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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:10 AM
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Sensationalist nonsense sells



Blond headed, big breasted news women coupled with tabloid style stories provide America with their news.
All fluff...24/7.

Corporate media sells distraction, division, blame, and anger.
The dumbed down American public laps it up like hungry animals.

And the rightwing brags about FOX "News" ratings.


:crazy:

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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:12 AM
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1. Fox is Number 1
Granted...They're number 1 in a cesspool of sludge, sewage and excrement

But they're still number 1 -- But they don't get better ratings than the WWE
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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:26 AM
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2. I'm not blaming the "victim", but ...
the viewers end-up being the problem. They watch it, I don't.

Whether it is out of sheer boredom, utter naivete, or identification with the content, people support the Simulation.

It is funny how simple the solution is and yet, how stubborn the problem seems to be. I guess that growing-up worshiping at the glowing, blue altar of cultural dogma assures that many minds will be open to being impregnated with corporate spunk unto the grave. After all, that stranger invited into your house is a babysitter for many children. Many unsuspecting parents don't question that or have any suspicion whatsoever. It's a shoe-in.

You see Television screens popping-up in businesses everywhere, (most often tuned to that Propaganda Vatican, Faux) like some metastasized media revival. People drop into the divine alpha-state mediation as they stare mindlessly, perhaps waiting for the coming of the Great Commercial or the prophetic Show of Shows to appear someday. The faithful are not seen genuflecting outwardly for that is forbidden, but inwardly, they are on their knees.

Teach your children well.
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