2016 Postmortem

Eko

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33. I think the equal non-partisian air time

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 12:58 AM

Jun 2016

sounds great,,,,, as to how much of a difference that would make I think we might disagree. Personally I love C-SPAN, but America loves crap like the apprentice and finding Bigfoot way more. I think your equal air time would not make a whit of difference at all. The media just gives the public what they want, I used to rail against the media till I learned that, I used to rail against politics till I learned that. We really have the media and government we want, and we are collectively very stupid. There is a reason why voter turnout was so low in 2014, and a reason why independents were so low then. They like finding bigfoot more than actually participating in elections.

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Bernie Sanders and Rigged Elections: Sometimes You Just Lose [View all] StevieM Jun 2016 OP

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I must have missed that. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #40

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You are right, passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #18

see post 19 Eko Jun 2016 #20

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News used to have standards passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #48

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