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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by 12xo on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:14PM (#22370134)
Healthy? No. But its as American as apple pie. Everything these days,in America is based on money.

The entire political process is based on money (fundraising determines whether you're even on the ballot or a debate or able to be on a ticket) and controlled by money as there is a direct correlation between media spend and campaign success.

The worst part is that the "media" is the one sector in our country that has the most to gain from chaos and they're the ones who for the most part, control the dialog and the direction and worse, the cost.

Frankly, I am more shocked by the fact that people dont understand that its all about money.

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by gremlinsinc on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:45PM (#22370418)
That's why we need public funding of elections... Bloomberg can spend a billion, and who benefits the most? MSNBC, CNN, Facebook, so of course when he's not paying they STILL prop him up because the longer he stays in the race the more $$ they collectively make, who cares if it destroys America in the process as long as there's a paycheck.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by AcerbicZero on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @06:41PM (#22371349)
When I look at politics and government in general, my immediate take away isn't "Boy, I'd sure like to pay even more for that".

That said, I agree that money in politics is an issue, but since getting money out of politics is impossible, perhaps we should just get politics out of money. A government which is not empowered/encouraged to waste the publics money would be a nice starting point.

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by AcerbicZero on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:49PM (#22386566)
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by anthm1988 on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:33PM (#22387631)
Least you can do is be honest and face the consequences like an adult.

You want poor people to die needlessly. That's what you advocate for, that's what you believe. If you don't like me saying it, too goddamn bad.

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by animalnewbie on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:55AM (#22373028)
But I thought MSNBC and CNN had best interests of viewers in mind and President Trump is wrong to label them as fake and enemy of the people?
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by 12xo on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:14AM (#22375159)
you are missing the sarcasm tag...
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by huonpine on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:49PM (#22370940)
In the Podesta emails john ivory laments the fact that the dnc thought the real treat was citizens untied, but turned out the free press from trumps celebrity dwarfed that. This time dnc is banking that Bloomberg billions can outspend even that...
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