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Originally Posted by kriswest
Its not the politicians and what they say. Its the media doing a real good job at taking things out of context and twisting it to their ends. Out of a 7 minute speech, the media has taken 1 second , 2 words and created a firestorm through their expert ability to manipulate the public. they have taken one thing from a group of things and twisted it. Gunsights out of everything else was chosen and twisted. It was not even real gunsights. Heck, I have rifles with scopes and it sure does not look like that, they actually look more like map sights but, that does not provoke emotions now does it?. Ratings, money, power, control. They used to just report events now they tell us what to think and by golly most people do just that. They think what the media wants them to think.
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
1 maybe 2 seconds? And out of context? Ummm-
Beck must talk really fast and your definition of context is way different then mine.
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Well, Beck isn't a politician, which is what
kriswest was referring to. But your point is well taken,
Tully, as Beck is a part of the media system that focuses on the political environment.
However, I don't buy the argument that the media merely manipulates the message about what the Republicans are doing. First, it would have to be an elaborate orchestration of media output—a conspiracy—for this to be maintained, and the media system, as high-tech and sophisticated as it is, doesn't have the capacity to do this, and especially not over a span of years—and
certainly not across political stances. You can find overwhelming evidence from both left-leaning and right-leaning media outlets—both domestic and foreign—regarding the reporting and analysis of the Republican penchant for demonizing liberalism.
This isn't just commentators or pundits. Politicians do it too. This is about making liberalism and the Democratic party un-American, unpatriotic, and unconstitutional—a threat to America.