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Old 12-11-2016, 05:17 PM
 
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With all the sensationalism and editorializing, our news is starting to mirror the type of media you'd find in third world countries.
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Old 12-11-2016, 05:19 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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Since November? November 1992 maybe.
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Old 12-11-2016, 05:19 PM
 
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Most news has been fully converted to editorializing.
Mine's only 50% editorialized. The other 50% is celebrity news.
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Old 12-11-2016, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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For example, when Carrier announced it was keeping some jobs in America it seemed like the main news media turned into a news story about corperate welfare and bribes to big companies in return for a few jobs.
Carrier got $7 Million in tax rebates and other incentives to keep 730 jobs.

That is Corporate Welfare via bribery, not editorializing.

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Same thing about the Japanese billionaire talking about 50,000 jobs whether they will happen remains a mystery, but the news media turned into a story about how it was basically nothing more then a way for the Japanese billionaire to have his way with telecom mergers.
The Japanese businessman has an ulterior motive, which requires gaining FTC approval for a telecom merger.

Why would you not want to know that?

Monopolies are bad, in case you didn't get the memo.
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