primitives discuss the media

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Oh my.

Aren't the media Democrat anyway?

Ross K (75 posts)      Thu Jul-22-10 06:07 AM
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Do you think the Media gives even HALF a damn shit about us???

Talk about being in bed together! For me, it really coalesced one morning, several months ago, while I was watching the Joke and the Buzzed. They were discussing the latter's book-release party, and, gollygoshdarnit to heck, they were kind enough to provide photos.

Said pictures showed members of the (cough!) press shmoozing with government officials, past and present (I think one or two of the latter species were---brace yourselves---LOBBYISTS!), as well as celebrities who may or may not have deserved to be heard of.

These people are all of a set: The Elite. Our Betters in a supposedly-classless society. Those for whom every state is "fly-over" territory, dahling!

I actually consider it a GOOD thing that we've recently had demonstrations of the fact that our wonderful Free Press is in a perpetual 69 with the corporatists who reign over us like feudal lords!

old mark  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jul-22-10 06:31 AM
THE OLD PRIMITIVE
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1. Well, the rich, foreigners and the corporations OWN the media, so I would not expect a lot of support or love for the "small people"...Actually, that quote from the BP CEO should tell you where we all stand.

They believe there are "small people" and "real people", and the "small" ones should be grateful for their little jobs and lives and shut the **** up and let the "real people" run things...

Trickle Down, ya know? And " A rising tide lifts all boats"...but it evidently lifts the yachts higher faster and long before the rowboats...

Jamastiene  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-22-10 07:04 AM
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2. It burns me up every time they call all the states other than NY and California "the flyover states." It's not so much that they only see those states from a plane, it's the tone in their voice and what they insinuate with the way they say "flyover states."

In other words, I KNOW they don't give a even a quarter damn shit about most of us.

sendero  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-22-10 07:24 AM
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4. Not just the media..

... all of big business. To them, you are nothing more than a consumer. It doesn't matter if you like the product as long as you buy it.

And to the assholes in DC, you are nothing but a voter. It doesn't matter if you like them as long as you vote for them.

KharmaTrain  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-22-10 07:31 AM
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5. Only If You're A Stockholder

At one time broadcast licenses were issued based on PICN...Public Interest in the Community Need. That was flushed out with all other regulations in the 90s. Today the media only answers to those who pay the bills or own the stock. There's no requirement for them to "serve the public" or have any responsibility for what they say or do. It's all driven by ratings and profits and these days with money at a premium, the media works hard at finding any way to turn a buck...and that means stirring the shit to get people to watch.

The "press" is anything but free. It's all paid for...we get the breads and circuses

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Since when have the "we know better what you need than you do, you idiots who vote against your own best interest" primitives on the island suddenly started caring about the people in "fly-over country?"  And shouldn't one of the primitives remind Ross K that by saying that he's using right-wing talking points?

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