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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-11 06:15 AM
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14. FDR had massive control of the media, like Bush did. He didn't have a corporate...
...right wing media to contend with, and generally the American people were more left leaning (it took a World War, and decades of right wing manipulation to bring us into our current predicament).

The media is hostile toward Obama and always will be, because it is a corporate entity that thrives on conflict and trumped up stories (with a miniscule bit of truth to it).
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