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veracity Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:05 AM
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Don't forget for a moment, the complicity of the media....
....regardless of the outcome, tens of millions of Americans voted for four more years of insanity. The blame for their total ignorance of what George Bush has wreaked on the nation and the world belongs to the mainstream media.

Their protection of his crimes, and their promotion of the Swift Boat ads are tiny exmples of how the network shilled for Bush. The total blackout on flag draped coffins, the numbers of war dead - military and civilian casualties, and the actual horror of everyday Iraq - are more examples. Terror, terror, terror...... it paid off.

No press conferences were demanded, no accountability was required. In case you missed it...here are some of the questions that the WH Press Corps NEVER bothered (or were too intimidated) to ask, so that people knew what they were voting for:

The PITIFUL PRESS CORPS:
http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/the_pitiful_press_corps_.html
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:13 AM
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1. I agree
:-(
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areschild Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:16 AM
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2. I agree completely. n/t
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:18 AM
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3. They will not be forgotten
or forgiven.
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:26 AM
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4. definitely not forgotten or forgiven n/t
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LisaLynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:27 AM
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5. Right on!
We need to take back the media so they can stop spreading propaganda.
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:28 AM
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6. The media is the biggest problem
They gave us * last time and this time.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 12:16 PM
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7. SHAME forever, on our cowed media -- with no understanding...
of its role in our democracy --
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