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Should the MSM be blamed for the riots if Obama loses the election ? Vanity
11/3/2012 | American Constitutionalist

Posted on 11/03/2012 7:21:47 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist

Should the main stream media be held accountable if Obama loses the election and there are riots ? Should they be blamed for promoting the riots ? after all ? the main stream media is " MEDIA/Video "


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: election; media; riots
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1 posted on 11/03/2012 7:21:47 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: American Constitutionalist

Hey, if they’re going to blame Islamofascist violence on a video, why not the media in this country?/sarc/


2 posted on 11/03/2012 7:23:11 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: American Constitutionalist

Yes. They have purposely pumped the narrative that Obama is winning to ensure trouble after the election.


3 posted on 11/03/2012 7:24:45 PM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Seems there would be quite a few “celebrities” to blame too, with their calling for riots via twitter.


4 posted on 11/03/2012 7:26:53 PM PDT by jughandle
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To: American Constitutionalist

No, it has been years since the last substantial riot and many of Holders people are in need of new TVs and other electronic toys ... so, any excuse will do.

No fears though, Holders people only riot in the summertime so there is still time to restock on ammo and guns.


5 posted on 11/03/2012 7:28:03 PM PDT by doc1019
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If they were actually pumped up about voting for Bammy, there might be some rioting. Since they aren’t, they won’t.

I think there might be some minor unrest but it will mostly be driven by street organizers and won’t be able to sustain itself.


6 posted on 11/03/2012 7:29:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Of course not.

As proponents of personal responsibility, we must be consistent.

If there are riots, the rioters are responsible for their own actions.

Blaming bad behavior on a third party is liberal crap.


7 posted on 11/03/2012 7:30:52 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Thorliveshere
Agree.... the main stream media has been promoting riots for months if Obama loses the election.. so if there are any riots the main stream media should be held accountable and blamed.

People ? please save any talking points, videos of them talking about riots, affirming that there will be riots on video, and or editorials.

You watch ? sure as the Sun comes up in the east every morning that once people start blaming the main stream media for the riots that they will start to scrub any evidence that they promoted the riots from existence.
8 posted on 11/03/2012 7:31:00 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: doc1019

Its kind of funny. Detroit was the site of some of the worst rioting this country has ever seen but these days they just can’t seem to muster a real crowd for any kind of outrage.

Jesse Jackson had a protest against gun stores this summer and even he only managed to draw a few people and they were massively outnumbered by 2nd amendment supporters.

At the height of the occupy movement they only managed to get a few dozen people and they ended up protesting Matty Maroun, Detroit’s richest slumlord and democrat sugar daddy.


9 posted on 11/03/2012 7:42:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Jedidah
" Blaming bad behavior on a third party is liberal crap. "

So that " video " that this Administration used to blame for those " spontaneous " protests in Egypt and Libya was all hogwash ?

If you say yes... I agree with you 100 %.

However ?

What if ?
Suppose ?
Perhaps ?

This is just a theory and speculation that some even in the media, or celebrities, politicians were actually promoting and actively engaged in hoping and making this happen ?
Should they be held responsible ?
10 posted on 11/03/2012 7:43:12 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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Well, the newsmedia tried to pin the blame of the mass-murders in Tucson directly on Sarah Palin before the blood on the pavement had even dried. Led to tens-of-thousands of death-threats against Palin and her family members, and cost them a fortune in extra security measures.

The media’s hands are already dripping with blood.


11 posted on 11/03/2012 7:45:27 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Thorliveshere; American Constitutionalist; PGalt

“Hey, if they’re going to blame Islamofascist violence on a video, why not the media in this country?/sarc/”

Without a hint of sarcasm, yes - wire services, esp. The AP, homogenize journalism. There is no ideological competition among journalism outlets. All journalists desire influence and importance, and the way to get it is to advertise AGAINST the people and institutions upon whom/which we all depend. That implies advertising FOR leftism and ultimately for disorder and riot.

If I were in charge - or were POTUS-elect - I’d be warning journalism that they could be sued into oblivion for promoting disorder leading to riot. Triple damages under RICO. And I’d be looking directly at the AP when I said it.


12 posted on 11/03/2012 7:48:27 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which “liberalism" coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Blame the MSM? No. Just Abe Lincoln.


13 posted on 11/03/2012 7:52:45 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Jedidah
" Blaming bad behavior on a third party is liberal crap. "

So ? the main stream media should not be held accountable and blamed for not reporting on what happen in Benghazi ? after all ? they had no hand in making those decisions in what happened there.. right ? they were a " third Party " ...

I am not trying to make a argument... just hoping you can rethink that position.

All I was doing when I posted this thread was to put that question out there and see how people felt about it.

Your right.... people who do stupid things should blame no one but themselves.... personal responsibility.

However ?
The main stream media is not totally innocent in this.
They have been affirming for months and planted into people's minds ( their propaganda ) that there would be ? could be ? riots if Obama loses.

So yes.. they had a part in it.
So they should be held accountable.
14 posted on 11/03/2012 7:53:52 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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The MSM contributes mightily to the pathologies of the left via skewed coverage. Yes, it's an old story -- but libs very often live deep in the bubble, never encountering a rightward point of view and absorbing the left's hobgoblin caricatures of conservatives. Then comes an election, and they get smacked by the fact that about half the country disagrees with them. They are bewildered, and angry.

Liberals would be less deranged if they actually knew something about conservatives other than the "push granny off the cliff" comic book stuff. That's where the MSM is guilty.

15 posted on 11/03/2012 7:56:35 PM PDT by sphinx
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I am of the sincere opinion that every person, every entity, is responsible for its own wrongdoing. Some wrongdoing, although sinful, may not be unlawful in our system.

The salient point is that evil, once set in motion, does not necessarily have to increase in either momentum or mass, but can rather be stopped by individuals and entities with the courage and character to stand up to it.

That’s the problem, the root, isn’t it? Our foundation is cracked.

I have little patience and no tolerance for those who claim that some devil made them do it.


16 posted on 11/03/2012 7:58:00 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: American Constitutionalist

Well, the newsmedia tried to pin the mass-murders in Tucson directly on Sarah Palin before the blood on the pavement had even dried. Led to tens-of-thousands of death-threats towards Palin and her family members, and them a fortune in extra security measures.

The media’s hands are already dripping in blood. I’d like to see all those bastards hanging from lamposts.


17 posted on 11/03/2012 8:01:35 PM PDT by greene66
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Ah come on! They just need tomorrows headline story./s They can create and compose a news story 6 months out, nothing new.

Beyond that, they do need to make sure Zero has cover and a distraction from when he is on TRIAL for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dereliction of Duty, etc., etc.,etc.

18 posted on 11/03/2012 8:01:39 PM PDT by annieokie
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Ah come on! They just need tomorrows headline story./sarc/ They can create and compose a news story 6 months out, nothing new.

Beyond that, they do need to make sure Zero has cover and a distraction from when he is on TRIAL for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dereliction of Duty, etc., etc.,etc.

19 posted on 11/03/2012 8:06:18 PM PDT by annieokie
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President-elect Mittens should declare that he will personally pardon any cop who goes overboard.


20 posted on 11/03/2012 8:25:15 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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