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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:14 PM Original message |
Do you think journalists should be allowed to give to political campaigns? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't have a problem with it, as long as they're ... wait for it ... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. NO, they should be barred from giving, so should retail clerks and dog groomers. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. lol |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes as I think military personnel and clergymen and farmers |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. An anchor in Omaha (FOX) was fired for supporting a Democratic candidate. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Probably more like she was fired for supporting a DEMOCRAT, |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I wouldn't doubt it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Military personnel can support whosoever they want, so long as they do it privately. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Do you think journalist should have to give up thier political/civil rights to be journalists? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Complex situation |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. A lot of TV stations, newspapers and magazines have banned contributing to campaigns. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Well any journalist has to make their own decision on what kind of crap they |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think they ought to be able to expose their biases. Imagine if Brian Williams said |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Like I said... |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. No, that would destroy all objectivity.. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes--to me, contributions are a form of speech. As long as their journalism |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't have a problem with them contributing. And I don't have a problem with those |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'd rather their political leanings be made public. n/t |
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