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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 02:51 PM
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Media Matters: The media's tax fraud
by Jamison Foser

When is a tax cut for 98 percent of taxpayers portrayed as a tax increase? When some of the small handful of people whose taxes will go up happen to control the nation's news media ... http://mediamatters.org/items/200903060017?f=h_popular

Discussion of recent Washington Post piece and other media reports
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 03:09 PM
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1. that's like when John McCain told people "He'll raise your taxes!"
he was saying "your" to people like O'Lielly, Flush, Coultercaust, etc. ... TO THEIR FACES ... and to the party-approved cameraman ...
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 03:11 PM
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2. The entire 'puke agenda and mantra are pure frauds, undiluted by reason, or truth, or
reality. :P
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 03:27 PM
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3. This is the same shit they did with Clinton's "tax increase." Over-paid 'reporters' convinced...
the US people that their taxes were going up, even though it was only for the wealthiest.
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Robbie88 Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 03:35 PM
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4. B-B-B-But I thought
the Washington Post, New York Times, and ABC News were all part of the librul media?!?!?
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vinylsolution Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 04:02 PM
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5. We must stop using the term 'MSM'....
Edited on Fri Mar-06-09 04:03 PM by vinylsolution
... or 'Mainstream Media' to describe it.

It should be known henceforth as the Millionaire Media. Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.

I switched off years ago, tired of seeing and listening to people saying nothing to me about my life.






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