Originally Posted by DanS.

yeah...I agree.

But I think Obama screwed up by saying he was going to raise corporate taxes....so he got nalied twice there.

Originally Posted by RK77

Screwed up with who? I agree with him entirely on that. I don't many people are deluded into thinking that corporations will EVER care about the people of this country.

Originally Posted by brian_wilbanks

I got the scars to prove it.

And speaking of scars, did I mention I'm a war hero?

Originally Posted by RK77

Folks are already getting on this.

We are looking for some legislative changes and we are working on pressuring the media.

I actually got a personal response from Phil Graham which I posted somewhere here.

Basically,

We believe that the 4th estate deserves constitutional protections ONLY as long as it serves the purposes of the people of the USA. To accurately and truthfully inform us.

We want them to be required to acknowledge what is "reporting" and what is analysis based on their own opinion.

We want those stations that repeat inaccurate or untrue information to be sanctioned by the FCC and loose all protections for 5 years. No more unnamed sources. No more white house press access. No more other press perks. Open them WIDE for liable suits, and other actions against them.

AND we want a fine---MILLIONS of dollars for each instance.

We want legal fees for the citizens who have to bring the suits and special punishment for any and everyone who should attempt to harass people out of bringing them---the citizen whistleblower protection.

We want the individuals who lie to hold both personal and corporate liabilities.

We want those stations who have politicians on who lie to be accountable for challenging the accuracy of the information within 24 hours and failure to do so to be treated as a breach of trust by the station.

We have also started discussing how we get our history and our language back! What role do we feel that the news mediums have for accuracy and truth there......


Look----the blogosphere is a cess pool of misinformation no matter how you cut it. It is frustrating and dangerous to have the repukes pushing the concept that everyone is entitled to their own facts. It is INSANE that people like Palin can so blatantly and disrespectfully lie to the American people without consequence.

Freedom of speech will still be available to all!

They can be as free as their little hearts desire. But the umbrella of protection provided for our 4th estate---a critical accessory to our nations government will be narrowed to only those willing to take the covenant (that should be sacred between the people and the media) seriously--- everyone else should be on their own.

Originally Posted by poetrychic

so, negative attack ads...where the hell is obama on the ayers ads? why isn't he saying something???