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Do Leftists Get Tired Of Being Strung Along By Their Media

trixare4kids said:
Yours is just one opinion vs. the majority....

Media Bias
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That's a pretty hilarious example. You quote it saying this:

"In a recent Gallup Poll the majority of Americans believe that the mass media slant reports in favor of the liberal position on current issues."

Problem is the Gallup Poll linked shows nothing of the sort! The poll was about trust in media, not liberal bias in the media.
 
Debatable said:
HAHAHA, clearly you didn't even watch the video. It shows tweets from CNN, Newsweek and more and how they lie after Trump tweets about a story they already ran.

This is why you're blind to the truth. You just watch the fake media. Question, how could you possibly know if they are fake or not if you never check out their stories. Also, PS, I have an insider at CNN and this person quit working US stories because they couldn't stand how much things were being twisted. They only write stories from abroad.
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No kidding! A friend who works at CNN told you that!

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Debatable said:
I don't think any of those are impossible with proper support. BTW he never tried to bar ALL Muslims from entering the country. All of those things (outside of barring all Muslims) I would hope he could get done, because they are good causes. Planned parenthood was built by a KKK supporter and the vast majority of them are found in Black communities. Don't you think it's a problem that more Black babies are aborted each year than born?

Then there's Obamacare. What a disaster... That needs to be repealed asap. I'm very disappointed we haven't had a free market solution proposed, which is the only true way to get better, lower cost care so it's closer to universality.
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Uh, have you looked around the world? Every industrialized country on the planet is 1) closer to universality than the U.S., 2) lower cost, and 3) NOT free market. There's a reason for that. Think about it. ;)
 
Debatable said:
Just to be fair, I didn't vote for Trump. I absolutely will this time around as I've seen how the media has attacked him and cooked up fake stories and lied about stories he'd tweet.
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Seems like an excellent reason to pick a President! The media was mean to him - I WANT THAT GUY!!
 
"Do Leftists Get Tired Of Being Strung Along By Their Media"

Hmm. Lets see now. Mueller's testifying is the how-manyth time the media has pumped up the idea that 'This'll get Trump this time!' ??

Seems that was a long running front headline, top billing story from the media for some 2+ years, and yet, here we are, and still are, at 'No Collusion. No Obstruction' for like the 4th time now.

Some are claiming that it's the right that gets 'strung along by their media'. Pretty bold statement to make after what we've all seen the last 2+ years.
 
Superfly said:
*Your.

:roll:

Maybe your friend at CNN should teach you the difference between your and you're.
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OMG, a typo! I'm shamed. You've proven that I have no argument now. What am I to do?
 
Superfly said:
Do you understand what spin even is? You keep using this word. I don't think you know what it means.

And I'm still waiting for you to show me where I said that the Dems weren't a mess.
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Is this all you do? Deflect?
 
Superfly said:
Veddy, veddy interesting.

Wonder why Saudi Arabia wasn't on that list, considering 15/19 of the 9/11 bombers were Saudi.

Things that make you go hmmm....
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Well, that would be a decent question to ask. I would say though, that I have proven you wrong that all Muslim countries were banned, wouldn't you agree?
 
JasperL said:
No offense, but if you're an actual right-libertarian, of course the "media" is left wing, because you sit on the far right fringe. The clue is that the news orgs are for-profit, and they're not in business to appeal to the fringe, but to the most viewers possible. It's more likely that the "media" as a whole reflect the audience and their broad political preferences than the alternative.

What's kind of funny is the NYT for example is labeled far left wing by right wing kooks. But the left wing of the Democratic party thinks the NYT is anything but "liberal" - more corporate or neoliberal shills than left wing.
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Is that why Fox gets more viewers a lot of the times than CNN and MSNBC combined?

Well yes, the NYT is Liberal, but the Dem party has shifted so far Left that I could see why they would think this. That doesn't make it NOT on the Left though.
 
AProudLefty said:
Project Veritas. :lamo :lamo :lamo That's the best you can do?
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Apparently to you, undercover video showing exactly what these people think is laughable to you? They tell it like it is because they believe they aren't being watched, yet that's not good enough for you? Odd, because to me information from the horses mouth has always been what I felt was the best source. So what would be credible in your opinion?
 
