Lies, Damn Lies, and the Mainstream Media

Posted by straightlinelogic 9 years, 11 months ago to Politics
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The following is an excerpt. The full article can be accessed from the link above.

Helpful, from the government’s standpoint, is that most of the MSM share its ideology. For years conservatives have disparaged “the liberal media.” The more accurate term is “the statist media,” which includes most of the conservative media. The same Fox News talking heads who rail against Obamacare one night champion US military involvement in the Middle East the next. The only differences among the big six are which forms of statism they endorse. The Democratic organs cheer for more government programs, taxation, regulation, and redistribution. The Republican mouthpieces plump for bigger defense budgets, more foreign wars, and more domestic surveillance. They both tout party lines, the only difference is which party’s.
SOURCE URL: http://straightlinelogic.com/2015/02/09/lies-damn-lies-and-the-mainstream-media-by-robert-gore/


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  • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 11 months ago
    I'm not sure that you find all on the right "plumping" more foreign wars, and more domestic surveillance. Some, for sure, but not all. And some very notables caution against these things. The left, on the other hand, support all those things that you say.
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    • Posted by Rocky_Road 9 years, 11 months ago
      You beat me to it...!
      Pigeon holing Republicans as war mongers, and anti-privacy, is already being done quite well by MSNBC.
      I say 'thank God' for FOX news...it's good to have at least one port in a storm!
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