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Old 08-30-2012, 11:45 AM   #82
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I'm flabbergasted. Do you truly not see the difference between

(1) a newspaper independently deciding it supports X for certain reasons, and therefore publishing an editorial urging others to also support X, and

(2) a newspaper taking money from the Committee for X in exchange for publishing an editorial urging others to support X?

Really? It's all the same thing to you? So bribery, payola, etc.--no problem? Really?
I believe the newspapers these days are corrupt enough to not just SUPPORT, but post untrue propaganda to further an agenda. Let's take NBCs decision to leave out certain parts of a 911 call when reporting on that shooting case in Florida. Completely chose to leave out the fact that the guy was ASKED if the perpetrator was black. -- but happily played only the answer to make it appear as if the guy was targeting blacks.

Or how about the more recent MSNBC choosing not to air a single Black or Hispanic speaker at the GOP convention? Not a single one? Hmm. Wonder if they had an agenda there? Wonder if I should believe their "editorials" on any subject.

Rush Limbaugh? Excuse me, is there anyone left on the planet that doesn't see it as total propaganda? He is selling himself. He attempts to incite and entertain at the same time. Ted Rall? Editorials are the same thing on a different level.

I lump much of media into: Advertising. Editorials are just a slightly different form of it.

What I'm saying is I have a problem with all of it, not just the most obvious forms of bribery or payola. Misconstruing facts or leaving them out to push an agenda, whether paid for it or not (as a legal ad) doesn't sit right with me no matter who does it--authors, politicians, media, bribery, payola, etc.

I'm a suspicious sort to begin with and these days agendas aren't even disguised well.

Also note that the FCC considers reviews similar to ads--which is why review sites and bloggers are now supposed to put a disclaimer/note telling readers whether or not they received the book for free or in exchange for a review.
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