John Oliver : Sinclair

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  • July 7, 2017 at 8:03 am #70779
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    July 7, 2017 at 8:10 am #70780
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    Fwiw, my own personal view of politics has changed just a bit over the last year or so, and its coincided with the kind of change that Oliver is describing here. The consolidation of the media into a few hands has now reached the point of…well, you know.

    And this was SOOOO obvious during the Trump v Hillary campaign, and the ‘fake news’ reports, and the Russia thing, etc etc.

    We now have a batshit-crazy Rightwing pro-corporate media. Battling with a batshit-crazy Neoliberal pro-corporate media. And the latter seems just as dangerous in its own way as the former.

    The corporate-media situation in America has simply blown my mind, people.

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    July 7, 2017 at 10:49 am #70781
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    Actually, you don’t put up the “link:” thing with youtube vids, just with articles.

    It’s the difference between this:

    link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

    And this:

    July 7, 2017 at 12:45 pm #70783
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    I forgot. Multi-tasking is beyond me now.

    Just think of me as an old senile poster.

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    July 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm #70785
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    wv wrote:

    Just think of me as an old senile poster.

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    Senile? I am older than you, and yet

    uh

    …

    well anyway the mulberries are great this year.

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