Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

merrily

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56. In our world, the government passes a law expressly allowing the government to propagandize

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 01:13 AM

Oct 2015

its own citizens at their expense. Inasmuch as governments have always done a good bit of that, one shudders to wonder what the lawmakers actually had in mind. In that same vein, "journalism" created for itself a sharp distinction between "journalism" and commentary. And almost everyone today, certainly everyone on TV, seems to be a commentator. And then we have a de facto third group, which just makes up stuff, like Fox News and Brian Williams currently of MSNBC.

And then, we're all supposed to believe that our world is exactly as government and media tell us it is and anyone who suspects otherwise is a paranoid nut case.
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Manny and Steven, sittin' in a tree... [View all] MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 OP

Born what way---permanently warped? Demeter Oct 2015 #1

I don't believe you can separate the third grade and third-way marym625 Oct 2015 #3

k-i-s-s-i-n-g! marym625 Oct 2015 #2

Ixnay MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #4

Okyay. marym625 Oct 2015 #5

But MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #13

For one second I thought I was reading a eastern European dialect Aerows Oct 2015 #14

Top secret code MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #16

+100 marym625 Oct 2015 #38

Shaal gung hootinholler Oct 2015 #42

Aerows my friend navarth Oct 2015 #24

I'm not. Aerows Oct 2015 #49

Ha! But please keep in mind navarth Oct 2015 #53

that was may favorite show ever! marym625 Oct 2015 #54

I knew I liked you for very good reasons! TM99 Oct 2015 #57

Absolutely! marym625 Oct 2015 #59

hmm marym625 Oct 2015 #36

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oWhay isyay usay? marym625 Oct 2015 #48

usay irdThay ayWers! MisterP Oct 2015 #50

uSay oryay youyay? marym625 Oct 2015 #52

another boar-ish conversation on DU :D I needed that. ;) roguevalley Oct 2015 #6

I knew you'd find a home for this when it got expelled from GD-P tularetom Oct 2015 #7

Yes. Third-Way Steve posted a long and entertaining endorsement of Hillary Clinton MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #8

The link doesn't work Doctor_J Oct 2015 #11

Try now. MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #12

Anyone have a list of journalists and their candidate endorsements? cpompilo Oct 2015 #18

Absolutely. A prize-winning investigative reporter of my close acquaintance Divernan Oct 2015 #26

Oh, that's right: Steven's a Fox News contributor, in the honored tradition of Alan Colmes. Not a cpompilo Oct 2015 #33

like Greg Palast said, marym625 Oct 2015 #37

excellent interview with palast questionseverything Oct 2015 #71

Bernie and Palast ROCK marym625 Oct 2015 #73

In our world, the government passes a law expressly allowing the government to propagandize merrily Oct 2015 #56

+100 marym625 Oct 2015 #64

Jury results: Aerows Oct 2015 #9

So many alerts! MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #10

Sometimes Marty McGraw Oct 2015 #20

An"admin's slap?" LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #35

I was just on the jury. Aerows Oct 2015 #41

IMO, that's been the goal for as long as I have been posting on DU, to merrily Oct 2015 #70

Steven was on the jury of one of my latest hides.. frylock Oct 2015 #76

Steve the Lesser LOL navarth Oct 2015 #25

This post has received multiple SOP alerts demwing Oct 2015 #15

You're not suggesting that a swarm of alerters lied? MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #17

Lied? No, I wouldn't say THAT... demwing Oct 2015 #19

Now don't be giving the "alerter squad" so much guff. They have good intentions. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #62

"No disruptive meta." AlbertCat Oct 2015 #22

the disruptive meta rule applies to all of DU Mosby Oct 2015 #23

But what each group considers "disruptive" might be different Scootaloo Oct 2015 #31

And anyone is free to send in a standard alert on the OP demwing Oct 2015 #32

Thank you. Skinner leaves that to the hosts of each group and/or a DU jury. merrily Oct 2015 #55

that's why this group is so great marym625 Oct 2015 #39

I'll tell ya, that second tip is very important... Salviati Oct 2015 #21

AND I Have No Idea What This Is All About! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #34

see reply 8 here marym625 Oct 2015 #40

Your adult behavior is a shining example to us all Manny! hrmjustin Oct 2015 #27

Wanna see some real adult behavior? MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #29

Enjoy reading. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #30

;) sheshe2 Oct 2015 #46

LOL navarth Oct 2015 #28

let's not forget that Steven likes to call Sanders fans "Clinton haters". ironic considering the Doctor_J Oct 2015 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 Oct 2015 #51

I am not sure what is happening. merrily Oct 2015 #58

I THINK he's referring to the post calling him out in the first place marym625 Oct 2015 #60

Yes, I think you're right. I should have looked at context. merrily Oct 2015 #66

well, he is now among the ranks of the great impersonator marym625 Oct 2015 #67

That's what I mean: it would have been so funny. merrily Oct 2015 #68

It was very funny! marym625 Oct 2015 #72

I found it. merrily Oct 2015 #74

LMFAO! marym625 Oct 2015 #75

Verisimilitude marym625 Oct 2015 #61

In response to alerts on this thread, as a host of this Group I do not find this thread rhett o rick Oct 2015 #63

While it's obvious I agree marym625 Oct 2015 #65

Hi back. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #69

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