The Media Still Does Not Get It

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Under current conditions they enjoy unparalleled freedom to do and say whatever they want, whenever and however they want, with no oversight and few repercussions. They have enjoyed this freedom for so long that they can't ever foresee it changing therefore there is no need to change the status quo, in fact there is a strong desire to protect it. It is great to have that freedom but it needs to be protected.
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I take a slightly different view of this. I think the media had much more freedom back when the TV, newspaper, and magazine news outlets were owned by 100's or even 1000's of independent outlets. Now nearly all media outlets, outside of the internet, are owned by 6 large corporations and the journalists are slaves to the agenda of the 6 CEO's that own them. They also do a good job of ignoring or marginalizing any reporting that happens to come from the few remaining independents.
 
The guys with the biggest media holdings don't live in NY. They live in tax sheltered privately guarded communities in Idaho and Wyoming. One of them owns more ground in this state than most of the Tribes.
 
If all this BS being trotted-out by the President was really expected to work, how come Obama is not being absolutely hammered in the press for not doing it immediately after he took office?
If any of the parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook really believed that the actions taken by the President - only recently - would have saved their children, shouldn't they be absolutely hopping mad, rather than posing for smiling photo-ops?
 
There has been commentary for a long time that Obama hasn't carried out campaign promises but we are getting too political.

However, it is common for folks to spew a position at campaign time and not do it. I could cite how the previous president was well known for spouting some position of his group and then doing nothing to realize it.

So what - they are all corrupt and play to the group.

As far as the media - they are ignorant and have agendas. This is true for the left and right media. Fox spouts as much stupidity as does MSNBC.

Leon, the current secretary of defense doesn't understand rifles and armor piercing bullets. Do you expect someone with journalism degree to?

I explained for a half hour today to someone how an EBR and a nice rifle like a Mini-14 are equally deadly and how AR's aren't full auto.

As I demonstrated through research and others have - it is emotion and appearance that makes it quickly through to your decison processes.

Rational decision processing is hard to do. Even when presented with evidence, folks only listen to the evidence that confirms their position.
 
If that made you barf wait till you read this:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/...d-gun-control/
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Fox has sure been hell bent to shake the "conservative news network" image they once had havent they?

On election night my wife and I were flipping back and forth between Fox and someone else.
The other station was reporting people still waiting in line to vote in Florida and when we flipped over to Fox a few seconds later, Fox called Ohio for Obama - and thus the election.
My wife and I just looked at each other, and said, "what the...how can they call Ohio when not all the precincts are in & there's still people in line in a swing state waiting to vote?"

Since then - screw Fox. They're worse that the others since they keep the rumor alive that they are anti -liberal.
 
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