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Bill Pearson's avatar

You know as well as i do David, it's called the news cycle. Stories come in, are hot and then they are gone. It's been that way forever. Oddly if you watch Fox versus CNN the cycles vary based on whose ox they can gorge. Of course there is a bias.

Anyone that thinks there's some master conspiracy behind it is most likely hoping to keep the "bad news" in front of people. I get it. Every politician understands that whatever is horrible today is gone tomorrow. It's simply the way the world turns.

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

To the main point of your story, I do believe the media can ignore, slant and obfuscate stories until they are forgotten, which is often, or until a significant portion of the public becomes convinced that the media has it right. Of course conservative and progressive media do this. In the real world, conservative media is a definite minority. Right-wing blogs with a million readers can't reach the public like ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, et. al. can. Only Fox News comes close.

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