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Are We Dupes of the Media?

The media who chose Obama, now has to hide who he really is. So they've turned this election into a popularity contest. We Americans depend on the news media to give us a clear picture of the candidates; yet, they shrug their responsibilities to move their candidate forward. Again, are we dupes of the media?

Update:

green pagan: I don't own a TV. I have never watched FOX News in my entire life. I Hate Television.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Funny, I thought the media was hiding who McCain/Palin really is. Funny how that happens.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes. But the move away from traditional media can do nothing but help the situation. I think that the free flow of information (and that includes the mass amounts of disinformation) can actually improve the news cycles they carry for the corporate media over the long term.

    But many other factors contribute to simply more information. More accountability for those to contribute actual news as opposed to opinion and editorial; more emphasis on local groups to report information on a small scale budget to a large scale audience; and the basic objectivity of the audience itself.

    Many solutions to almost any problem can be handled on the small scale and seem, at the same time, impossibly untouchable on a large scale. What one tends to forget is that the large scale is nothing but a lot of the smaller forces that are in play.

    In other words, do what you can in your own neck of the woods to serve as example for others.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have been reprogrammed by the Yahoo Reporting Agency (YRA) to give the following answer:

    Yes. The media is entirely liberal. They hate America. There is nothing conservative on TV EVER... Fox is your only hope. All Hail Fox! Don't listen to your teachers or neighbors or the Democrats or Independents or Ron Paul or CNN, or MSNBC, or NPR or bloggers or economists or scientists or gay people... They are all terrorists.

    /communication

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Whoever pays any attention to mainstream media is, of course, getting duped. So, don't watch it and surf the web for the Truth.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes the media is not to be considered when trying to figure out what is going on. I love how it gets blamed on them being liberals though. The right is just as screwed up. Both sides: "its your fault were better than you" all the time. When is every one going to wake up and smell the corruption. Republocrats don't give a damn about you.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, most of us know they are liars, cheats, crooks and cannot be trusted. Peace

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