 Lillim
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
 260 Posts
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Friday, January 06, 2012 5:51:58 PM
@randomxnp
Go look up SOPA and PIPA, due up in front of the House and Senate once they come back from recess. The internet is not uncontrollable; ask anyone in China, and if those bills pass, ask anyone in the USA. |
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 randomxnp
Male, 30-39, Europe
779 Posts
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Friday, January 06, 2012 11:55:16 AM
Errrrmmmmm ... surely four companies is far from being a monopoly. Add to that fact the rather obvious one that the internet is a major source of information and entertainment now, and not only uncontrolled but pretty much uncontrollable by deliberate design, and this video is ridiculous. |
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 DesertDustX
Male, 18-29, Canada
429 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:22:35 PM
I love when people tell the truth in a cute cartoon |
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Chaosmaster
Male, 30-39, Western US
234 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:09:56 PM
The television is that big thing you use to play xBox on. It looks similar to a monitor, but isn't connected to a computer. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25693 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:09:51 PM
@ Lazy - I have not forgotten what tv is.
Television: (1) A device used by corporations and the government to rapidly disperse disinformation to the public.
(2) A means by which people shop for tacky jewelry.
(3) Pre-internet porn viewing device. |
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Amurika
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
282 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:00:42 PM
You are right Batmanners. And why people rely on the media to tell them the truth is mind boggling to say the least. They could not care less about anyone. They make Joseph Goebbels look like the tooth fairy. |
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 zombieraptur
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
54 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:07:37 PM
did they really air this on snl? Way to go if they did! :) |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:44:05 PM
Sorry, I tend to forget about inferior technology, and like Gerry, have forgotten what television is. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23996 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:10:25 PM
Really... |
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 JolieTheMute
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
42 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:49:58 AM
If only I was a rich, white man. |
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 Batmanners
Male, 18-29, Canada
4012 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:56:19 AM
It's all too eerily true. I don't think it's conspiracy theory though, the media bias is the hardest thing to see through. If you own the distributor of information, you can control people. Do you really think there is money to be made just telling news? Why would you run bad PR on YOUR news channel? If you make others look bad, make politicians that you aren't lobbying look bad and the corrupt ones get the power, which benefits the company wallet.
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 CaptKangaroo
Male, 50-59, Southern US
1198 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:58:36 AM
Anybody with a modicum of intelligence knows this- but for the clueless out there, here is another revelation: Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!! |
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 Student_Law
Male, 30-39, Europe
966 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:03:34 AM
Same problem in Norway, actually. The blame it on the "small country = few owners" but it was not like that before, and then we were even fewer. On a positive not, the two largest media houses here are owned by one private corporation, and the other one is owned mainly by a labour- union. So there is a certain balance of interest. And also all paper publications, except glossy magazines get a pretty big, equal amount of money. It helps to create diversity. But still, the board- room corporation model with stockholders and what not, is not good for the independence of the press.
Revealing serious problems about government and other powers, should be nr. one priority for all news outlets - money should merely be a positive consequence. |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1283 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:55:17 AM
@ Gerry: +1 |
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 mal_BB
Male, 18-29, Europe
1223 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:30:29 AM
Like Gerry said, it would be funny if it wasn't so true. Not sure we're much better off here in the UK; maybe the the BBC just hide it better :s |
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 Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1515 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:00:17 AM
What's television? |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25693 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:00:11 AM
I know it's supposed to be funny, but I didn't smile. It's all too very true. |
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 Bountykat
Female, 18-29, Southern US
399 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:45:51 AM
Like, seriously? Is anyone really surprised/pissed off by any of this? You've lived your entire life like this. You can't change poo. Get over it. |
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 jtrebowski
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3057 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:45:36 AM
LOL! Robert Smigel is genius. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6364 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:27:39 AM
Dinosaur companies anyway. Only the government should buy their gear. |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6407 Posts
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:10:29 AM
Link: Conspiracy Theory Rock [Rate Link] - NBC banned this from all future airings. Watch it while you can. |
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