HarryWeezer Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted January 27, 2012 What a load of crap the media is feeding us of late. Some examples: - News Flash: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer felt "threatened" by President Obama in an exchange at the Phoenix airport. Threatened? What, did he tell her he would beat the shit out of her? Why is what she "felt" newsworthy? Enough of this touchy-feely crap disguised as news. - News Flash: Trump "would love to debate Obama." Who gives a rat's ass what this conceited, hedonistic dickwad thinks about anything. Why does media continually seek his opinion? He's a self-indulgent jerk and his viewpoints are of no more value than those of the beggar in the street. We had the same crap with media constantly chasing extortionists and proven liars Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson's opinions on issues affecting African Americans, when neither of them were in any position to represent or speak for the black community. - News Flash: Kim Kardashian steps out in what appears to be faux fur. Remember the bill that would give the president a "button" to shut down the Internet? Well, we need one of those buttons, but it would be to shut down any "news" report about bimbos, bitches and belching bastards who don't matter and have done nothing that would make them matter. It seems that media always has to have some worthless piece of shit to focus on and bore us with until we're sick to our stomachs of it, whereupon they move to yet another worthless piece of shit to bore us with, and so on and so on. - News Flash: Egypt bans Americans from leaving. This is about a half-dozen Americans who are in Egypt "promoting democracy." Those who stick their noses in some other country's business, on their own soil, deserve what they get. You don't want to be arrested in a foreign country which is political turmoil? Then DON'T GO there you dumb shit. Same with the two young "hikers" snatched by Iran on their border that cost us millions in payoffs - any American civilian stupid enough to walk along the Iranian border when we're unofficially at war with that country deserves to rot in their prisons - ask, and ye shall receive. And, same with the the American missionary kidnapped in Somalia. I love it that we killed every one of the kidnappers the other day but I wouldn't have put them at risk for someone who had no fucking business in a country like that, especially when spreading their brand of religion. If God wants Somalians to worship Him, He can turn half of the residents of Mogadishu into salt, or do a Sodom and Gomorrah on them. - News Flash: Iraq suicide blast kills dozens in Baghdad. So what? Who cares? Let's do this, media, let's not bore us with ANYTHING that happens in Iraq. We're out of there and we could give a shit. Let's put an "Iron Curtain" around that country, and drop our inventory of retired arms and ammunition in by air, and let them kill each other over their religious and tribal bullshit. And when the smoke clears and there's a clear winner, give us a shout and we'll drop the curtain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BANNPIRE Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 1176 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 110 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 954 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 216 Achievement Points: 6665 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/23/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/27/1983 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I dont get it either. Those brain doctor say its his appearance and tone that make the sheeple easy to appies. Weezer you wouldnt belive the number who are obamafied and beg for more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted January 27, 2012 Harry, the media's reputation over here is at an all-time(?) low due to the behaviour of some journalists - phone-hacking a murder victim's voicemail is just one example of "investigative journalism" in the UK! "Newspaper" is a word that embellishes the rubbish printed these days. There are still people willing to believe what is printed in them - can you believe that?! They are all owned by vested interests of various political persuasions so one is rarely going to read something not tainted by spin. The publishers complain that their circulations are falling... Oh really?? They don't say... The papers are useful for wrapping up food waste and lining kitty litter trays but little else. I rely on online sources for real news - Reuters and PA are good to see the raw stories before some "journalist" mutates them into fiction. Even so, I tend to verify anything before allowing it to raise my blood pressure too much. I was once telephoned by a major UK tabloid newspaper about a recent case one of my colleagues had dealt with. I refused to discuss it and referred him to our Press Officer at HQ. "If you won't talk to us, we'll make it up", said the hack. And, guess what...they did! Celeb "news"? I'm with you - who gives a sh*t?! If they do something worthwhile for humanity, I want to read about it, not if they break a nail or buy a new hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 548 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4672 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5861 Achievement Points: 41086 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted January 27, 2012 Oh Harry, our media has long since forgotten about facts. It's about opinions, and how YOU should think. I've had the opportunity the last few days to check out daily news. About 2 minutes in the morning is all you need. You got ALL the facts for the day. The rest is a collage of crap continuously repeated ad nauseum all day. BTW, does your pet guillotine have a name? Gigi? Franci? Michelle? Just curious mind you............