http://washingtonindependent.com/16665/dingell-urges-network-restraint-tomorrow National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/16665/dingell-urges-network-restraint-tomorrow/comment-page-1#comment-37499 Alaska Voter Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:26:22 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=16665#comment-37499 Oh if only this could actually come to pass...and pigs would also fly. It is a very well intentioned plea but we all know that the mainstream media have a long tradition of playing god. The long-term consequences of their actions are irrelevant to them. They will merely publish a "correction" in some obscure location and a week later the American public will have forgotten about it and moved on. The only way a change will occur is by the public insisting on the change in tactics, or by enacting legislation prohibiting speculation on probable outcomes of a national election. However, this will probably be contested as infringing on first ammendment rights. Oh if only this could actually come to pass…and pigs would also fly. It is a very well intentioned plea but we all know that the mainstream media have a long tradition of playing god. The long-term consequences of their actions are irrelevant to them. They will merely publish a “correction” in some obscure location and a week later the American public will have forgotten about it and moved on. The only way a change will occur is by the public insisting on the change in tactics, or by enacting legislation prohibiting speculation on probable outcomes of a national election. However, this will probably be contested as infringing on first ammendment rights.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/16665/dingell-urges-network-restraint-tomorrow/comment-page-1#comment-11393 Alaska Voter Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:26:22 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=16665#comment-11393 Oh if only this could actually come to pass...and pigs would also fly. It is a very well intentioned plea but we all know that the mainstream media have a long tradition of playing god. The long-term consequences of their actions are irrelevant to them. They will merely publish a "correction" in some obscure location and a week later the American public will have forgotten about it and moved on. The only way a change will occur is by the public insisting on the change in tactics, or by enacting legislation prohibiting speculation on probable outcomes of a national election. However, this will probably be contested as infringing on first ammendment rights. Oh if only this could actually come to pass…and pigs would also fly. It is a very well intentioned plea but we all know that the mainstream media have a long tradition of playing god. The long-term consequences of their actions are irrelevant to them. They will merely publish a “correction” in some obscure location and a week later the American public will have forgotten about it and moved on. The only way a change will occur is by the public insisting on the change in tactics, or by enacting legislation prohibiting speculation on probable outcomes of a national election. However, this will probably be contested as infringing on first ammendment rights.

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