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Hi Windy.. catching up with you on the rest:
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Are you living in Hong Kong..? Our media is basically a propaganda mill.. bought & paid for by the most $$$.
haha, that's not your problem (only FOX's). Your problem is that the media is a commercial field. So to get you to watch, they use all sorts of tricks to entertain rather then inform and inquire. People can't buy the media because the media is run first and foremost what they think will interest people. I don't care if their budget is being run by a cooperation, if there some juicy piece of news on them, they'll run it. Be it a scandal or a public service.
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Yeh.. it is that too, but once upon a time.. long ago.. the "news" used to be handled by reporters that were journalists.. and they did show the real thing. Haven't you seen the old video of the Vietnam War, when that old guy, Dan Rather was right there in the blood-fest..? I have seen old magazine pix of same.. very graphic. Anyway, I agree.. it is all junk food & is produced for ratings.
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Quote by: Winter wind I don't doubt it, I just think the second a third party got power, they would change to follow this, mostly because this is inevitable. You are trying to convince over half of the American populous you are the right candidate. That takes a lot of money and you need to make a lot of friends. Somewhere along the line, what you think gets side lined. I don't think it would be any different for a third party candidate. |
That's right Windy.. and we cannot get all 50 states in agreement to toss the "Electoral Collage" out.. and use the Democratic 'popular vote'.
That is why the situation is.. SOS.. different day/year/century. They (the "founders") stacked the deck.. made it quite impossible to amend.. except of course by overthrowing the whole mess.. fat chance.
This next part goes back to the
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Quote by: Winter wind Because the FEC won't allow excessive violence. Though the news pushes the limit. However if you mean interest in Iraq has wained, that's because the public doesn't care anymore. |
The FCC is also bought & paid for. That is one more ace they slid up their sleeve ( the MIMC) - it really is a long term process that has happened over many years. It is like a cancer. By the time the victim discovers his/her dilemma.. well.. it is too late.
As for the sappy folk song.. I think by looking at music historically, one often can "see" or read between the lines. We all know much has taken place in history that was never put down in print. Art & architecture is another window back in time. I find many things by digging into such.
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