Fuck the incompetent Corporate Media!

[FrenchieCat]

They don't know SHIT!

They barely are able to explain anything.
They don't know shit about the economy.
They don't know shit about Health Care.
They don't know shit about Education.
They don't know shit about creating jobs.
They don't know shit about what the public really wants to know,
and they don't know shit about what America needs.

The misinform us at every turn, use omission as a matter of fact,
and are too stupid to even see that we see what they do.

The only thing they know is how to gossip,
how to discuss the trivial that no one gives a shit about,
and how to opine without the use of facts.

They attempt to tear good people down,
and work hard at elevating assholes.

They have helped start wars,
encouraged the downfall of our economic system,
and don't give a shit about the American people.

They are traitors to this nation,
and don't serve the purpose that was intended
when the Founding Fathers wrote up the 1st amendment!


Sorry....I had to say that.

[bdamomma]

1. you said it best.

they should be kicked to the curb, they are nothing but corporate whores, but we already know that.

it seems like they (repigs) are so worried about Wall street and don't give a shit about the American people.

[Usrename]

44. Kicked to the curb... exactly.

Some of the propagandists for the Nazis were actually tried at Nuremberg, with varying results.

A http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/meetthedefendants.html#Streicher">newspaper publisher/editor, Julius Streicher, was hanged, and a http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/meetthedefendants.html#Fritzsche">radio announcer, Hans Fritzsche, was aquitted.

[SpiralHawk]

2. They are pathetic

But I tend to think it's because they are overpaid corporate knee-benders with a distorted Republicon view of the world, rather than simple stupidity

Their fat salaries depend upon them SEEING the corporate-republicon light

[FrenchieCat]

4. They are stupid AND their fat salaries depend upon them toting the corporate line.....

I watched Chuck "T" from MSNBC Fame give a lecture yesterday (on C-Span3) in where he was "analyzing" the current administration.
He admitted that he doesn't understand how AIG works, and what it truly does.
Yet, he is a WH correspondent for MSNBC.
How can he ask questions on what he doesn't understand?
You see, most of these reporters don't know much about any subject matter,
and are simply generalists in the widest of terms.
This means the only thing most know is playing politics and
how to spew the talking points they are given each morning.

[ErinBerin84]

6. Chuck Todd you mean, or is there another Chuck?

If it's Chuck Todd, I HAVE noticed that he seems especially confused when talking about the economy. He is in way over his head.

[FrenchieCat]

10. Yeah....Chuck Todd.

He is confused. He's only good at dealing with electoral reporting during election campaigns.

His little lecture was quite amazing.

He showed himself for knowing little more than how to second guess political gamesmanship....
which is sad that this would be the major portion of his knowledge.
But this is how it is throughout the media.

[bdamomma]

3. is there anyway we can tell them we do not appreciate how they report

to us.

[FrenchieCat]

7. We can write and call in our protest....

and that can do a tiny bit of good for like a minute....
But at some point, we are going to have to mount a campaign to the FCC.
We may want to wait a bit longer though, and make sure that Pres. Obama's people are in there.

But yes, I think a flurry of letters via a campaign to the FCC could
get them to start asking the question that should be asked...
that question of Collusion between the Corporate news channels.
It is impossible that they all come up with the same talking points each and everyday without those talking points, coming from somewhere. It is too convenient.

We should not have to fight the media to get at the truth!

Here's my list of contacts for those who need an outlet for the time being.


Contact your congresscritter using this tool: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt



Contact the media and tell them you aren't taking this anymore!

Phone Numbers:

CNN-

(404) 827 – 1500
Comment line: (404) 827 - 0234
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Call Anderson Cooper at 1-866-NY-AC360

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The Editors
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TOOLS

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[bdamomma]

23. thanks Frenchie Cat for that, now to assemble some sort

of letter without profanity.

[T Wolf]

32. Writing letters, etc. is USELESS. They have no incentive to change their tune. Until

real action is taken against the individual mouthpieces, they will continue to do what they do.

[vaberella]

5. You would be right. Between them and the amount of right wing bloggers...

Our Pres has a tough road ahead. I don't remember any of this hoopla for Bush.

[lyonn]

14. Only the dramatization of going to war with special effects

Bush got backup music to go with his quest to attack a country that did not threaten us.

GE loses big time in the stock market and yet it's very own media isn't able to tell the difference between a good economy, democrats, vs. bad economy, repubs. If it wasn't so sad it would be like a bad "B" movie.

Obama has outsmarted them at about every turn. This could be one hell of a ride. I'm counting on the media ending up biting themselves. It's like a game of Who Do You Believe. So far it looks like Obama is winning the game.

