1. If you were protesting bailouts that’s great. If you thought you were part of or referred to what you were doing as a Tea party movement you were duped by political and corporate interests, plain and simple.
2. The media world is not controlled by the government. Yes a news piece is called a “story”. That isn’t the same thing as a story that is made up or has discretion from the author. A news story is reported, as in facts are reported. The NYT and WSJ are not biased in their reporting.
3. The Fed doesn’t “clamp down on speculation”. Your own link shows the Fed funds rate increasing in 1999 until the economy slowed in 2001 (that’s when the Fed is supposed to lower rates, not when there is “speculation”). Think tanks and other experts don’t consistently get things wrong; it’s just that they can’t force the government and others to act. Yours is a classic argument of “well if I was in charge I would have done this, this and this (magically of course) and everything would have been perfect”.
4. I’m not going to condone the actions of the DNC. Bernie was certainly an oddball candidate and one can make a very strong argument that his nomination was not in the best interest of the party. But don’t you dare question my support of Democracy after posting that you think the takeaway from a foreign country hacking government databases and then selectively releasing the information in a way to potentially affect our elections is “they exposed the fraud and collusion”. That shows how little you care about Democracy, your only allegiance lies with getting your guy elected. And no one is trying to start a war with Russia.
5. Trump was not obvious to anyone. I’m sure it was widely predicted by Bernie supporters once they realized Bernie wasn’t happening. The same way Trump supporters would have all predicted Hillary over whoever beat Trump.
6. “Unprecedented”? Versus what? Again, all trade deals are done as confidentially as possible for good reason. Government, corporate and other interests were all involved in TPP negotiations. Once done it’s released for everyone to see. This is how most “deals” are done. For you to expect anything differently with something covering hundreds of variables with numerous other countries as parties and took several years to get done is ridiculous. What exactly should the media have been reporting about the TPP? “Day 876 here at TPP negotiations, meeting number 52, everything is pretty locked up, back to you in studio Joe”?
As for me, I’ve been reading this site for years. Your statement that there aren’t many objective news sources and that ZH is somehow objective (and continue to believe so after having been shown they are not) was too much for me. I had to make an ID and jump in. I never said the MSM is the “sole source of unbiased information”. I am saying that sources like the NYT and WSJ are some of the best outlets and are specifically designed and run to give unbiased news. ZH and similar sites are not news.
Your attempts to discredit me and pass me off as a troll are pathetic and typical.
