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2016 Postmortem

Retrograde

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3. Gee, maybe if someone connected with the media

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 09:34 PM

Nov 2016

someone with a record of, say, covering presidential campaigns, had mentioned to his bosses that they were giving free airtime to and enabling a maniac for the sake of ratings....

Sorry, Bob - you're part of the problem.

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Veteran news anchor Bob Schieffer: Presidential election was a 'stain on everything and everyone' [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

And the media that he's belonged to for decades had a lot to do with that. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #1

Yeah, sure Bob. You tell 'em. pangaia Nov 2016 #2

Agreed! Even "liberal" MSNBC interupted Bernie speeches frequently for the facist RiverStone Nov 2016 #4

And gave Trump a frequest, often daily, platform on Dead Intern Joe's show TwilightZone Nov 2016 #5

Gee, maybe if someone connected with the media Retrograde Nov 2016 #3

uhhh, bob? 3 billion dollars worth of free coverage for der drumpfenfuhrer, and WHO was responsible niyad Nov 2016 #6