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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:50 PM
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What is going on? Have I entered the twilight zone?
Edited on Fri May-16-08 06:55 PM by senseandsensibility
Okay, so I come home from a hard day's work, turn on the boob tube, and am absolutely floored that the corporate media seems to be trashing chimp, McSame and their records. Obama is being treated with respect and listened to.

Tweety is claiming that it's because Obama stood up for himself, and can't be swift boated. But I seem to be remembering Kerry using some pretty tough language and it was ignored or ridiculed by the media.

Also noticed this afternoon: wholesale trashing of the repug party like I have NEVER seen.

I expect to wake up shortly.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:51 PM
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1. This too shall pass.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:57 PM
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13. You know it...and quickly, too.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:52 PM
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2. Public opinion has shifted away from the GOP and towards the dems.
Thus the media sells a different product to the masses.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:59 PM
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5. Exactly. They don't report any more. They go with what's popular.
America hates the chimp, so does the media...now.

Journalism is dead.
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goletian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:57 PM
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3. it is like a dream isnt it? the media finally being brutally honest and demanding bs
be checked at the door.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 06:58 PM
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4. The media gave bush a pass for years, figuring it was the right thing to do.
They don't think it's the right thing to do anymore.
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:05 PM
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6. NPR replayed an entire Hagee interview this afternoon
from after Katrina where he said that god had destroyed New Orleans to punish them for their gay pride parade.

They introduced the piece something like "Since the quote from our interview with Hagee has gotten so much media attention, we thought we would replay the interview in its entirety, for those who missed it the first time". They seemed quite pleased to do it, as if they were being given some leash and they were going to enjoy it.

The interview was some scary crap the whole way through, btw - the guy is completely nuts.

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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:06 PM
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7. And McCain sought out this guy's endorsement.
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:55 PM
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11. Great, let's hope this Hagee story
gets some serious play on television as well. Even a tenth of the time they giddily devoted to Wright would do some serious damage.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:07 PM
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8. They're still in shock.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:11 PM
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9. A lot of the Media Ho's have been smacking down the RW BS lately.
It's weird and wonderful...

NGU.
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:56 PM
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12. Yes weird and wonderful
is a perfect description.
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tulsakatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:23 PM
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10. Hardball.......
....and did you notice? When Matthews was talking about Bush's Israeli comments about Obama, Michael Smerkonish (sp?) said that while every media outlet is talking about this story, at the same time, bin laden just released another video!! And surprisingly, no one is asking why bin laden is still running around, let alone making more tapes!!

I couldn't believe a conservative was actually asking why bin laden is still alive!!!
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 07:58 PM
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14. I have no idea who Smerkonish is
I had a vague idea that he was conservative when I first heard him, but he came across middle of the road or left leaning. It was only today when he said very emphatically that * was not an idiot, that he seemed like he might be a repug.
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