Censorship and Republicans

NorthernComfort · Post by **NorthernComfort** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:03 am

Top 25 Censored Stories

These are the top 25 news stories that got censored in the past year. I found it impossible not to notice that over half of them are things that the Republican party doesn't want to be general knowledge. We all know the Fox is the Republican party's bitch, but I think this is making it pretty clear that the rabbit hole goes deeper than that. After all, these stories definitely weren't on any major news channels. Go Bush! Go censorship!

Rembrandt Q. Einstein · Post by **Rembrandt Q. Einstein** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:12 am

I can't connect!

Ironic, no?

NorthernComfort · Post by **NorthernComfort** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:16 am

The site's getting hammered. Slashdot = Site DOOM!

Rembrandt Q. Einstein · Post by **Rembrandt Q. Einstein** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:20 am

Post by **Martin Blank** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:41 am

It's more like the Top 25 Overblown Stories.

Nodbugger · Post by **Nodbugger** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:14 am

Ya because in a world of more than 3 billions people it is really that easy to keep something so damaging a secret.

Give me a break. Go back you your conspiracy theory hole.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:15 am

Right, and I like the fact that all of the stories that were "CENSORED" are available to read.

NorthernComfort · Post by **NorthernComfort** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:29 am

No shit, sherlock!

Available to read, yes. Actually on news media, no. Big fucking difference.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:44 am

[quote="NorthernComfort";p="393707"]No shit, sherlock!

Available to read, yes. Actually on news media, no. Big fucking difference.[/quote]

Have you read those stories? They read like college essay's more'n'news stories, they're partisan as well "President Bush's policies are destroying." etc. Of course they didn't make it to the news media, they're overblown, partisan, crap.

Just about as overblown as throwing around the word "Censorship."

RadicalDreamer · Post by **RadicalDreamer** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:45 am

Yeah, well, if they're any good they'll get the attention they deserve. If they suck, which it looks like they do, they'll get the attention they deserve.

NorthernComfort · Post by **NorthernComfort** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:02 am

Have you read those stories? They read like college essay's more'n'news stories, they're partisan as well "President Bush's policies are destroying." etc. Of course they didn't make it to the news media, they're overblown, partisan, crap.

OK. So they look like essays, which means... they aren't true? You've really lost me now. Or do you think news exists only in 6 word summaries that tick across the bottom of your screen? God forbid you actually see some information! Overblown, partisan, crap, blah, blah. Gee, some of them put the Republican Party in a negative light. This is kind of the heart of the matter, which you are determinedly ignoring.

Just about as overblown as throwing around the word "Censorship."

Speaking of overblown, partisan crap, how is Fox news doing? Do they still get little memos everyday telling them what stories to report, and which to skim over? Do they still get fired for reporting the wrong story?
Go back into your cocoon. After all, it's just a conspiracy theory, right?
Most ignorance is willful.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:23 am

Why do I care how the hell Fox News is doing? I get most of my news from the New York Times, and CNN.com, assign whatever bullshit you want to me, ("OMG HE IS A CONSERVATIVE< HE MUST GET HIS NEWS FROM DA FOX!!"). I hardly think it makes me ignorant because I choose not to throw around the word censorship so much I sound like some goddamn college hippy.

My point about how they were written is valid, it has nothing to do with how much information is portrayed or isn't, They read like poorly written college essay's is a quality judgement on the writting, which merely illustrates best the fact that these stories are simply not of the quality which usually shows up in the media.

NorthernComfort · Post by **NorthernComfort** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:29 am

Fair points. And I don't imply that you watch Fox news- what self-respecting person does- but I am using that as the extreme example of the control that politics have over our news.

Undoubtedly the stories would be handled far better if a reporter could actually turn it into news.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:00 am

Wait, I'm confused. Nowhere in that list does it say what they mean by "censored". They also seem to suggest that the Bush administration is "censoring" articles in periodicals all over the world. Are they just pointing out articles that were written but never published? Because there are about 3.5 metric FUCKTONS of those every damn day....

And NC, seriously, your repetitive batshit vitriolic attacks against Fox News are well known, but why continue them, especially when you give no reasons as to why you actually hold those kinds of extremist views and when you specifically point out that you do not watch the channel? Are you suggesting that Fox News does not have a heavy leftist spin to it? And if so, is that a bad thing? Does every news outlet *have* to be a dancing puppet of the left?

mikehendo · Post by **mikehendo** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:13 am

I remember reading a few of those for classes.. Censored, Hardly.

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