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Post by d'James on Jan 25, 2017 1:27:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 6:38:34 GMT
Speaking of media. I find it disgusting that so called newspapers actively tried to influence voters. Just inform people of their options and make sure they know what the consequences of their vote will be, whichever way they may vote. Just report the damn news instead of telling them which way to vote. British media, just like American ones are incredibly biased, which basically makes them nothing more than tabloids.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 11:27:39 GMT
Alas, writers and opinion formers - or whatever you want to call them - have had agendas for centuries; it's not just a modern thing. If anything, I'd say we're actually better off these days with our ability to read, for free, a variety of opinions and then make a fair judgement of the situation ourselves.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 14:49:03 GMT
Alas, writers and opinion formers - or whatever you want to call them - have had agendas for centuries; it's not just a modern thing. If anything, I'd say we're actually better off these days with our ability to read, for free, a variety of opinions and then make a fair judgement of the situation ourselves. Good point. I definitely support the right to share your opinion. But I think newspapers have a duty to at least give both sides of the argument. They can have a huge impact and there are still many people out there who don't think for themselves and just believe anything the media tells them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 15:47:41 GMT
Indeed. Perhaps Trump's team are now trying to outfox the media by seeding those obviously fake interpretations of the facts (or are they...?) ;-)
Oops sorry, that was a response to pointone's post - Monkey nipped in ahead of me. :-)
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Post by Michael on Jan 25, 2017 20:23:20 GMT
The Netherlands welcome Trump in his own words (starts at 35s): I couldn't stop laughing. This is freaking awesome
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 25, 2017 20:49:00 GMT
The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Eric Cantona would and will never usurp Shakespeare's Richard III
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 25, 2017 20:49:23 GMT
The Netherlands welcome Trump That was brilliant.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 26, 2017 9:41:08 GMT
So Theresa May is to meet with Donald Trump. Given that she's a woman and has a foreign accent I wouldn't be at all surprised if his first words to her are "About time. There's dust everywhere. And hurry it up: in a few minutes I have to tell reassuring lies to some tinpot country's idiot leader."
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 26, 2017 19:00:02 GMT
Trump just spoke about 'ending job killing restrictions on shale, oil, natural gas & clean beautiful coal'. Eugh. What a total disaster for the planet. Good grief!
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Post by synchrony on Jan 26, 2017 23:01:35 GMT
Speaking of media. I find it disgusting that so called newspapers actively tried to influence voters. Just inform people of their options and make sure they know what the consequences of their vote will be, whichever way they may vote. Just report the damn news instead of telling them which way to vote. British media, just like American ones are incredibly biased, which basically makes them nothing more than tabloids. If you want to be truly terrified about the influence of the media on elections, this might interest you. csef.ru/en/nauka-i-obshchestvo/499/rassledovanie-das-magazin-kak-big-data-i-para-uchenyh-obespechili-pobedu-trampu-i-brexit-7288
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Post by Coated on Jan 27, 2017 14:25:10 GMT
Agree, that's an oddly terrifying article, with a nice sinister flavour added by the translation via Russian.
Makes we quite happy that I deleted my Facebook account years ago, but doubly concerned about adds all over Google which have long ago become creepy and might become even more so by the sound of this trend.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 8, 2017 13:36:01 GMT
Randy Rainbow is a national treasure.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 13:45:02 GMT
So everyone is doing these videos now, but a city in Belgium has made one too and I think it's pretty good. "We have golden showers and great bitch... uh beaches. Pure white beaches. Just the way you love em"
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 24, 2017 20:17:39 GMT
Things are not going particularly well for Mr Trump: his healthcare bill has been withdrawn because it looked like it wouldn't get through Congress.
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Post by Michael on Mar 24, 2017 20:27:11 GMT
"Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated"
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 24, 2017 20:42:04 GMT
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 24, 2017 22:51:58 GMT
Just had a push notification from BBC to say that the Healthcare Bill has now collapsed.
Trump can now concentrate on draining the swamp. Now the next president Michelle can improve on Obamacare.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 25, 2017 8:29:45 GMT
Just had a push notification from BBC to say that the Healthcare Bill has now collapsed. Trump can now concentrate on draining the swamp. Now the next president Michelle can improve on Obamacare. Imagine what Bernie Sanders could do with Obamacare though
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 25, 2017 14:15:56 GMT
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Mar 25, 2017 17:54:20 GMT
Knowing everything we know, I find it very credible. Americans have elected a known liar and conman who thinks morality is for the little people and who has quite possibly been involved in treasonous activity. So where are his cheerleaders now? Any pangs of conscience yet?
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 25, 2017 18:43:33 GMT
The first five words of the second paragraph are excellent advice for dealing with Mr Trump.
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