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FarPoint

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9. Me too but with * bush...

Reply to HopeAgain (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 11:09 AM

Jul 2018

I still had hope that it would at least evolve back to investigative journalism to some extent anyway..

Now..it's all tabloid style sound bytes or they give a platform for crooks to sell their lies...which they do successfully ...to their base.

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I am totally frustrated with cable news Media. [View all] FarPoint Jul 2018 OP

it's media for profit. the truth doesn't appear to matter anymore. spanone Jul 2018 #1

It sure is.... media for the profits... FarPoint Jul 2018 #2

it's aggravating as hell and our lives depend on it. spanone Jul 2018 #3

Ding Ding. You nailed that one. nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #6

I've been there since Dubya HopeAgain Jul 2018 #4

Me too but with * bush... FarPoint Jul 2018 #9

It never will. They are a tool of social order maintenance, not truth telling. Anon-C Jul 2018 #5

Yes... FarPoint Jul 2018 #12

Perfect post Boomerproud Jul 2018 #15

When the guys who sign their paychecks feel outraged... JHB Jul 2018 #7

For the most part they are useless. SamKnause Jul 2018 #8

Don't get me started on Chuck Todd. Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #10

Write to the shows and tell them how frustrating it is to watch and how you are going to stop Maraya1969 Jul 2018 #11

A little bit of nostalgia for the old folks. 90-percent Jul 2018 #13

Have you told them? RandomAccess Jul 2018 #14

Our television plays movies. That's all it does. hunter Jul 2018 #16