Ashamed to know you all

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by fungus, Feb 12, 2018.

  1. metard

    metard Well-Known Member

    Mar 11, 2014
  2. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017

  3. throwing buckets

    throwing buckets Well-Known Member

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    Oct 16, 2017
    Another reason why I don't subscribe to mainstream media or ideology. Those that do are looked down upon with scorn. Lapping up the mainstream media drivel is pure idiocy. But those idiot's vote count the same as you and I. #sad
     
  4. Iggy

    Iggy Well-Known Member

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    Jun 14, 2014
    The mainstream media has always been infatuated with Obama. As far as they are concerned he can do no wrong, and they will never report anything that will make him look bad.
     
  5. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    ...except kill Bin Laden. I think we can all get behind that one.
     
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  6. oipaul

    oipaul Well-Known Member

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    May 23, 2006
    yup. even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile.
     
  7. beach.soon

    beach.soon Well-Known Member

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    Aug 30, 2015
  8. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    So, Kathy Griffin took the heat for about 15 minutes for a similar act.

    Does this "artist" get a Free Pass because of race, gender or both?

    Oh yeah, Griffin is already back hosting pat-yourself-on-the-back awards shows in Hollyweird. It's amazing how short their selective memories are.
     
  9. Mr.Belmar

    Mr.Belmar Well-Known Member

    Aug 19, 2010
    ... the leftist liberal media... stinks cause they basically control what a majority of ppl think... terrible
     
  10. Mr.Belmar

    Mr.Belmar Well-Known Member

    Aug 19, 2010
    So, is that true about the artist? Or fake news?
     
  11. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    Haha, Good point. It's too hard to tell who's credible anymore.
     
  12. LongIslandBro

    LongIslandBro Well-Known Member

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    Jul 21, 2017
    You mean HIS charming personality Barry.
    Get your gender identifiers correct.
     
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  13. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    It's people that stink... for letting the media control what they think.

    Nobody controls what you think, except you. This, from a former journalist with my own implicit biases.
     
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  14. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    ''I will illustrate why I regard newspaper correspondents as spies,'' Sherman wrote on Feb. 17, 1863. ''A spy is one who furnishes an enemy with knowledge useful to him and dangerous to us. I say in giving intelligence to the enemy, in sowing discord & discontent in an army, these men fulfill all the conditions of spies. I am satisfied they have cost the country hundreds of millions of dollars & brought our country to the brink of ruin & that unless the nuisance is abated we are lost.''
    -General William Tecumseh Sherman
     
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  15. shredman

    shredman Well-Known Member

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    Dec 14, 2016
  16. CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

    Feb 21, 2012
  17. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    Of all political groups and leanings, it's the Conservatives who should be champions of our free press. Today we like to paint a much different picture of the media ("liberal media" claims, etc.), but there's a reason why free press and free speech enjoy equal protection under the First Amendment.

    Again... I point the finger at the easily manipulated, ignorant masses who can't think critically about anything themselves. You don't have to be particularly intelligent or enlightened to see the biases in the media, and you don't have to dig very deeply to see the sources of those biases. It takes a surprisingly small amount of intellectual effort to see the truth for yourself. It's just really hard for people to challenge their own beliefs.
     
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  18. La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

    Oct 9, 2017
    @LBCrew, I agree with your statement for the most part.

    However, journalistic integrity flew out the window when the media started taking political sides and creating agendas and narratives as a type of evidence to bolster their personal beliefs.

    As you previously stated, the smallest modicum of intelligence will easily weed out media bias. But the fact remains that bias has no place whatsoever in journalism (unless you are writing an Opinion piece). Their job is, and always has been, to report FACTS. If they don't have enough facts to report, then INVESTIGATE until you DO have the actual true facts.

    When media attempts to present non-factual content as anything other than what it truly is, then in essence they have become nothing more than lazy arbiters of their chosen political spectrum. They are actually worse than politicians, as the media has consciously chosen to create narratives that contribute to dividing populations.

    Any media outlet reporting on a story without facts should be held responsible by law. Say what you want about Freedom of Press and Freedom of Speech, but their are no guarantees of freedom for consequences one should face for not being truthful.
     
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  19. Cuck Taylor

    Cuck Taylor Well-Known Member

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    Jul 6, 2013
    Michelle Obama is a man
     
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  20. Barry Cuda

    Barry Cuda Guest

    A person I knew, years ago, stated "Never underestimate the stupidity of the human population".
    She was right. RIP, Mom......