[vaberella]

18. Agreed. Pres. Obama and Admin are definitely kicking some arses.

I think I'm just still a bit wary of the fickleness of the American people and that with enough news coverage they could turn people away from the President. But the market is moving up so well that it might back fire on all of them. If we could get the down up for 5 weeks straight, they'll give creds to the Repubs probably.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Just remembering Shock and Awe, Saving Private Jessica Lynch,

and the Saddam statue hoax.
How they kept "finding" WMD that weren't WMD.....and didn't blink an eye.
How they kept killing the number 2 man, over and over again.
How they were able to ignore millions marching through the streets of the world.

Yes, this is the same media that now want to hold our new President's feet to the fire.

It is despicable.

The saddest part thus far is that they were allowed to get away with it....so far.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. the best in the business:

Nation
Mother Jones
Christian Science Monitor

(insert cliff here)

hmmm

hmmm

hmmm

hmmm

Some others here, that do OK on rare occasions.

[ErinBerin84]

9. fucking Politico hacks

have a new "editorial " up in which they try to gain air time by claiming a "left wing conspiracy". They actually use that term without quotes or irony. Here is a snippet.

"The vast new left-wing conspiracy sets its tone every morning at 8:45 a.m., when officials from more than 20 labor, environmental and other Democratic-leaning groups dial into a private conference call hosted by two left-leaning Washington organizations."

[Jennicut]

12. Allrighty then. They are wacked and obviously part of their own right wing

conspiracy.

[Supersedeas]

45. working for people - bad; working for inanimate objects - corporation, coin, money - good to

rightwing fascist Politico types

[Cha]

11. So many complaints from people

trying to check out the news on tv..I hope there's a tidal wave some day soon that takes the corporatemediawhoredom away and they can only survive by doing a 180.

[Cleita]

13. I turned them off five years ago, with the exception of KO and Rachel.

There's actually news out there you can listen or watch on podcasts from BBC and CBC.

[FrenchieCat]

15. My bigger point is that most people watch the news

believing that they are watching the news,
when in reality they are watching made-up fiction.

[Cleita]

20. Sometimes you can't help it when it's on in places you go to outside

of your home like the gym that has Fox News channels on all the time, so this is where my iPod comes in handy. I can workout and listen to my own choices instead.

[bdamomma]

25. or propaganda, and it's getting worse because we have a

Democratic President.

[blaze]

38. This is an enormous issue!!

I'm 55 and I grew up believing and trusting the news. I have a ton of co-workers who still trust the news. It's a given. It's the news. The lines are so horribly blurred between news and opinion... it's criminal. Or it should be.

I've written to my reps about this in the past. Maybe it's time to write again.

[Cali_Democrat]

16. Amen to that

Funny how they all of a sudden want to hold the President's feet to the fire.

Well where the fuck were they when Bush was launching an illegal war that bankrupted our country and kill hundreds of thousands?

I say fuck 'em.

[FrenchieCat]

19. I think we are going to have to force them to "change".....

they are doing our country damage each and every day.

I think an FCC campaign might be a good approach to getting ourselves heard.

Sure, the media believes that they report just "right" because both the Left and the Right
hates them....but we all know that's a bogus argument that they use as an excuse
of making themselves seem "Fair".
That's something that will have to be pointed out to the FCC as non legit.
Too, we have to make sure they know that we know of the incestuous relations
that go on with the media....
how GE owns NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and parts of Newsweek and WAPO, and on and on and on.
How a writer from Newsweek will be interviewed by MSNBC as though that means anything
more than two media from the same news org shaping public opinion based on what they say.

In otherwords, we are going to have to demand for the De-conglomeration of media monopolies.

[lyonn]

29. Before I started hanging out at DU I thought the media

was independent of any corp./business. Well, maybe David Brock, "Blinded by the Right", started opening my eyes to the media. In any case, the media should be a stand alone company, no ties that could influence their reporting. Would a tv station or newspaper survive? They certainly have enough commercials one would think to make money.....

[uponit7771]

17. The average blogger knows more then they do, they're too lazy to google

[Jennicut]

21. Either that or they deliberately do not fully report the news to try and keep us stupid.

[leftstreet]

22. K&R

Although I'd argue they're not the least bit incompetent. They know exactly what they're doing.

[depakid]

24. Back around the turn of the 20th Century, there was a term for what you're describing

Not precisely the same- but pretty darn close:

Yellow Journalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

[FrenchieCat]

26. Aye.....it is a toned down version but more manipulative on the political side,

but yeah...that's all it is.

