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Check12 Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:48 AM
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Vanity Fair drops a bomb in the forest and no one hears it!
Edited on Thu Aug-11-05 12:50 AM by Check12
The revelations in the vanity fair article are serious. The speaker of the house was possibly involved in bribery and the corporate media is silent. They were silent on the DSM and it fucking worked! nobody thinks it is important because NBC says it isn't. This is really bad! our press is now like the old Soviet Tass news service.

The Sibel Edmonds story is also very disturbing. Ashcroft gags her and members of congress using the sate secrets act and this is not important news? the missing white girl in Aruba trumps Sibel Edmonds?

I am so sad for this busted up mess of a country we now live in.
When and if the pendulum swings our way I say show them no mercy for their crimes against the people of this nation. No pardons, no immunity, frog march the bastards every last one of them starting with the CEOs of the broadcast companies for their criminal negligence.

Link to sibel edmonds DU post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1674619
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:54 AM
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1. It is not available here yet.
Check each day, but it is still the August edition. We ask when Sept will be out, and they have no answers.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:56 AM
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2. We sold out of it today
But I think most people are buying it for the stupid-ass Jennifer Aniston interview.

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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:05 AM
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5. Doesn't matter why they buy it.
Only matters that they keep reading.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:45 PM
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35. Getting to the point - it's getting difficult keeping up with Bush bad
reports, we have to repost to keep important stories such as Sibel Edmunds, especially the DSM and don't forget about Denny Hastert's no-no

Hoping Fitzgerald indicts and tells us exactly what went down,why and who??!!
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:05 AM
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3. Iran looks like the 2006 distraction. Can't cover the dems got to cover
the pseudo threat Cheney trumps up on Iran.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:05 AM
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4. Real media is available to those who are willing to find it on the net,
or pay for satellite TV.
My brother and I watched the Sibel Edmonds story on Democracy Now this afternoon, and he was astounded that he had never heard about her.
We agreed, is that really a surprise? We watched a doc about Noam Chomsky right after that. He now wants to read Chomsky.
I'm weaning him away from CNN. He's already on our side, just very argumentative.
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In Truth We Trust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:09 AM
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6. kick for truth-Nail `em-Indictments and Impeachment NOW!!!!!!
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 02:46 AM
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7. IT'S V. IMPT. TO RECOGNIZE
the 2 most impt. things that are broken right now and that we MUST fix are the media and elections.

Re- the media, I hope you're all aware of: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x21930 : Democrats Move to Re-Regulate Media

I don't know current status, sorry.

Unless we fix those 2 things, and only slightly less urgently, public education, I personally don't think much else we attempt will be of any lasting use.
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Check12 Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 03:02 AM
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8. Yes! that about says it all
Without the assurance of a fair election and a new fairness doctrine, it will be extremely hard to break the neocon strangle-hold.

You are absolutely right.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 03:05 AM
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9. Thanks -- nt
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 03:29 AM
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10. News is crowded about by fake news, gossip and missing blonds.
:kick:
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WhoWantsToBeOccupied Donating Member (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 08:05 AM
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14. "Fake news" is great. Ignorance is truth!
It's the fake news masquerading as plain old "news" that's killing this country.

Ignorance is truth.

War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:38 PM
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36. gotta keep the Sibel Edmunds story going along with the DSM
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:26 AM
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15. constant coverage of missing blondes is sooooo important
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 03:33 AM
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11. It's almost as if
It's almost as if the media waits to see what the WH response is going to be.

It's almost as if the more outrageous the crime, the least eager the media is to report it.

It's almost as if we have a free press.

It'a almost as if we have a democracy.

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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 07:13 AM
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13. It's almost as if the media waits to see what the WH response
It's almost as if the media waits to see what the WH response is going to be.


...and then does exactly as its told.



Where is the 'opposition' who is armed with the truth?

They're fucking complicit.
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paulthompson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 05:54 AM
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12. I have a copy of the text of the article...
and will send it to anyone who wants to post it online. Please help spread it around!
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:57 AM
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16. Listen to Sibel Edmonds & Vanity Fair Author on Democracy Now
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CWebster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:59 AM
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17. If the pendulum swings our way
The pendulum doesn't swing in our direction anymore.
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:38 AM
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18. .
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leftylady Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:56 AM
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19. When Did Vanity Fair get to be so Political?
They have been doing a great job lately.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:05 PM
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20. I wonder if NBC being owned
Edited on Thu Aug-11-05 12:09 PM by Uncle Joe
by General Electric, one of those "military industrial complex" industries that former President Dwight Eisenhowser warned us about, has anything to do with their piss poor coverage? Nah, nothing to see here folks, just move along.:sarcasm:
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:44 PM
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21. "The revelations in the vanity fair article are serious"
Do you have a link?
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 01:52 PM
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22. Do we really want to take Hastert down right now?
And give the BugBoy his job?
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:15 PM
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23. The corporate media has chosen $$$ over honesty and doing what's right
just like the Republicans. I pity anyone who gets their news solely from the corporate media. :(
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:20 PM
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24. corp media sold out ...hence we have Iraq and worse...media will get
theirs
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:34 PM
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25. Man I hope so
All this Republican ass kissing by the corporate media whores is getting mighty old. Notice how MSNBC is looking more and more like FauxNews everyday? We as a country need to stand up for what is right - right now - or we'll have ourselves to blame as well. Peace.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:04 AM
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26. willing accomplices??
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:10 AM
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27. Could not have said it better myself. nt
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 04:10 PM
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28. .
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 08:14 PM
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29. .
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 08:37 PM
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30. You should read the one about Karl Rove in that edition.
All roads lead to Rove. Two great articles right in a row.
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 07:21 AM
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31. .
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 10:12 AM
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32. .
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 11:35 AM
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33. .
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:16 PM
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34. I read this issue Saturday in B&N - Helluva an issue
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 12:18 PM by RamboLiberal
The issue is full of great stories. Don't forget the one on how military recruiters are cheating badly because they are so desparate for warm bodies.

Maybe VF is making up for running the Klein book crap smearing Hillary. I noted they had a ton of letters on that issue - none supporting them running the book excerpts.

Since today is payday I'm going to have to go out and buy a copy. At $4.95 it's damn well worth it. I think I'll copy the articles and leave it sit in the lunch room - maybe some of the Repukes I work with will read some of it.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:42 PM
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37. How true!
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sepia_steel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:46 PM
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38. Kick for awareness n/t
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 03:43 PM
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39. I am actually surprised that Sibel is still alive, and Joe Wilson for that
matter.

The cabal will stop at nothing to retain power, and yes, the corporate media shares much of the blame for not getting real news out.
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