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NRaleighLiberal

(60,038 posts) Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:01 PM Feb 2012

Just a quick PSA for those of you watching any news this AM. It is about $$$ and a horse race.

It is not about truth, fair and balanced, or anything real or reasonable.

They need people to keep watching only to sell the ad dollars. They need controversy, they need a close race.

If people turn it off, they lose.

And that is the extent that the MSM cares about any of us, or their country.

Period.

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Just a quick PSA for those of you watching any news this AM. It is about $$$ and a horse race. (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 OP

Yep, that's it exactly. RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #1

And that is why I refuse to turn it on liberal N proud Feb 2012 #2

Yep dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #3

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

1. Yep, that's it exactly.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:12 PM

Feb 2012

Putting eyeballs in front of advertisements.
There's billions of dollars of ad revenue at stake, and if it's not a horserace, they don't get those billions.

liberal N proud

(60,352 posts)

2. And that is why I refuse to turn it on

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:26 PM

Feb 2012

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. Yep

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:59 PM

Feb 2012

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