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ferret Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 859 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 681 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 10 Achievement Points: 4117 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 9, 2014 Birthday: 11/04/1968 Share Posted January 27, 2012 A-freakin'-men. Personally, I think it is the wild growth of the internet & cable. Don't get me wrong, the internet & cable aren't inherently "bad" things. But with the massive proliferation of alternatives, "news" agencies and media have to get more extreme & provocative, to get the attention (aka: ratings) that used to come easy when there were fewer alternatives. To media, ratings = profit or loss, life or death (as an entity). What has happened, is that media outlets have targeted certain specific audiences, as media consumers are very partitioned into specific groups with specific interests. Sex sells, violence & confrontation sells, partisanship sells - and demand drives supply in the mass-media market. While I agree that the media has devolved into shit.... all they are doing is serving up what the people want. I think it is more of a reflection of people's declining expectations & floundering societal morality than anything else. And the same is true all over the world, NOT just here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 27, 2012 I seen most if not all of the stories on Fox News, Fox Business and expanded even more on CBS morning show and MSNBC. I dont watch any other... just background noise while I bug the fuck out of you all. THEY ARE ALL INVOVLED AND ONLY MONEY IS THEIR DRIVE........ Amazing how all the stories coincide and are so cordinated and the comments are much the same. They reading a fucking script. Fucking pisses me the fuck off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Their is zero honesty in the news. Newt 2012........... now I am fucking piss. Thanks Harry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dstraktd Posted January 27, 2012 Member ID: 2794 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 186 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 19, 2012 Birthday: 11/11/1976 Share Posted January 27, 2012 SO, Harry, tell us how you really feel! The government ultimately runs the media. They say who, what, when, and where. It's a fucking travesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChknFngr Posted January 28, 2012 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted January 28, 2012 world wide freedom of the press rankings for 2010-2011, enjoy Rank Country Score 1 Finland -10,00 - Norway -10,00 3 Estonia -9,00 - Netherlands -9,00 5 Austria -8,00 6 Iceland -7,00 - Luxembourg -7,00 8 Switzerland -6,20 9 Cape Verde -6,00 10 Canada -5,67 - Denmark -5,67 12 Sweden -5,50 13 New Zealand -5,33 14 Czech Republic -5,00 15 Ireland -4,00 16 Cyprus -3,00 - Jamaica -3,00 - Germany -3,00 19 Costa Rica -2,25 20 Belgium -2,00 - Namibia -2,00 22 Japan -1,00 - Surinam -1,00 24 Poland -0,67 25 Mali 0,00 - OECS 0,00 - Slovakia 0,00 28 United Kingdom 2,00 29 Niger 2,50 30 Australia 4,00 - Lithuania 4,00 32 Uruguay 4,25 33 Portugal 5,33 34 Tanzania 6,00 35 Papua New Guinea 9,00 36 Slovenia 9,14 37 El Salvador 9,30 38 France 9,50 39 Spain 9,75 40 Hungary 10,00 41 Ghana 11,00 42 South Africa 12,00 - Botswana 12,00 44 South Korea 12,67 45 Comoros 13,00 - Taiwan 13,00 47 United States of America 14,00 - Argentina 14,00 - Romania 14,00 50 Latvia 15,00 - Trinidad and Tobago 15,00 52 Haiti 15,67 53 Moldova 16,00 54 Hong-Kong 17,00 - Mauritius 17,00 - Samoa 17,00 57 United States of America (extra-territorial) 19,00 58 Malta 19,50 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,50 - Guyana 19,50 61 Italy 19,67 62 Central African Republic 20,00 63 Lesotho 21,00 - Sierra Leone 21,00 - Tonga 21,00 66 Mozambique 21,50 67 Mauritania 22,20 68 Croatia 23,33 - Burkina Faso 23,33 70 Bhutan 24,00 - Greece 24,00 72 Nicaragua 24,33 73 Maldives 25,00 - Seychelles 25,00 75 Guinea-Bissau 26,00 - Senegal 26,00 77 Armenia 27,00 78 Kuwait 28,00 79 Togo 28,50 80 Serbia 29,00 - Bulgaria 29,00 - Chile 29,00 - Paraguay 29,00 84 Kenya 29,50 - Madagascar 29,50 86 Guinea 30,00 - Kosovo 30,00 - Timor-Leste 30,00 - Zambia 30,00 90 Congo 30,38 91 Benin 31,00 92 Israel (Israeli territory) 31,25 93 Lebanon 31,50 94 Macedonia 31,67 95 Dominican Republic 33,25 96 Albania 34,44 97 Cameroon 35,00 - Guatemala 35,00 99 Brazil 35,33 100 Mongolia 35,75 101 Gabon 36,50 102 Cyprus (North) 37,00 103 Chad 37,67 104 Ecuador 38,00 - Georgia 38,00 106 Nepal 38,75 107 Montenegro 39,00 108 Bolivia 40,00 - Kyrgyzstan 40,00 110 Liberia 40,50 111 South Sudan 41,25 nc 112 United Arab Emirates 45,00 113 Panama 45,67 114 Qatar 46,00 115 Peru 51,25 116 Ukraine 54,00 117 Cambodia 55,00 - Fiji 55,00 - Oman 55,00 - Venezuela 55,00 - Zimbabwe 55,00 122 Algeria 56,00 - Tajikistan 56,00 - Malaysia 56,00 125 Brunei 56,20 126 Nigeria 56,40 127 Ethiopia 56,60 128 Jordan 56,80 129 Bangladesh 57,00 130 Burundi 57,75 131 India 58,00 132 Angola 58,43 133 Israel (extra-territorial) 59,00 134 Tunisia 60,25 135 Singapore 61,00 - Honduras 61,00 137 Thailand 61,50 138 Morocco 63,29 139 Uganda 64,00 140 Philippines 64,50 141 Gambia 65,50 142 Russia 66,00 143 Colombia 66,50 144 Swaziland 67,00 145 Democratic Republic of Congo 67,67 146 Indonesia 68,00 - Malawi 68,00 148 Turkey 70,00 149 Mexico 72,67 150 Afghanistan 74,00 151 Pakistan 75,00 152 Iraq 75,36 153 Palestinian Territories 76,00 154 Kazakhstan 77,50 - Libya 77,50 156 Rwanda 81,00 157 Uzbekistan 83,00 158 Saudi Arabia 83,25 159 Côte d’Ivoire 83,50 - Djibouti 83,50 161 Equatorial Guinea 86,00 162 Azerbaijan 87,25 163 Sri Lanka 87,50 164 Somalia 88,33 165 Laos 89,00 166 Egypt 97,50 167 Cuba 98,83 168 Belarus 99,00 169 Burma 100,00 170 Sudan 100,75 171 Yemen 101,00 172 Vietnam 114,00 173 Bahrain 125,00 174 China 136,00 175 Iran 136,60 176 Syria 138,00 177 Turkmenistan 140,67 178 North Korea 141,00 179 Eritrea 142,00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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