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arendt
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:57 PM Original message |
Can voters think for themselves anymore? |
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Selatius
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. They can. They simply need facts. The news media is big on puff pieces, not facts. |
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DFW
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We need more politicians with the guts to cut the MSM off at their knees, and publicly |
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arendt
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. But, it is a fact that celebrity-hood is pushing politics aside. The masses fawn and yawn. n/t |
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LSparkle
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. We've become "Network" |
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tom_paine
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Oh, we were Network 25 years ago. We are something much much worse. |
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Kutjara
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Humans don't think for themselves. |
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arendt
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Well, its not as quantifiable as 5 +/- 2; but I take your meaning. Still... |
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journalist3072
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've been asking myself the same thing, and I raised this very issue here on DU over the weekend |
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NMMNG
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It seems some do |
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journalist3072
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Well that's a very sad commentary about the American people. |
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NMMNG
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's easier and faster to let others do it for you |
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Kurovski
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R. (nt) |
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and-justice-for-all
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. They do whatever the MSM tells them too...nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. The last thing that politicians want is voters who think for themselves. |
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lostnfound
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Wed Dec-12-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. If you want them to think for themselves, we should stop training them to think for someone else. |
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Solly Mack
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Wed Dec-12-07 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. K&R Thank you |
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