Thread: A serious conflict of interest.

Originally Posted by commiecat

Johnny, NBC was actually just sold by GE to Comcast, which is even more scary and a completely different thread altogether.

Thanks for letting me know.

Originally Posted by decraew

But, tell me, why are you not concerned then with the influence of someone like Rupert Murdoch ??

Murdoch does not have a police force. Not even an unarmed one!

I didn’t vote for the present administration and I think most politicians are bad and all are liars. Last fall I heard how we were pulling troops out, now we are sending more in. Was this a lie or lack of knowledge of the situation? I don’t know.
I feel the president is given information each morning in his briefing that we as Americans are not capable of dealing with. I think he then has to make decisions based on this information. After that he has to justify this to the American people without giving any information that could cause panic. I do not envy anyone in this position. I respect him for having to do this.
As for the news media bail out and the auto makers, and health care, ect. This country was built on industry and failure. If you aren’t tough enough to run wit the pack, get out of the way, don’t stand there with you hand out. If it doesn’t kill you it will make you tougher.
When the present news media goes bankrupt, if there is a need, someone will fill the void. Just as when the auto makers have gone down over the years someone was there to fill the void.
I wish just once a political leader would stand up and say “America this is going to hurt. We are in bad shape. Everyone is going to have to nut up and get things back on track. No more free rides.”

Do not know if it's a last step to deep communism and marxism to have a goverment sponsored media in the USA. You guys should read all the media with certain criticism and not just take anything you see and hear as a truth or lie depended of the political color of the news company.

In most European countries there are goverment sponsored news media. They do not usually sing the goverment songs; they are just an alternative (and usually more reliable) than the media already linked to some political party or company.
I haven't seen any red flags here, but i can see the logos of those companies every day, party flags of various colors only before elections.

At the beginning of this thread I posted the following:

"Be careful what you say or someone may accuse you of spreading anti-Obama Rhetoric."

That was pretty much my entire post and yet someone felt that I was stating that if you say something anti-anyone that you may be censored, and then decided to removed my post because they do not understand a sarcastic American statement. I have never implied censorship before, nor did I at that time, and I don't think I'll be making that comment in the future either.

So in honor of free speech everywhere I'm posting my comment again:

Be careful what you say or someone may accuse you of spreading anti-Obama Rhetoric.

Originally Posted by DistortedPenguin

So in honor of free speech everywhere I'm posting my comment again:

Be careful what you say or someone may accuse you of spreading anti-Obama Rhetoric.

Free speech does not apply here and I asked you not to do that.
We try to be as fair as possible when moderating this place, and try not to look at what is said but how it is said.

Also that was not what you said. You said 'Be careful around here or you'll get accused of "Spamming a shave forum with an anti-Obama rhetoric". Because as we know there can be no dissent.


The reason I asked you not do post such things is that this is pretty much an accusation towards us that we will censor anti Obama sentiments, and this is patently not true.

Not only did you ignore my request not to post this, but you also twisted your words to appear the victim here.

Its my opinion that Obama, his administration and the elect are working in the shadows of the men behind the curtain.
Again, my opinion... "Meet the new boss... same as the old boss...", they are figureheads working for the world elite.

Call me crazy, but if you haven't heard of the Bilderberg Group, its worth doing a little research on. Basically the world's elite gets together to set agendas and discuss major events that are going to unfold in the coming year(s).
Naturally, the press doesn't cover any of it.

Remember when Obama and Hillary ditched the press and had that secret meeting prior to the DNC announcing the democratic candidate in 2008?
That was the same week that this was going on... its pretty simple math...

I have much to say about this, but that's as far as I think I'll go with my opinion of the current and past administrations for now, because it could spark a less than gentlemanly debate...

Anyway, I voted for Ron Paul.

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Murdoch does not have a police force. Not even an unarmed one!

People way underestimate the influence the news media has. You don't need a police force any more than you have to go into a bank with a gun to rob people. Many do it with a computer and a calculator.

many people have been utterly destroyed by exposees accussing them of all kinds of outrageous things splashed across the front pages and the writer hides behind freedom of the press and when the lies are revealed to be just that months later the paper prints a retraction on page 68 under the cell phone ad. Many people read their favorite paper and accept what the read as gospel.

As far as this post is concerned I have heard nothing about news media being bailed out.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

People way underestimate the influence the news media has.

And I am not one of them. It is BECAUSE of the influence the media has that it should not be a function of government.

That is why we have the First Amendment to the US Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom from what you might ask -- Freedom from Government control is the answer. And why is this important? Because the government is permitted to back its actions with force, to the point of death.

I just want to say first off that I said no, just to get that out of the way.

That being said, I'm not at all pleased with the apparent lack of change. I realize that there is a lot on the plate and that change takes time, but I also know that were he to focus on any one issue he might have better luck. Things would have to get a lot worse for me to regret voting for him over McCain (whose son I went to high school with), but I do feel very let down.

Drew