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Uncle Joe

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1. I think that has been a problem for near half a century
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:31 AM
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Last edited Tue May 27, 2025, 12:02 PM - Edit history (1)

They just had a much greater margin of noticeable error between actual journalism and propaganda before the Internet grew strong enough to form a counter balance to their corporate spew.

Personally I started picking up on it during the 2000 election, they became as parrots repeating each other's bs without any context.

From morning shows to late night comedy and most all news in between they worked to morph consideration for the most powerful job in the land as if it should be someone that you would be comfortable partying with.

"Who would you rather have a beer with" and "Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet" etc. etc. etc.

I believe they did this primarily because Al Gore actually was the chief legislative champion for opening the Internet to the people, and the corporate media recognized a growing competitive threat to their corporate centric domination of information and preferred a more malleable party boy as President.

Thanks for the thread tulipsandroses



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I think that has been a problem for near half a century Uncle Joe Tuesday #1
All I needed to know Morning Joe is officially a RWNJ outlet was in the 15 seconds I saw today... Moostache Tuesday #2
MEka lost all credibility with me years ago SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #3
I agree that her reservoir of good will was dry as the Sahara long ago... Moostache Tuesday #4
She obilterated any work she has done for years tyring to promote women's rights milestogo Wednesday #28
I'm not defending Tapper or Scarborough, but Steve Schmidt has shown abysmal judgment when it comes to character. AStern Tuesday #5
He also gave us Alito Sympthsical Tuesday #7
I've noticed a big drop off in the amount of Morning Joe fanboying on DU the last few months. nt ImNotGod Tuesday #6
Has Steve watched Fox lately? mzmolly Tuesday #8
He criticized FAUX in the video SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #12
Good to know. The title of the video mzmolly Tuesday #14
I try to actually watch or read something posted SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #15
Oh. I'm criticizing the title, mzmolly Tuesday #16
Yet didn't bother to watch the video SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #17
... because of the title. mzmolly Tuesday #18
And still unfairly criticized Schmidt SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #19
lol mzmolly Tuesday #20
Irrelevant SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #21
Again, I criticized the title of the video, mzmolly Tuesday #22
No you criticized Schmidt SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #23
Schmidt's mzmolly Tuesday #24
No SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #25
. mzmolly Tuesday #26
😂😂😂 SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #27
I won't change the title. You don't have to watch the video, but I think you are missing the context tulipsandroses Wednesday #29
Well said SocialDemocrat61 Wednesday #32
He talks about Fox in the opening. Calls it a cancer on society tulipsandroses Tuesday #13
I've been watching BBC in the mornings and find it very informative. I like the change. SheilaAnn Tuesday #9
Tapper is spending all of his time pimping this book instead of covering trump LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #10
*looks back 20+ years ago* Remember when Bush was pushing to invade Iraq? sakabatou Tuesday #11
He's not wrong. Patton French Wednesday #30
And still, Democrats watch them. Both should have been cancelled by us long ago. Scrivener7 Wednesday #31
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