[FormerACLUmember]

Kerry is a major charlatan, true enough. He is an absolute menace to this nation.

But what does this say about the USA that just shy of 50% of the population will vote for this lunatic?

MY opinion? The MSM still is extremely powerful in lying and distorting, powerful enough to repackage a steaming mess of of month-old fish and feces, and convince enough brain-dead Americans they are buying sirloin steak.

[The Great Yazoo]

a steaming mess of of month-old fish and feces

I love it!

[swilhelm73]

MY opinion? The MSM still is extremely powerful in lying and distorting, powerful enough to repackage a steaming mess of of month-old fish and feces, and convince enough brain-dead Americans they are buying sirloin steak.

I think what we are seeing in this election is the end of one of the MSM's two primary weapons, and the use of the other to the hilt.

Specifically, the MSM's ability to falsely scandal monger a politician to death is gone. As we saw with Rathergate, the MSM can demand all it wants that Bush respond to false charges. The public isn't going to buy it.

However, the press still has the ability to shield Kerry from his record. People won't believe Rather's insipid claims about Bush, but they also won't believe something they see, if they do see it at all, solely on the internet talking about Kerry's war record or treasonous post war activities.

The sentiment seems to be, "Well, if this was true it would be on the news and in the papers."

[Luke21]

You have said it all. The media is incredibly powerful. They spawned and feted this candidate and carried his water at every opportunity. They can tell one half the country the most brazen lie and have it believed. Repetition, and their ruthless technique of unity of message, which puts it everywhere uniformly is the main propaganda technique. They take up all the figurative air in the communications room..They are still as dangerous as a pit full of rattlesnakes and their power isn't receding in the least. If it was, Dan Rather would be out and apologies would be made for their many brazen attempts to lie and influence the election for Kerry.

We now have an impact on their power because of blogs, talk radio, and this site, but don't let our small amount of influence fool you. The leftist media remains the most dangerous and subversive force in this country. They have unity of voice, a shrill, loud, communist voice.