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mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:20 PM Jan 2016

Oh well, the banter has begun to absolve Snyder and say that it is the fault of

the EPA and the executive branch of government. Damn! Damn! Damn! The media is the most harmful thing for those who are unable to decipher the truth from ratinga.

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malaise

(267,784 posts)
1. Who else would they drag out Michael Brown
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:21 PM
Jan 2016

Good fuggin' grief - he says they treat everyone the same

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
4. Not just Fox, MSNBC just had Brownie on.
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:32 PM
Jan 2016

I wish a high level official in the Obama administration would speak up before blame is totally shifted from Snyder to Obama's administration.

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
10. Yep, they've always swung right during the day with their news coverage
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 01:18 PM
Jan 2016

You are absolutely right about Rachel. I also think Chris Hayes and L O'd have good shows. Not as great as Maddow's show of course.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
6. The EPA was urging the Michigan water people to do something...
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:39 PM
Jan 2016

Following the switch, DEQ officials argued water testing, including two six-month periods of sampling, needed to be completed before making a decision on the need for corrosion controls. EPA officials, according to Hedman, wanted the controls implemented immediately out of concern for public health.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/12/epa-stayed-silent-flints-tainted-water/78719620/

mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
7. Thank you for this article. If a DUer can validate that the EPA did dosomething you would think
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:44 PM
Jan 2016

that all those highly paid researchers for print and electronic media would do the same. Lazy, incompetent journalist is what we now have. It matches the decline in the GOP . Even the level of intelligence during George Bush's administration was higher than all the duds running on the right. They were just scammers and manipulators.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
8. And if the EPA had stepped in, it would have been jackbooted thugs on the attack...
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:53 PM
Jan 2016

They can't have it both ways. Well, I guess they can with this mass media setup.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. I think this has to do with the Snyder administration's timeline
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jan 2016

Gov. Snyder put together a timeline to help everyone understand what happened in Flint. Curiously, a couple of rather salient datapoints were omitted:

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/20/1472357/-What-s-missing-from-Governor-Snyder-s-Flint-timeline

You will all be shocked to know that what was left out was particularly damning for the Snyder administration and it's side of the story.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
13. Well in all fairness the media works for the same plutocracy as Snyder.
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 01:45 PM
Jan 2016

Both groups care not one bit about citizens...been that way for a long long time. Even Detroit didn't wake people up. Like the owners feel bold enough to poison thousands...but why not they made thousands homeless in the last Wall Street pillage of the commoners.

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