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pwb

(11,204 posts)
3. Turn it off ???
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:07 PM
Aug 2017

I cut the cable just because of opinion being pushed as news. Cable news fucked this country up. All of them.

Exactly right Egnever Aug 2017 #1
There is an informative article in "Mother Jones" concerning this problem. olegramps Aug 2017 #67
Media false equivalency is what has warpped so many American minds! Chasstev365 Aug 2017 #2
Yes, and a thousand times more, YES!!!! jrthin Aug 2017 #5
bingo - this is the thread win. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #7
100000000 bingos! iluvtennis Aug 2017 #20
Precisely. dalton99a Aug 2017 #23
You are spot on! nt brer cat Aug 2017 #33
Turn it off ??? pwb Aug 2017 #3
I cut mine too MountainFool Aug 2017 #13
Sadly though there are fewer and fewer outlets out there to trust zz-la Aug 2017 #56
Yep. potone Aug 2017 #4
Democrats have played too nice BeyondGeography Aug 2017 #6
They go low MFM008 Aug 2017 #10
They go low superpatriotman Aug 2017 #11
Exactly MFM008 Aug 2017 #15
No shit BeyondGeography Aug 2017 #37
Heh, dark Lokilooney Aug 2017 #51
Isn't this country "of the people, by the people"? When the party in power undermines the government Boomerproud Aug 2017 #21
Democrats have miscalculated the hatred wrong and for too long zz-la Aug 2017 #57
The problem is that so many of them are not really that sharp at challenging crap BSdetect Aug 2017 #8
My message to them is Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #9
Also known as the Chuck Todd Syndrome. Paladin Aug 2017 #12
EXACTLY! Those standing up for justice and equality cannot in any way be lumped with those unitedwethrive Aug 2017 #14
Also, one party is sane Doug the Dem Aug 2017 #16
It doesn't bother me because when I go to MSNBC for an update I mute the sound. grantcart Aug 2017 #17
People can equivocate all they want about it vicman Aug 2017 #18
Herr tRUMP said it. He used those exact words in his "speech." japple Aug 2017 #19
Anna Navarro is the only one calling a spade a spade. HurricaneWarning Aug 2017 #22
The images I saw NobodyHere Aug 2017 #24
Sure maxrandb Aug 2017 #25
Yup. Sick and tired of the fake balance and the stupid moral equivalence. Nitram Aug 2017 #26
Both sides did not Scarsdale Aug 2017 #60
The same false equivalency we heard the entire election cycle Danmel Aug 2017 #27
My Pet Peeve Media Treating Republicans Like They Aren't Simply Lying Scum OutaHere Aug 2017 #28
Exactly! Duppers Aug 2017 #31
Heard on msnbc the AG of Virginia said... Duppers Aug 2017 #29
I never hear that. Scruffy1 Aug 2017 #30
They lack courage to speak the truth eleny Aug 2017 #32
They don't mention that "one side" showed up with clubs, shields, and helmets, the "other side".... George II Aug 2017 #34
The truth is often one-sided or lop-sided. Giving equal time to "both sides" is not real journalism. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #35
a needed organized response to the media moonseller66 Aug 2017 #36
And I keep saying that a few dozen protesting outside their maxrandb Aug 2017 #40
Yes in person protests at local affiliates against these media enablers of Trump,McConnell, Ryan etc stuffmatters Aug 2017 #43
We need to ALL call them (national and local) Every Time they let Repugs hijack the truth. stuffmatters Aug 2017 #42
The reason the opposite side was there thegoose Aug 2017 #38
Treating them with kidd gloves in the name of balance and fairness bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #39
"Both sides" were violent in WW2. Coventina Aug 2017 #41
Ha - yes! I could see the modern MSM saying, "Let's offer both sides of the debate Rabrrrrrr Aug 2017 #45
And the same with their "both sides" of the "climate debate" and "Evolution" debate Rabrrrrrr Aug 2017 #44
But it's true, both sides have hate in them many a good man Aug 2017 #46
Racists are cowards and always afraid to claim Bladewire Aug 2017 #47
I'm seeing it all over social media Orrex Aug 2017 #48
Proud to be the 160th Rec. HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #49
The abolitionist Yankees and secessionist, slave-holding Rebs both need to chill the f*** out. VOX Aug 2017 #50
Looking for the sarcasm thingie. hay rick Aug 2017 #52
some migrations have occured bora13 Aug 2017 #54
Did you tell this to MSNBC? lillypaddle Aug 2017 #53
++10000 zentrum Aug 2017 #55
That is how they created the Trump monster Generic Other Aug 2017 #58
Hear F...... Hear. eom Smickey Aug 2017 #59
And the media's attitude is exactly what helped get dumb Don elected! MojoWrkn Aug 2017 #61
CNN seems to be doing a good job get the red out Aug 2017 #62
Thank you saidsimplesimon Aug 2017 #65
they have been doing that for a while max still_one Aug 2017 #63
The other thing I hear them saying that enrages me Sucha NastyWoman Aug 2017 #64
"If blacks would just stop HATING white supremacists... Beartracks Aug 2017 #66
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