blah he cant even remember the media blackout over Ron Paul during debates ...

in a world where comcast and NBC are one company are there really people shocked at the attempt to monopolize and continue a dying business model...

ill answer: no

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I know I'm voting for the GAZPACHO bill>> ^Edgeman2112:

But I love spanish soup..

>> ^radx:

nsfw
What about option #3: propose something controversial like SOPA so you can get a good deal on "SOPA Light".


Scary thought, and your particular brand of cynicism seems rather tragically well-founded...

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The Battires unexplainably went dead when he asks Ron Paul? Really? I'm calling Alex Jones. The media blackout has reached new levels and its using our children to spoon feed us all these Supermen.

>> ^CaptainObvious:

This is very worrisome to me.
Why the media blackout?
Can someone PLEASE explain it to me? What is going on? This is obviously news and people do actually have an appetite for this. This is news that would sell.
I am starting to feel like one of those conspiracy people.


The media blackout is an attempt by some to stop the movement from growing. That's about it.

This is very worrisome to me.

Why the media blackout?

Can someone PLEASE explain it to me? What is going on? This is obviously news and people do actually have an appetite for this. This is news that would sell.

I am starting to feel like one of those conspiracy people.

@Marinera, apparently not: http://videosift.com/video/Occupy-Oakland-Shuts-Down-Port-of-Oakland
Though there is still no accurate indication of numbers. >> ^marinara:

it's a big protest, but not big enough to break through the news blackout


@csnel3, I just found out that they're marching to block the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth busiest container pier. I'll update the description.>> ^csnel3:

Thats a lot of people. Why are they marching in a shithole? They must have been not allowed in the financial district.

it's a big protest, but not big enough to break through the news blackout

>> ^Sarzy:

I'm not sure I get the point of this comparison... That each network is slanted in a certain direction, and tends to report news that fits this slant?


Not so much that. They're both ostensibly left-leaning. It's more about the subtle ways even a left-leaning channel like MSNBC can still wind up with some very pro-corporate editorial decisions.

I think having Countdown be wall-to-wall Occupy Wall Street night after night might be overdoing it, but I was rather ticked that on a night when there were some real developments happening there, MSNBC decided to drop everything and spend 3+ hours on talking about Steve Jobs.

Even over the next few days, the MSNBC lineup has almost been dragged into talking about OWS by other media, rather than making it their lead story night after night, and dragging other media into talking about it.

Most nights the lead stories on MSNBC and Countdown are pretty similar. With Occupy Wall Street, they haven't been.

The 3+ hours of uninterrupted talk about Steve Jobs just ticked me off. Seemed like an attempt to blackout coverage of OWS on a night when there was another wave of mass arrests happening.

This is obviously a dupe.

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