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In reply to the discussion: The Western Corporate Media Cannot Be Trusted. [View all]snooper2
(30,151 posts)254. that is soooo 2009 LOL, there are newer memes out there
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I don't get it. Western media can't be trusted...and yes I agree to some point
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#4
If your friend or family member lies to you, you will be hurt far more deeply than
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#25
Do you disagree, with my statement that family and friend lies will hurt you far more than
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#62
I never have felt the MSM were my family....they are all in the business to sell a product.
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#65
I agree with you, they are all in the business of selling a product but to most Americans
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#74
RT has an audience that buys into anything they say as long as no one in the Western media
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#75
RT has an audience that is skeptical of everything so they watch everything they can to get as many
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#95
I think it is to be expected that all state sponsored media will be biased. That doesn't mean
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#200
I'll say it again, their reaction seems to me to be somewhat pathological, it is certainly
2banon
Jul 2014
#204
I agree. And the only way to combat that is to NEVER be intimidated by it imho.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#206
Back in the day, the American Press used to have some measure of credibility and trust with the
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#266
Then tell that to all the women or men whose spouses have betrayed or lied to them about an affair
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#279
I haven't read it yet, JD, but thanks for the reminder, it is on my list of books to buy.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#358
RT pimps for the Russian government and Putin.. US media pimps for Kochs and corps.. everyone
Cha
Jul 2014
#272
RT; is more effective because of the U.S. Corporate Media, both here and abroad.
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#275
RT has "influence" with the Russians and anyone else who gets sucked in.. and I heard that
Cha
Jul 2014
#277
I'm not making a particular judgement about RT but people are less apt to get sucked into a foreign
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#280
Since it keeps being referred to, RT I mean, one thing I've never seen on RT is Dick Cheney, liar
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#52
What he means is that I dare to watch 'unapproved of' sources and worse, dare not to be intimidated
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#133
Thank you for your post, LLL, there are few greater evils than censorship and we were subjected to
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#209
Here you go. You should read the whole thread. It's loads of laughs & unsubstantiated claims.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#129
Thank you Uncle Joe, I am proud of every post I've made online, so I laugh when this particular
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#309
Lol, Octafish, I am so sorry, I was reading Uncle Joe's comments when I read yours, it was a 'slip
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#350
One thing I have never seen on RT, and I do watch it among dozens of other media, is Dick Cheney
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#67
No, the last time I saw Alex Jones was about ten years ago and airc, he was screaming about Bush
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#93
Yeah I saw a guy with an infowars.com license plate frame on the highway the other day
47of74
Jul 2014
#192
Quit it maddezmom, or you'll have 50 gajillion US households after you. And Latin America too.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#116
One would think the corporate media would know that by now and I believe they do,
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#5
I will give you cute. I hope that's what you are going for. Much easier than trying
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#22
More than that now as they will be seen in Latin America's largest nations not to mention their
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#103
Since when the hell does "Latin America" count as "US households"? You're priceless.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#105
Intellectually dishonest, but "priceless", nonetheless. You're a perfect fit for RT.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#115
Thanks! I seem to have a regular fan club. I don't sign autographs though, without a fee
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#122
Not so much a "fan club" as a truth squad. Still waiting on links for some of your more...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#128
I don't know, you don't seem to be able to 'dismiss' them! You seem to remember things from
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#136
I alerted on no one, this third party routine falsely accusing people when nothing could be further
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#310
I don't care enough to go to the Admins. And the fact that you do so TERRIBLY deeply
Number23
Jul 2014
#340
Over 300 got 'pushed' so far. It's an easy question for most, sorry to have created
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#355
If s/he's so "flattered" by all the folks who point out how absurd all of this is
Number23
Jul 2014
#362
Ah, those pesky roving "principles" that some love to claim so loudly that they have
Number23
Jul 2014
#367
I'm satisfied that people know your statement was completely false now. That's all I wanted to
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#351
Wait... you're talking about credibility?? YOU? You, are seriously talking about...
Number23
Jul 2014
#361
My fave was the time she used veteranstoday, an anti-Semitic hate site according to the SPLC...
SidDithers
Jul 2014
#368
I find it interesting that you and your "reality based community" (I guess calling it a community is
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#195
We always have to have an enemy. As Rove said 'we are an empire now' and empires
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#210
During the buildup of our empire we had wars to acquire resources and wealth from other nations
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#228
Very well said. Re the ME, we are being distracted, again, from that failure which is rapidly
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#234
wtf are you jabbering about? you think there's hatred of Russians? That's like saying
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#372
I believe all large corporate media outlets have been co-opted by the elite.
stillwaiting
Jul 2014
#9
I don't trust them, I don't trust RT, both are filled with propaganda. But once in a while the
Autumn
Jul 2014
#8
Well, I wasn't referring to foreign media, I was asking if people here trust the corporate media.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#18
Thank you for your response. I saw Dick Cheney on the corporate media calling our
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#41
I think we mostly agree. I do think they need to challenge the government a lot more.
BlueCheese
Jul 2014
#55
Perhaps they are afraid. They probably saw what happened to those reporters, Dan Rather eg,
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#58
No problem, thanks for the rational discussion, we need more of it on DU. I agree that some
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#217
Yes, I directly referred to Al Jazeera. Are you disputing the OP, that Al Jazeera was not only
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#291
Liberals are working for RT and appearing frequently on their programs. Too bad Liberals are
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#312
I don't care who needs a talking head or who doesn't, that's their business, not mine. This
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#321
You are imagining things. RT is not mentioned in this OP at all. People seem to be obsessed with RT
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#331
it's all too clear what it's about; as I said, you're pretty transparent.