JasperL said:
Projection is a helluva drug.

Have you ever discussed taxes on here? Did you know a bunch of our conservative friends actually believe the recent tax cuts raised revenue? That's a belief in Santa Clause, but for fiscal policy. Weird, right, when it's the liberals who can't tell they're being lied to?
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Well, in reality, you're both right. The first several years it was known there would be a deficit. The projections showed that with economic growth it would balance out again, especially if we were able to achieve some of his other goals like cutting Obama Care and many other wasteful programs. Another reason the deficit has grown has been because of 9/11 and the cost of the war. Things aren't always black and white. If he was able to do all that he wanted to do, we would be much closer to not having a raised deficit, but that's another big reason why Dems on the hill are blocking him.

That's the major problem with our current political system. Both sides are more interested in blocking the other instead of actually doing what's right for our country.
 
JasperL said:
So he's too incompetent to get his own party on board. Helluva defense that one.
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:doh Really? Remember when he talked about "draining the swamp"? There were many on the Right that were a part of that.
 
JasperL said:
The hat turned backwards gives that person a lot of cred I think.
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You're right. Someone wearing a backwards had obviously thinks backwards and doesn't have the capability of rational thought. The arguments you guys make to not learn something is astounding.
 
Debatable said:
Well, in reality, you're both right. The first several years it was known there would be a deficit. The projections showed that with economic growth it would balance out again
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Nope. That's wrong. Read the CBO reports and get back to me, while you talk about dumb liberals....

especially if we were able to achieve some of his other goals like cutting Obama Care and many other wasteful programs. Another reason the deficit has grown has been because of 9/11 and the cost of the war. Things aren't always black and white. If he was able to do all that he wanted to do, we would be much closer to not having a raised deficit, but that's another big reason why Dems on the hill are blocking him.

That's the major problem with our current political system. Both sides are more interested in blocking the other instead of actually doing what's right for our country.
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LOL, good one.
 
Debatable said:
:doh Really? Remember when he talked about "draining the swamp"? There were many on the Right that were a part of that.
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He's got 90% GOP approval. Why can't he get the GOP on board? Fail.
 
Debatable said:
You're right. Someone wearing a backwards had obviously thinks backwards and doesn't have the capability of rational thought. The arguments you guys make to not learn something is astounding.
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I watched 4 minutes of it and it was lame. At best it was anecdotes over a period of years. STOP THE PRESSES. SOMETIMES THE MEDIA IS WRONG!!! LIBERAL BIAS!!!
 
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Jay59 said:
Lets put it to a vote, say 3 November 2020.



Pretty much all of cable news, WaPo, NYT, LAT, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc. is anti-Trump. Even Fox is more negative than not. What is usually called the main stream is openly hostile.
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Might it be because there are legitimate reasons to be anti-trump?
 
bongsaway said:
Might it be because there are legitimate reasons to be anti-trump?
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Not on this scale, no. They have attempted, are still attempting, to overturn the election. More than that, it started before he even took office. Why not? It worked in 1972-74.

The irony is that there was a real second Watergate. It is the story of the decade and they would not report on it because the wrong party was doing it.
 
JasperL said:
"especially if we were able to achieve some of his other goals like cutting Obama Care and many other wasteful programs. Another reason the deficit has grown has been because of 9/11 and the cost of the war. Things aren't always black and white. If he was able to do all that he wanted to do, we would be much closer to not having a raised deficit, but that's another big reason why Dems on the hill are blocking him.

That's the major problem with our current political system. Both sides are more interested in blocking the other instead of actually doing what's right for our country. "


LOL, good one.
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Yes, it is a good one.
 
JasperL said:
I watched 4 minutes of it and it was lame. At best it was anecdotes over a period of years. STOP THE PRESSES. SOMETIMES THE MEDIA IS WRONG!!! LIBERAL BIAS!!!
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Did you see the multiple ones where the media put a story out, Trump retweets it and they then say he lied?
 
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