21 AM by SpiralHawk
"We are sooooo sorry we didn't exploit this fictional trash 'news' spew even longer and harder while we had the chance. Oh, well, something else will come along. The world is loaded with Republicon propaganda pimps like Brietbart and O'Keefe and whoever. They will surely feed us the next spew."

- Corporate Mass Media (R - Propaganda Spew Specialist)
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:19 AM
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2. Unfortunately this will stick with Gore for life probably..
the damage has been done.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:29 AM
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7. Just like the distortion that he said he created the internet. The truth is it was because of Gore
and the legislation he created and pushed why we have the internet


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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:20 AM
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3. They'll print the retraction on the Obituaries page.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:20 AM
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4. I can see the headline now: "Al Gore has a Happy Ending".
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:21 AM
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5. Al needs to sue that creep into homelessness.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:21 AM
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6. the national enquirer folks...they broke the story and our media ran with it
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:30 AM
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8. They reported a story as though there was no doubt, that was the problem /nt
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:27 AM
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13. The media is the National Enquirer.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:31 AM
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9. Probably not, but they are reporting it:
Gore will not be charged over masseuse allegations‎
The Associated Press - William McCall - 5 hours ago
Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006. ...
Video: Oregon DA Says No Al Gore Prosecution The Associated PressAl Gore Cleared in Sexual Assault Case by Portland District Attorney‎ - ABC News
Ore. inquiry into sex-assault claim against Al Gore dropped for ...‎ - Washington Post
New York Daily News - USA Today
all 640 news articles »

There are more important stories to talk about, I think.

If you didn't see any of these stories, maybe it's time to change the news media you follow.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Gore&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn
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txlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:33 AM
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10. Like saying 'When did you stop beating up your wife?'
You can't win against the psycho right by playing their game.
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Vogon_Glory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:58 AM
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11. The Corporate Media Was About To Apologize When
The corporate media were on the verge of apologizing to former vice president Gore about their sorry role in spreading those allegations of sexual assault, but one of the media panjundrums who was supposed to make the apology spotted a bright, shiny object across the way, and he and the rest of the pack of mainstream "journalists" all got distracted, apology forgotten.

There are times when I think that force-feeding castor oil to America's main-stream media's editors would be a good idea.

:argh:
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:59 AM
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12. No.
What happened when the facts came out about Michael Jackson? Ever heard 'em? Of course you haven't. They were all over convicting him in the 'court of public opinion' too - but when the verdicts came down and now that the facts have come out - nary a peep. They just moved on to the next story...

Don't expect to hear much about Gore's innocence, similarly. It's how the media operates. You know, all the oil in the GOM is gone, too. Pfft. :crazy:
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:11 AM
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14. so much like McCarthyism /nt
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:12 AM
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15. Don't hold your breath. nt
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