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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 10:24 AM Jul 2017

It's important to remember how much the Republicans have screwed our country, and maybe in ways that

will not be corrected for a long, long time.

They violated our most basic of rules - e.g., voter suppression, winking at the association between Russia and Trump's campaign, preventing Merrick Garland from ascending to the Supreme Court, are ending Obamacare through lies, enriching themselves in a thousand, thousand ways, etc., etc., etc.

They are truly evil at this time and there are no good Republicans on the national stage.

Or maybe some of them will prove this statement wrong, but I won't hold my breath.

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It's important to remember how much the Republicans have screwed our country, and maybe in ways that (Original Post) Akamai Jul 2017 OP
the repigs do not bdamomma Jul 2017 #1
The worst part... El Mimbreno Jul 2017 #2
It will never be undone if we don't do something about their propaganda FiveGoodMen Jul 2017 #5
Great John Oliver show on how Sinclair Broadcasting is shilling for Trump, with the hosts of TV Akamai Jul 2017 #6
They want blood in the streets SHRED Jul 2017 #3
This onecaliberal Jul 2017 #4

El Mimbreno

(778 posts)
2. The worst part...
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 10:38 AM
Jul 2017

is their message that it's OK to hate, discriminate, and bully. This will take decades, even generations to undo.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
5. It will never be undone if we don't do something about their propaganda
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 11:37 AM
Jul 2017

Generation after generation will be brought into their fold.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
6. Great John Oliver show on how Sinclair Broadcasting is shilling for Trump, with the hosts of TV
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 06:01 PM
Jul 2017

stations throughout the south reading from the same copy, posing questions similar to: "Do you think Comey is unfairly treating Trump or do you think the mainstream media is mis treating Trump?" Not as blatant as my example, but pretty damned close, and doing it night after night after night and giving their local anchors "must-read" copy to broadcast. Among other things, Sinclair has a Terror Alert feature every night.

Take a look at the following NY Times article on how Sinclair warps radio broadcasting and how it is now about to take over Tribune broadcasting to really increase right-wing radio.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/media/sinclair-broadcast-komo-conservative-media.html?_r=0

"The journalists at KOMO described small acts of rebellion, like airing the segments at times of low viewership or immediately before or after commercial breaks so they blend in with paid spots. They all spoke on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal from the company.

"Those interviewed said that being on the other side of the country from the corporate headquarters outside Baltimore gave them some breathing room. But not always.

"In late 2013, for instance, after The Seattle Times wrote an editorial criticizing Sinclair’s purchase of KOMO, Sinclair ordered KOMO to do a story critical of the newspaper industry, and of The Seattle Times in particular, according to two of the people interviewed.

"KOMO journalists were surprised in January when, at a morning planning meeting, they received what they considered an unusual request. The station’s news director, who normally avoided overtly political stories, instructed his staff to look into an online ad that seemed to be recruiting paid protesters for President Trump’s inauguration. Right-leaning media organizations had seized on the ad, which was later revealed as a hoax, as proof of coordinated efforts by the left to subvert Mr. Trump."

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
3. They want blood in the streets
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 10:53 AM
Jul 2017

They are fomenting a state of anarchy by dismantling our government.

They are beyond deplorable.

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