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sop

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9. They don't think of us as voters, they see us as gullible rubes to be fleeced for profit.

Reply to Omnipresent (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:11 AM

Nov 18

I forget who described corporate media as "billionaires hiring millionaires to tell the working class their problems are caused by poor people."

Well-paid corporate media talking heads' only job is to deflect blame away from systemic problems and the wealthy elite's role in economic inequality.

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It's almost as if all these Cable News Libs and Resistance Historians [View all] Passages Nov 18 OP

Well, goodbye to you two. I shouldn't be surprised but refuse to watch the upcoming a$$kissing that is coming. n/t SheilaAnn Nov 18 #1

They go where the money is. Srkdqltr Nov 18 #2

Every time. Passages Nov 18 #3

Post removed Post removed Nov 18 #4

The rest of us are just voters. Omnipresent Nov 18 #5

They don't think of us as voters, they see us as gullible rubes to be fleeced for profit. sop Nov 18 #9

Poor people are always the "low hanging fruit". Omnipresent Nov 18 #11

No.... Karadeniz Nov 18 #6

They are now part of the Hitler's propaganda machine. Irish_Dem Nov 18 #7

Hold your judgement kansasobama Nov 18 #8

Fuck that, I can return to not watving them, no problem, Joe's an ass anyway! lark Nov 18 #10

They had a conversation. mzmolly Nov 18 #12

They never had much credibility before, and even less now. Comcast News: Passages Nov 18 #13

They're were and are correct. If flattery could have mzmolly Nov 18 #14

They're unprincipled is what they are, and will remain as such. Passages Nov 18 #15

We'll agree to disagree. mzmolly Nov 18 #16