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atomationage

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  1. 18 minutes ago, needschocolate said:

    There should be a law against broadcasting something other than the truth, without pointing out that it is incorrect.

    complaints-about-broadcast-journalism

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    The FCC receives a wide variety of comments and complaints from consumers about whether networks, stations, news reporters or commentators give inaccurate or one-sided news presentations, fail to cover certain events or cover them adequately, overemphasize or dramatize certain aspects of news events. Other complaints are received regarding the conduct of journalists in the gathering and reporting of news.

    The FCC's authority to respond to these complaints is narrow in scope and the Commission is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press.

    What responsibilities do broadcasters have?

    As public trustees, broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news. The FCC has stated publicly that "rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest." The FCC may act to protect the public interest when it has received documented evidence, such as testimony from persons who have direct personal knowledge of an intentional falsification of the news. Without such documented evidence, the FCC generally cannot intervene.

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  2. 1 minute ago, MulletorHater said:

    Drumpf's candidacy has given carte blanche to any asshole to show his or her ass all under the guise of "not being politically correct."

    The first thing that came to my mind was Christine Baranski as a teacher in The War.  That was a movie more than twenty years ago about 20 years before that.  the donald is bringing the wayback machine way back.

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  3. 49 minutes ago, backformore said:

    "Trump avoided paying income taxes for 18 years, which is why YOUR taxes are so high"  that makes them think. 

    He probably avoided paying income taxes for much longer than that, otherwise he would have released some tax returns. We only know that he didn't pay income tax on the years that he had to submit to the New Jersey gambling commission, and the state tax returns for that one year show the nearly billion dollar loss that would have allowed him to reduce his taxes for 18 years.  That billion dollar write off is most likely something different.  Bill Kristol said it was probably "debt parking".  Mark Cuban said that the donald's income at that time wasn't even large enough for the write off to be used for that even over 18 years.  Since I'm not a billionaire or an accountant, I can't explain it, but that billion dollars might be something even more illegal than what people are assuming. 

    It may take me the rest of the day to get through the donald's deplorable list that @backformore posted above. 

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  4. "Baccardi, because there might be more fucking Clinton emails!"  I loved the picture too.

    "farting in a crowded elevator just as you're stepping off of it."

    "she's just a homies and a baggy pants away from dog whistle bingo"

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  5. 8 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

    yay, blue candles.

    I was wondering if they were going to show the 1795 episodes, because Victoria was talking about being so connected to the past after Barnabas gave her the music box.  The blue candles were transported back to 1795 with her.

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  6. The Comedians have become the newscasters this year, or have been in the case of Jon Stewart for many years, where the fake news show turned into the real news show, while the media pretends there is some equilvalence between:

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      On 9/13/2016 at 8:11 PM, @BookThief said:

    a tax-cheating, investor-swindling, worker-shafting, dictator-loving, pathologically-lying, attorneys general bribing, philandering, mobbed up, narcissistic serial con artist who hasn't got the attention span to read a fortune cookie much less a fucking intelligence briefing. But, on the other hand, Hillary Clinton used a private email server. See, perfectly even!" -Samantha Bee

    I think it was Lewis Black who said that the reason that the Hillary hatred never subsided is simply because she never went away.   She went from The White House to The Senate to The Secretary of States' office to the campaign and now she's going back to The White House.   She wasn't a child who went away to her room when she was scolded by the drunken or doped up good ol' boys, and they just can't take it. 

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  7. 37 minutes ago, Rapunzel said:

    If he doesn't win, he'll throw a big hissy fit and claim it was all rigged

    When he loses, little donald still wants the attention to be on him.  I hope the media stops playing along, but I have no hope for them.  The news media have been a disgrace this year, with a few bright spots here and there, but they absolutely have to stop having campaign spokespeople on their broadcasts.  Why on earth do they think that the American public has to listen to people telling them that up is down?

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  8. I feel positive.  I spent all day away from too much information, just reading here occasionally.   Comey must be Ashcroft's illegitimate son.   I don't know what people in the media are saying, but what they're doing is driving people away from viewing their shows.   It's clear that the GOP is desperate, and that Comey tried for a hail mary pass, but all he's going to do is stir people up against him.   He tried to give them their October surprise, because wikileaks turned into another nothingburger.   So he  came up with a national enquirer story with a blind item like a gossip columnist.   The FBI should not stand for this.  The Justice Department should not stand for this.  The President should not stand for this.  

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  9. The episodes I'm watching now are in color.  David is trapped in the Collins mausoleum.  Roger says that several of his incenstors, ancestors are buried here.  Joel Crothers is featured.  He died quite young.  I haven't watched since early this morning, when Julia was taking a peak at Barnabas in his coffin.  

    In the episode that started at 7:30 central time, Julia does the narration at the beginning. 

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  10. 47 minutes ago, Padma said:

    So, it turns out, the FBI still doesn't have a WARRANT to get the Weiner laptop emails!

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    no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized

    So what is Comey's probable cause?  These are people that I want to harass, and I don't care about the Constitution.  Fire him Loretta!

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