The Media Industry

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  1. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    The handling of this Biden story really puts into perspective how unfree the American press really is. Every justification they've cited for not covering it (unverified, illegally obtained materials, etc.) is obviously BS, because they cover so many other stories that have the same supposed defects. But they've gone further than ignoring the story to active suppression of it - banning people who report on it online, trying to shame and freeze out journalists who dare to cover it, etc.

    The whole purpose of the free press guarantee in the First Amendment is to promote the free flow of information. Obviously, this isn't a violation of that, because these are private companies (though NPR is not), but it certainly undermines the purpose of it. If our media isn't quite an Agitprop or Reich Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment yet, it's moving that direction at breakneck speed. Even if it's not happening by government coercion, it's happening by cultural forces in the media. If you have a culture that doesn't respect free speech and press, then you don't really have free speech or free press, even if the government is nominally free.
     
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  2. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    You will want to make sure you are sitting down for this
    And not be sipping hot coffee

    But ABC covered the Hunter Biden story
    Will it break the logjam?
     
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  3. lkainer

    lkainer 500+ Posts

    Hope they step up and do their job!
     
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  4. BrntOrngStmpeDe

    BrntOrngStmpeDe 1,000+ Posts

    timing matters here. they put it off long enough that it will not make it into most peoples thought pattern and will not impact voting that much. and now they can claim to be "fair handed' since they ran a small segment on it.
     
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  5. Horn2RunAgain

    Horn2RunAgain 2,500+ Posts

    The darker side of me says this is a tightening of the noose around Joe. They assume he's going to win but it's Kamala the dnc or fbi wants (easily controlled). With the corruption joe will be gone by spring 2022

    FBI controlling elections.. wouldn't have believed it for a second until a year ago when all their corruption came to light
     
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  6. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    I think the Founders assumed private citizens and organizations would never censor speech or that there it couldn't be controlled by vast corporations like it is.
     
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Appears that MK is done kissing liberal butt just for the big paycheck

     
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  8. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Missing from the emotive is his acceptance of CNN's role in what is happening

    Self-awareness level 0

     
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  9. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    When satire is more honest than Wolf Blitzer

     
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  10. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

  11. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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  12. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

     
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  13. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Doesn't it piss off anyone else that a dope smoking "celebrity" gets to go hang out with a Governor based on that status? It's absurd, really.
     
  14. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I swear, as much as I love Texas, the more people like him move there, the less I want to go back.

    Can't believe the number of Biden signs I saw in Fort Worth 2 weeks ago. Ridiculous.
     
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  15. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Is Rogan a leftist?
     
  16. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    I think he is all over but he didn’t support Biden
     
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  17. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I don't know. My point is the cozying up to celebrities by politicians nauseates me. And, to see Abbot doing it with someone like Rogan, really gives me pause.
     
  18. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    This is why I think Trump will push for candidates like himself in 2024 (but with less divisive tweets). It would be a lot more fun and he doesn’t have to campaign again. Contract it out.

     
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  19. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    He will be lambasted for it like everything else, but who cares? I hope he does it. Fox News lost me months ago. Unlike CNN and MSNBC, which seem to not care about ratings, that seems to be the only reason those 3 are still on the air at Fox News.
     
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  20. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    We must carry Alex’s torch through the dark days of the Biden presidency.

     
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  21. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    This is the same blue-check "journalist"
    Literally hours apart
    On the same day

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  22. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!


    It really blows my mind when anyone defends these media whores as impartial. I'm guessing if he were a ND fan it would have been a quote about party time. Ahh yes, he graduated from the highly esteemed University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
     
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  23. Creek

    Creek 1,000+ Posts

    The media are pretty much the most disgusting folks out there this side of gangstas.
     
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  24. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    There were also celebrations in the streets of NY. The mayor and governor didn't send the jack boots after them like they did families mourning death and religious gatherings.
     
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  25. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Her about face continues
    Kind of weird, but OK

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  26. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Big words there from Eric The Clown.
     
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  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The same people loved her in that first debate
     
  28. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Of course.
     
  29. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Better late than never? Maybe that Trump news network rumor is true.

     
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  30. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    How do we explain this?
    Is she auditioning for Newmax or OAN now?
    Or is she just being honest?
    Is there a third possibility?
    She definitely strikes me as a calculating person - has a reason to do and say what she does and says
     
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    Last edited: Nov 9, 2020

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