Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army

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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