prole Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I thought this post was about the Michael Jackson Tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 abc, cbs, nbc, fox, cnn - all 5 of these news providers are owned by the same company? those are 5 pretty big news providers on the television and 5 ain't a bad # for competition. Â all these conglomerates represent the interests of mega-corporations. Fact which was well illustrated in their drumming the beat of war on Iraq when it was obvious the intel was fixed and despite a very large portion of the public being against it (at least, until they were told being so was unamerican - "you are with us or against us"), or their over the top coverage of tea-baggers when millions in the street against invading Iraq were barely mentioned, etc .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 abc, cbs, nbc, fox, cnn - all 5 of these news providers are owned by the same company? those are 5 pretty big news providers on the television and 5 ain't a bad # for competition.  and ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN all have a strong left-wing bias  j_b, as usual, is full of shit  you also claim that Obama is a socialist, which ought to put your comment in perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Faith+1 ROCKS!!!  "I need you in my life, Jesus.  I can't live without you, Jesus  And I just want to feel you deep inside me, Jesus."   "Don't ever leave me, Jesus. I couldn't stand to see you go.  My heart would simply snap, my Lord, if you walked on out that door.  I promise I'll be good to you, and keep you warm at night.  Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, why don't we just... shut off the lights."   " I love you, Jesus. I want you to walk with me  I'll take good care of you baby. Call you my baby, baby!  You died for my sins, and you know that I would die for you, right?  What's the matter, baby? You tremble at Jesus, baby!  Your love... is my life! You know when I’m without you, there's a black hole in my life! Oo-ohhh!  I wanna believe. It's all right, 'cause I get lonely in the night and it's up to you to  Save me! Jee...sus...bay-by!"  "The Body of Christ! O, Lord Almighty, I wish I could call it my own!"  "You're one time, two times, three times my Savior..."  "Whenever I see Jesus up on that Cross I can't help but think that he looks kinda hot..."   Moop...not so good...   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 abc, cbs, nbc, fox, cnn - all 5 of these news providers are owned by the same company? those are 5 pretty big news providers on the television and 5 ain't a bad # for competition.  and ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN all have a strong left-wing bias  j_b, as usual, is full of shit  you also claim that Obama is a socialist, which ought to put your comment in perspective.  THIS will also help put his comments in perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 all these conglomerates represent the interests of mega-corporations. .. sure, okay, of course - they're big businesses themselves so of course they're gonna be pro business, but that's been the case for more than a century, and again, the birth of the internet has substantially improved reporting by the little-man - the bottom line is that it's not the governments place to go and destroy mega-news providers - there is competition both amongst themselves and w/ the blogosphere, and theoritically they all improve one another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Don't put your thumb into a Munter Hitch while rappelling with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 (edited) all these conglomerates represent the interests of mega-corporations. .. sure, okay, of course - they're big businesses themselves so of course they're gonna be pro business, but that's been the case for more than a century, and again, the birth of the internet has substantially improved reporting by the little-man - the bottom line is that it's not the governments place to go and destroy mega-news providers - there is competition both amongst themselves and w/ the blogosphere, and theoritically they all improve one another  it is the role of government to ensure the proper use of the public commons (airwaves). Proper use that includes the independence of the 4th estate for a functioning democracy, which requires an informed public. Self-censorship to retain advertisers and access to politicians is the rule rather than the exception. Coverage of all issues show that left wing perspectives aren't available through the corporate media (from the Iraq war, to single payer healthcare, to israel-palestine, and on ...). The blogosphere has a positive role to play but it doesn't have access to most of the public on a regular basis.  Example: coverage of ACORN by the corporate media. Most of the info told in this segment has been available on the web for years, but only surfaces in one corporate news program once the damage to ACORN has been done:  [video:youtube]zDxm--DyavI Edited September 28, 2009 by j_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Â it is the role of government to ensure the proper use of the public commons (airwaves). Â Hitler and Stalin thought so too. Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yeah, Hitler, Stalin, and the FCC. Â Jeez, where have you been? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 That pic would be better with the nipple thingy showing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yeah, Hitler, Stalin, and the FCC. Â Jeez, where have you been? Â Â J_B's vision of the world is more KGB than FCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prole Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Â Ironically enough, if Adolph Hitler was in control of the nations airwaves, it probably wouldn't look much different than it does now. Â [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8k08ex2A4I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 So did Bush/Cheney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 That pic would be better with the nipple thingy showing  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 That pic would be better with the nipple thingy showing   I've heard about the threat of hair growing on your palms and shit, but, damn, Bill, you gotta tone that down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Â it is the role of government to ensure the proper use of the public commons (airwaves). Â Hitler and Stalin thought so too. Â Â Â quasi-monosyllabic ... you have to admire the economy of the argument. Â "have you no decency, sir?" Â [video:youtube]MTFUSeLj0u8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prole Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 OMG!!! Min 1:09-1:13. The slight confused head-tilt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand (NYT Aril 2008) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 abc, cbs, nbc, fox, cnn - all 5 of these news providers are owned by the same company? those are 5 pretty big news providers on the television and 5 ain't a bad # for competition.  and ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN all have a strong left-wing bias  j_b, as usual, is full of shit  ...and FOX is so biased to the "right" that their views would negate those of the other FOUR "left-wing" networks.  Having said that, if you get your "news" from any major American network, you're a sheep. Pull your head out of your ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I get most of my news and analysis on important current events right here:  www.tmz.com   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 bitching about the purveyors of news is hardly new:  "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."  -Thomas Jefferson  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Â thanks for the link pete. check out this pic of Jon G! What a bastard! What about the Octokids??? And poor whats her name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 For realz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prole Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Jon Gosselin is white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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