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The media stopped following the money: CONFLICT of INTEREST
obamesque.wordpress.com — Was it big oil money pouring into the "McCain Victory '08 Fund," as the sudden change in McCain ’s stand on drilling in environmentally sensitive areas suggests? How will we ever know? There’s no benefit to a commercial news outlet in uncovering the source of the RNC PAC/527 money - they are just trying to get their piece of it.
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- LKnight, on 06/21/2008, -3/+9Not that they're above whipping up ratings, too, as we saw with the manufacturing of "animosity" during the Democratic primaries...
- jforjools, on 06/21/2008, -1/+6yes, and now the 'animosity' of the two potential first ladies. ridiculous.
- VCubed, on 06/21/2008, -2/+13Good points, and add that Obama's campaign finance reform includes free, equal air-time on TV and radio for every candidate on the ballot, and the military-industrial-complex-funded media moguls stand to lose tons of dough - and influence. Face it, with profit as their motive, the so-called "liberal" media wants Obama to lose, or at least go in too weak to confront them. Oh, and I just remembered, Bush has kept the FEC understaffed so it can't track donations and whether they're legal.
- Pillage, on 06/22/2008, -4/+2Two-thirds of Americans support drilling in the US. I think that's what McCain is after.
- NoDrama, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3It's interesting that it doesn't solve the cost of gas at the pump, of course. It may reduce the price by 2 to 4 cents in 8-10 years.
Meanwhile, the oil companies have 68 million acres they're not actively doing anything with. But with the amount of money they spend on advertising this is another topic/area we cannot expect "objective" reporting.
- NoDrama, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3It's interesting that it doesn't solve the cost of gas at the pump, of course. It may reduce the price by 2 to 4 cents in 8-10 years.
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