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just turned to C-SPAN to hear the rest of Obama's speech in Flint (Original Post) FrenchieCat May 2016 OP
If it was Trump talking, FrenchieCat May 2016 #1
C'mon, it's Flint. The woes of us "Negroes" don't make for compelling ratings driven tv. Tarheel_Dem May 2016 #2
I hear you. WhiteTara May 2016 #3
Why do they do that? Raissa May 2016 #4
They do that to control the message we are to receive.... FrenchieCat May 2016 #5
C-Span is my favorite. lovemydog May 2016 #6
MSNBC was on life support until Trump. SleeplessinSoCal May 2016 #7

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
2. C'mon, it's Flint. The woes of us "Negroes" don't make for compelling ratings driven tv.
Wed May 4, 2016, 04:02 PM
May 2016


This is a problem we've known existed all along. Unless & until it affects White America, it's just not as important. Corporate media has a lot to do with the disparities we experience in this country. They decide what issues get attention. The POTUS will bring the presidential spotlight with him, but when I hear his administration being blamed for some crap that Rick Snyder & his emergency managers did, it pisses me off to no end.

Raissa

(217 posts)
4. Why do they do that?
Wed May 4, 2016, 04:26 PM
May 2016

Listening to him put forth his plans and talk about the community of Flint's needs is exactly why I tuned in. Having them cut away to a reporter who is telling me what Obama is saying is just idiocy. I want to hear our President in his own voice and his own words! Not filtered through a talking head.

FrenchieCat

(68,868 posts)
5. They do that to control the message we are to receive....
Wed May 4, 2016, 04:29 PM
May 2016

It is what they are paid to do....
and they do it well!

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,668 posts)
7. MSNBC was on life support until Trump.
Fri May 13, 2016, 04:06 AM
May 2016

Rachel Maddow on Seth Meyers tonight thinks it's 50/50 chance of Trump becoming POTUS.

And we would have the Fourth Estate to blame and crucify. If Trump would let us.

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