Slate is weird. Some good vision going on, but the editorial stance is radical centrist/DC-bubble/weathervane. It’s been that way from the beginning, hence the drama around Paul Krugman’s move to the NYT. They’ll never give any apology for their preference for Very Serious Reputation over competence and integrity.
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As much as I think Lessig is a dumbshit, his original TED talk about the Lesters is on repeat-play. The mainstream media have chosen Hillary, and so the anointing process is in full swing. They have chopped Bernie’s legs out from under him.
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And yet…
Corporate media doing what they’re paid to do.
They’re trying, but we knew the corporate media would be hostile from the get-go. This has been the status quo from the very beginning. You really shouldn’t underestimate the power of social media and offline organizing that’s going on right now underneath the radar of the corporate news media.
Bernie’s “legs” is the strong grassroots movements that surround and support him. We are continuing to grow in strength. The media isn’t chopping us down whatsoever. As a matter of fact, we’re growing despite the corporate media. Don’t believe the corporate media hype that falsely claims otherwise. They’re just trying to wear you down.
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Would be interesting to see a media consumption breakdown of BS vs HRC supporters. Like who gets news from traditional sources (TV, newspapers, etc), vs online / social media sources.
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I’d strongly suspect that HRC supporters consume a lot of corporate media (whether that be online or offline sources). That’s why old-school word-of-mouth both online and offline is so vital. While it serves some purposes here and there to utilize mainstream media, we’re not going to reach many of the misinformed via a corporate media that specializes in misinforming people. It’s up to individual Americans working in solidarity to inform one another on Bernie Sanders and expose Hillary Clinton for the fraud that she is.
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Why should anybody care? The broadcast media don’t really represent many people’s views, so it seems to me that them propping somebody up isn’t very meaningful.
Um, except that for some reason, vast swathes of folks haven’t realised they’re living in the 21st century. Might have something to do with the shabby availability of broadband in the US…
How about gangs of vigilantes go around destroying TV aerials. That should happen.
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On the plus side
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Speaking of the debate…
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Dod seems to support the link between climate change and security.
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Yes, as does common sense. Of course, those without common sense (or any sense whatsoever) think it would be “funny” if Bernie Sanders was beheaded due to his statements on climate change and terrorism.
Oh, FOX “News”… what would stunted morons of the world do without you?
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I hate how many stupid people there are in this world.
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What the actual fuck. I’ve seen some pretty shit incitements to violence from that “news” source before, but conjuring the brutal murder of a presidential candidate takes the cake.
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He used to write for the Torygraph years back. He was a complete cock back then. I guess nothing’s changed.
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You scooped me on this one. I was reading the Bernie headline and thinking, “Didn’t the DOD say that years ago? Is agreeing with the DOD something only radical socialists do?”
Mark Steyn? Canada’s brightest son? That guy just wrote an editorial for the National Post (a national newspaper founded by Conrad Black for the purpose of fighting the Liberal party of Canada, but that is usually pretty reasonable outside of elections) regarding the Paris attacks and how we are all doomed. He was joking about world leaders meeting to discuss climate change (a “fake problem”) while “the mullahs nuke us.” He’s got a book about muslims taking over the world and everything. He must be a real darling of FOX, he can talk about what a bunch of sissies we are up here in Canada for them.
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