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#332
I am always transparent, is there a problem with that? Thank you, transparency is a good thing imo.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#334
I don't particularly want a war with Russia, no. If you assume I'm "for" one...
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#335
If you think there are no plans for a war with Russia, you haven't been paying attention over
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#336
Yes, they can. Too bad they have support, now apparently from some claiming to be on the Left.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#373
This entire thread isn't about that as many of my posts upstream point out, our corporate media has
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#327
I'd rather not get into an argument about this. It's not really important enough. eom
BlueCheese
Jul 2014
#152
Lots of people believed the Curveball stories too. I was even wondering considering it
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#46
It's 34 now and why would we be lying about not trusting the corporate media?
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#38
Your attempts at trying to smear me are really low. Go pick on someone else. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#131
Thanks for your contribution. Of course I am 'pushing' a poll I put up as I am curious to see
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#48
If you don't like, don't respond. That's what I do when I see polls I feel are 'pushing' something.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#63
Asking a simple question re the Corporate Media on DU is a push poll? How so?
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#123
I get that, but they haven't explained why asking a question is pushing something, they
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#219
Remember when Kooch used to win those things in a landslide? DU. The only place in America....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#109
That's exactly what I was talking about. It's cognitive dissonance, or willful intellectual...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#158
how can we trust the media ? remember, it was the cold war and we wanted to beat the soviets
JI7
Jul 2014
#42
So you agree with the OP that the corporate media can't be trusted. Thanks for
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#50
No, that was real, we did not have a totally corporate owned media back then, we still had the
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#213
Yup! I'm in this camp. Corporate media is designed to give their desired impression,
hue
Jul 2014
#220
As you can see from the snark from the "reality based community" that they apparently don't agree.
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#45
As I do. And I object at the same few people here that try to lock and hide OP's that
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#132
Imagine you can trust corporations more then the governments they are buying. Hilarious indeed.
malaise
Jul 2014
#187
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#56
Aw, he's just looking out for our best interests. I keep trying to reassure him that
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#169
Correc tion, you mean when you see Americans who live in a democracy opposing censorship
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#232
Have we met? Welcome to DU btw, for a first post, you sure got in all the talking points.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#117
And how would someone with, now 3 posts, 'know' all these fringe talking points that occasionally
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#146
Sad, but true. It's a malady, and most sufferers present with absolutely no sense of irony.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#164
I do gather news from various sources around the world and believe we are capable of filtering out
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#167
Thanks, that is very good advice which I mostly follow. I don't watch the Corporate Media
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#126
It's fun though, isn't it? Revealing too although that was not the intention.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#137
many things are fucked up, but i knew Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 back then, and i know Obama
JI7
Jul 2014
#138
Thanks MMsMom, I'm thoroughly enjoying it myself. Far more than I had expected.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#149
Well, there's a lot of other things going on than what can be seen on the surface.
jeff47
Jul 2014
#143
I have asked you this before, politely. Do NOT speak for me. I do not know you and you certainly
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#318
So there are none, as I already knew. Making false statements about others only loses credibility
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#347
Did I give you permission to speak for me? You don't, making stuff up, putting thoughts in people's
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#197
Another personal attack is all you have? I am proud of all my comments on DU, wouldn't change one
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#214
Good post, thank you. Keiser used to post here, but I guess as DU began to change, he doesn't bother
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#151
The BBC is state sponsored and was coopted during the Blair era after they published
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#144
Wow, that's creepy, stalking DUers on Twitter now? This place is beginning to scare me.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#162
What a tool he is. I read he was originally a 'reporter' on a Christian network.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#161
Great post, PP. I couldn't agree more. A democracy cannot survive without a free press and we
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#165
Mass Media ignoring 'RFK Believed in Conspiracy' shows corrupt nature of America's Press
Octafish
Jul 2014
#184
And yet, people keep sucking it in like it's a lifeline to what's happening in the world.
gtar100
Jul 2014
#193
What is going on this thread has been going on since I first discovered DU in 2004. Criticism of
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#324
You meant to say in support of a free and open press and access to all sources of information.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#235
I oppose censorship of all sources of information, books, media and speech. I don't care how
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#240
I know, MMM, I read that post with a sense of awe. That anyone on a Dem forum at least,
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#320
Thank you, it's difficult to remember details of all the assaults on the press during that time.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#242
I remember the media fail during the Bush V Gore recount & how they were reporting on it like it was
jillan
Jul 2014
#249
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom...
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#252
Good quote, thank you. Thomas Jefferson expressed similar sentiments, despite being the
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#253
Thanks for the advice, who would have thought I had no adult awareness of complexity. I just asked
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#281
One of the reasons I don't get into a lot of this stuff, is because I got rid of the M$M a long time
Rex
Jul 2014
#284
do you think Sandy Hook didn't actually happen either because it was reported on the media
JI7
Jul 2014
#302
I don't think Sabrina was saying that the corporate media NEVER reports events truthfully. . .
markpkessinger
Jul 2014
#316
and that has been the case with this plane being shot down, it's mostly the Sandy Hook was false
JI7
Jul 2014
#317
Thank you markpkessinger. You are exactly correct. I was under the impression that Liberals didn't
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#322
I think the OP explains exactly what I don't believe. Do you NOT believe that the Corporate Media
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#329
i know the media sucks, but i was able to see through all of that , just as i am with RT
JI7
Jul 2014
#330
RT will not lead this country into another disastrous war. THE MSM HAS and is dangerously on
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#333
On some things all media is trustworthy such as reporting disasters if the have no political
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#349
Much of the Western Corporate Media is also state supported. Al Jazeera is entirely funded by
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#364