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Old 09-30-2014, 01:37 PM
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A niod and a wink don't cut it. Make your point or shut up.
Ah, there you go again in your self - appointed role as forum content cop. Thanks for the laugh.
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Old 09-30-2014, 01:48 PM
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Lordy, now it's a vast left wing media conspiracy?
Not necessarily. I think its more of a "reap what you sew." The current approach of many media outlets is to search out stories that might fit - or forced-fit - into templates. Some templates, I suspect, are known to generate increased viewership because they touch on folks hot-buttons.

However, when one of those topics is race - as it is sometimes portrayed in the media whether legit or not - and it continues to be mined by the media for its ratings value, it has a corrosive effect society, and artificially gins up racial animus and polarization.
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Old 09-30-2014, 05:11 PM
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Not necessarily. I think its more of a "reap what you sew."
Reap what you sew?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCEN-NzoYSY
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Old 10-01-2014, 07:40 AM
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Considering that so much of the media today is concentrated in so few hands, e.g., Rupert Murdoch if there is a vast conspiracy it sure is not on the left.
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Old 10-01-2014, 07:51 AM
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Maybe he thought reap what you sow only referred to pig breeders.
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Old 10-01-2014, 10:31 AM
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Ah, there you go again in your self - appointed role as forum content cop. Thanks for the laugh.
As if each and every poster doesn't have every right to call you on your stupid debate tricks, at will. That's freedom, isn't it?
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