[depakid]

33. Not so sure about toned down

Just expressed in more complex ways.

Take the monkey cartoon in the NY Post. Straight out of the 19th Century.

Didn't go over very well, did it?

Too blatant? On the other hand- much of what's broadcast and reinforced daily to communities all across America (to the exclusion of most anything else) says the very same thing. Sometimes it's over the top and gains notice; most times it's insidious. Creeping like a fungus.

A drop of a word or phase here and there. A lie (false statement of fact) or two.

hmmn.

[Vinca]

28. This morning there was a segment on MSNBC about

all the campaign promises President Obama (or Obama, as they call him) hasn't met. The man hasn't been in office 2 months for heaven's sake. Someone twittered and ask how they could know if he just hadn't gotten to something yet. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!

[Medusa]

30. This is why I don't trust any of them. Period.

And I hate it when people try to elevate someone from the press to God-like status. They are all part of the system people.Let me repeat: You cannot trust ANY OF THEM. It's all a ratings games to them: think of them as (bad) actors playing a part. If Fox thought they could make more money as a liberal network, they'd be the biggest damn Democratic supporters you've ever seen. Even the good ones are all multi-millionaires. You think they care what's good for the average person out there? Hell fucking no. Don't ever make the mistake of saying "But so and so is different". They aren't. Just wait and see, time always proves this to be true. Remember how much some of you loved David Gregory when he was ripping Little Scottie to pieces every day during the WH press briefings? And now? See what I mean? If you want to start a fan club for a media personality then go ahead but don't think for one minute they truly champion your political causes: they champion one cause and one cause only: their own and that of their corporate masters.

[T Wolf]

31. There is one appropriate penalty for traitors. Until that justice is brought down on the

talking heads that spew the trash, all the complaining will accomplish nothing.

A few, well-chosen examples would hopefully teach them what journalism is supposed to be about.

[City Lights]

34. I don't think they're incompetent.

They are doing exactly what their corporate masters pay them to do. They're not being paid to inform the American people. They're paid to toe whatever the corporate line is on any given day. And for the most part, they toe it well.

They suck.

edited for clarity

[RepublicanElephant]

35. dems need to increase the pressure on the corporate media by

threatening them with the fairness doctrine and breaking-up of their monopolies.

constantly holding media hearings in the house and senate.

let these guys know the people mean business!

[Top Cat]

36. kick

[Grandrose]

37. LOL! Tell us what you Really think! (K&R)

Thank you for expressing my thoughts...since I do not have your gift to write them!
With the genius of FrenchieCat and Jackeens and many others, I think all will be well!

:applause: :loveya:

[omega minimo]

39. AND IT'S ENTIRELY INTENTIONAL, HELLO

[DKRC]

40. Going to DTV is an opportunity for us

to just say No. We've been fed up with the corporate media, but hadn't really done anything about it. Now with the transition being forced on everyone we're opting out. Not buying the converter, not waiting impatiently for Comcast or TimeWarner to hook us up, and once the transition date passes not having propaganda piped into our home 24/7. Of course that means we won't be seeing all the advertisers hawking their latest, new & improved, fastfoodguttersystemerectiledysfunctionallergypickuptruck, but we won't really miss'em.








And FrenchieCat :yourock:

[Louis-Emmanuel]

41. They hate politicans who care about the people (Gore, Obama, etc.)

This is why they are joining forces to bring back their Republican buddies in 2012 by means of lying.

[shellgame26]

42. But Michelle's biceps are showing!!!

Don't we have a right to know that?!? Geesh. I mean what other 'news' could top a story like Michelle's biceps???

[rvablue]

43. This thread is lame given what we have to think about. Turn off your TV and stop giving ratings!!!!

[FrenchieCat]

46. This thread is the truth.......

lame or otherwise.

[GreenTea]

47. Fuck as usual, as most do, you're also letting the media off the hook.

"Incompetent" is someone who who is not competent to do the job or task at hand, bumbling, unskilled, clumsy....That is not the case....the mainstream media is corporate owned, all headed by republican owners & CEO's.

The short comings of not reporting or under reporting stories, or when the media is putting a republican slant on stories, while completely ignoring the truth or the progressive point of view...YOU'RE IMPLYING THAT IT IS NOT DONE INTENTIONALLY OR PURPOSELY! (When indeed it is)!

You make it easy for these republican media assholes by saying they are not qualified, that it's not due to partisanship or right-wing ideology on their part what so ever, no, it's just simply incompetence....

As if the mainstream media is never purposely bias, just "incompetent".