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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 01:20 PM
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"Legacies, celebrities, and media skanks" by Walter Brasch (11-12-09 Online Journal)
Edited on Thu Nov-12-09 01:29 PM by bobthedrummer
"NBC news correspondent Jenna Bush Hager had a news exclusive. And, like news exclusives in the Era of Infotainment TV, this one was broadcast by the entertainment division. Specifically, Jenna Bush interviewed her mother, Laura Bush, on the 38th episode of 'The Jay Leno Show'".

on edit-I forgot the link in the OP, wow...
http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5256.shtml

Daddy is a six figure "public speaker", and GE is still the biggest defense contractor of all...

:argh:
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Yehonala Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 01:30 PM
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1. Unfortunately......
Edited on Thu Nov-12-09 01:31 PM by Yehonala
The person who is doing the story is supposed to be as famous as the person they are interviewing, which turns the story into a circus. And puts pressure on the person who is the subject into being entertaining as well, not dignified.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 01:34 PM
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2. I can't locate the specific time when the "Fourth Estate" turned into MSM psy-ops, but it did...
Edited on Thu Nov-12-09 01:36 PM by bobthedrummer
Welcome to DU Yehonala
:hi:
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Sinti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 02:02 PM
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3. You can't have the nation not enjoying your product, you know
They realized that and created Operation Mockingbird. It could have been going on before that, but there really wasn't that much TV, anyway.

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

Of course now the media is owned outright by the war-profiteers. Heck of setup they've got.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 02:16 PM
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4. Yep.
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