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bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:23 PM Feb 2015

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Almost all of the Sunday shows including on MSNBC were talking war war war

Ive come to the realization that the corporate media wants us in a war before Obama term is up. There even showing these fake ass polls showing a majority of people want us to put ground troops in Iraq.That is some straight up bullshit I wonder how the questions were asked.

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Almost all of the Sunday shows including on MSNBC were talking war war war (Original Post) bigdarryl Feb 2015 OP

MSM does not present news, they dictate news flavoring it as they wish. It's disgusting. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #1

And they were even sold by General Electric, I believe McCain talked of 10k troops /nt jakeXT Feb 2015 #2

There are many of us here who have no tvs..so thank you for that info. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #3

War is good business. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #4

War seems to favor the right side HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #5

We marinate in propaganda. woo me with science Feb 2015 #6

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)

1. MSM does not present news, they dictate news flavoring it as they wish. It's disgusting. n/t

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:26 PM

Feb 2015

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

2. And they were even sold by General Electric, I believe McCain talked of 10k troops /nt

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:54 PM

Feb 2015

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. There are many of us here who have no tvs..so thank you for that info.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:04 PM

Feb 2015

It is important for me to know what the propaganda machine is doing.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)

4. War is good business.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:07 PM

Feb 2015

The GOP and the Corporatists (thin line of distinction) never met a war they didn't like.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

5. War seems to favor the right side

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:16 PM

Feb 2015

Produces great photo ops, and if you don't get caught lying, war stories for correspondents and infotainers.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)

6. We marinate in propaganda.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 05:39 PM

Feb 2015

We drown in it.

North Korea has nothing on the USA.

"The best slave is the one who thinks he is free."
-Goethe

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