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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:29 PM
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Democratic blackout of the media?
Edited on Fri Dec-09-05 05:30 PM by Ignacio Upton
The MSM does its best to define us, and cherry-pick what is said. For example, they attacked Dean for his statement while they didn't attack Bush for a similar "I can't be won" statement about the War on Terrorism. Fox News in particular is a problem. I propose to you that the Dems to this:

1. Start a formal and publically-announced boycott of Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC until they get their act together and provide for fair treatment and less kissing up to GOPers. At the very least this should be done with Fox, if not all big three stations.

2. Start publically castigating members of the MSM and targeting them specifically. For example, Nancy Pelosi attacked Kyra Philips from CNN as being "on the White House payroll." I would love to see Howard Dean call out Sean Hannity or Wolf Blitzer.

3. Organize Freeper/Protest Warrior-style demonstrations outside of their major studios in NYC or LA.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:30 PM
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1. Did you miss it when Howard Dean called Fox "the propaganda arm of
the GOP"?
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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:32 PM
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2. Yeah, but a wide-spread boycott will work better
We should also organize spontaneous protests against CNN or Fox if they give press time to people like the Swifties, or take Dean's quotes out of context again. Blogging alone won't work. A protest of just 1,000 outside CNN's studio would attract enough attention.
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:34 PM
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3. Was that reported on the TEEVEE? If not it never happened.
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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:37 PM
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4. That's why we need to make BIG news
Imagine EMPTY CHAIRS on Fox News show. Not a single Democratic strategist (maybe Alan Colmes, but does he really count?) will appear until Fox gets its act together. Same goes for CNN. Image Wolf Blitzer having no one to interview.
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 08:05 PM
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6. They would just have the Republican debate the NeoCon. That does
not mean that we should help them in any way. How about this? Just Turn them off. Let their ratings fall to be only the 10% Loony Tunes that their views represent.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 06:41 PM
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5. Read about it right here:
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