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kpete

(71,994 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:51 AM Dec 2012

Vultures over Connecticut

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Vultures over Connecticut (Original Post) kpete Dec 2012 OP

All circling for the profits $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1

We have the power to turn all those channels off. FSogol Dec 2012 #2

I have mixed feelings about this. thucythucy Dec 2012 #3

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

1. All circling for the profits $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. n/t

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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:56 AM

Dec 2012

FSogol

(45,488 posts)

2. We have the power to turn all those channels off.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:58 AM

Dec 2012

No viewers, no ratings, no profits.

thucythucy

(8,066 posts)

3. I have mixed feelings about this.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:44 AM

Dec 2012

I too cringe at the way the mass media cover these events.

On the other hand, without national media attention, we wouldn't be seeing what looks to be a massive shift in the public will to enact, at long last, meaningful gun control.

You can't fix a problem if you don't know it's there.

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