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Has The Media Become Irrelevant?
Coach is Right ^ | 12/4/13 | Michael D. Shaw

Posted on 12/04/2013 11:24:10 AM PST by Oldpuppymax

Who can forget the heady days of 1972-1974 when the Watergate scandal dominated the media? I’m no fan of Richard Nixon, but compare how he was handled by the Washington Post to how this same paper is giving the kid gloves treatment to Barack Obama. No objective observer can dispute that the crimes of the Nixon administration pale in comparison—in both quantity and severity—to those of the current administration.

Finally, though, there are some negative pieces in WaPo, including a front page story on December 2nd noting that:

The enrollment records for a significant portion of the Americans who have chosen health plans through the online federal insurance marketplace contain errors—generated by the computer system...

(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: barackobama; hypocrisy; news; richardnixon

1 posted on 12/04/2013 11:24:10 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax

Most of the so-called “news” media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat Party propaganda.

This has gone on for decades — and will continue for decades more.


2 posted on 12/04/2013 11:26:40 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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They are def not trusted news sources. Now only viewed as entertainment purposes only. They did it to themselves with the likes of Piers, Bashir, Chrissy, and Rachael (Maddow)....


3 posted on 12/04/2013 11:28:25 AM PST by jsanders2001
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Has The Media Become Irrelevant?

The media has become traitorous.

4 posted on 12/04/2013 11:33:26 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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If more than half the people believe what the MSM says and vote accordingly ... then they are very relevant.


5 posted on 12/04/2013 11:33:33 AM PST by dartuser
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The MSM CHOSE irrelevancy...and perfected it to a fine art!!
6 posted on 12/04/2013 11:35:28 AM PST by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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No, the Media is all powerful and is the Praetorian Guard for the President Caesar OBastard. The media controls the agenda.


7 posted on 12/04/2013 11:35:37 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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The media has died as a business and has been replaced by propaganda organizations.


8 posted on 12/04/2013 11:36:29 AM PST by OB1kNOb (If govmt is stockpiling guns, ammo, food, & meds, don't you think it's a good idea to do the same?)
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Yes.

It is now just the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party.


9 posted on 12/04/2013 12:40:11 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I do not doubt that our climate changes. I only doubt that anything man does has any effect.)
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They are irrelevant to me because I don’t watch, read or listen to them; however there are millions of drones out there who do.


10 posted on 12/04/2013 6:33:49 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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