A libertarian who whines about the MSM is a cry-baby HYPOCRITE

[evandi]

Yeah, the news channels we mainly complain about are the cable news channels. I think that is a different situation than a free broadcast station.

It is a different situation. I believe it is a more local problem, but it is government none the less.

If we were not imprisoned for using radio frequencies we would have had rudimentary broadcast networks springing up all over the place.

And I think that people require permits and agreements with local governments to lay cable down too.

 

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Yeah, the news channels we mainly complain about are the cable news channels. I think that is a different situation than a free broadcast station.

Government still regulates radio and tv. To deny that fact would be implying that you're a fool.

 

[spacehabitats]

I'm a Hypocrite because I don't like lying scumbags?!?

I am not complaining about the MSM breaking laws or even not following some esoteric journalistic ethos.

They claim to be objective journalists and claim to be reporting the news.

They have a hidden agenda which also, coincidentally, has as one of its goals to betray and enslave the people of America and the world.

Therefore, they are liars and scumbags.

Since when does being a libertarian mean that you cannot criticize someone for being a lying scumbag?

 

[Pete]

You think that if it was deregulated that the big dogs wouldn't own everything?

Look at Walmart. It's killing companies. Look at areas of the world that have less regulation.. the bigger companies dominate the smaller ones.

Why do you think that it'd be any different on TV if it were dergeulated. HELL, look at what happened with deregulation in the Telephone market. It closed up and now AT&T is right where it was 30 years ago, only now, they're even MORE powerful.

If the Fed were not constantly pumping the money supply, the dollar drain in the U.S. would have naturally brought prices down and made imports less attractive.

Also, our federal highway system is a sop to big business. Big trucks require more elaborate roads, and then beat the crap out of them disproportionate to the taxes they pay.

And let's not forget the federal role in killing off manufacturing in the U.S. with regulation and by sucking the business lending market dry. If banks did not have the government to lend to, more capital would be available for business. That, and inflation discourages saving.

Regulation + Wal*Mart = BFF

 

[nuklbone]

If by complaining, speaking up, speaking out, etc. we are making a clear effort to exert power and influence and bring about change, then sure, complaining is a good thing. But if we are just moaning into the echo chamber of this forum about how mistreated we are and how the MSM isn't playing fair, and crying about how they are all just a bunch of jerks, we aren't really accomplishing anything.

Like I said, though: I am guilty too. I bitch and moan. Feel free to throw stones at me first. I'm just trying to remind myself and everyone else that we need to direct our energies toward constructive change and also realize that these cable news channels do not owe us any favors. They can say or not say anything they want.