Make no mistake. What’s at stake here is the Liberal Narrative. Possibly its biggest enemy (other the the truth) is Fox News (or Faux News, as the Democratic think tanks have come up with as a sobrequet). Prior to Fox, it was much easier to claim that the NYT/WaPo LN was reality and other information that disagreed was merely fringe, unsubstantiated (why do I always think of John Kerry when I see that word?) whacko theories which could be safely ignored.
A good portion of the sheeple actually believe that Fox is not credible (and the NYT is) and maintaining their faith requires that Fox be discredited. Certainly not treated like any other “credible” news source. Fox is not part of the LN and represents a crack in the dam of the liberal-dominated MSM. Characterizing this action as being sponsored by the nutroots is like reporting on the German/American Bund (a propaganda tool used by the Nazis in WWII) as being a home-grown American movement. And no, whatshisname’s law has not been violated; I am not comparing the two, just using the Bund as an example.
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Yes, I should have said "in" an example. |
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I’ll be damned, Kucinich got something right. I didn’t think that was possible.
Fox is an alternative to what they call “The main stream Liberal media” You may love Fox or hate Fox, but the more diverse the discussion is, the better for Democracy.
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Note in passing that Kucinich openly supports the LN: "No one is further removed from Fox’s political philosophy than I am [my emphasis]..." |
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It’s a debate. The people who will be talking are the candidates. The people who will be televising it will be Fox. What’s the danger here? You’ve answered your own question... The danger is that it’s an actual debate, as opposed to a one-sided diatribe. What we have here is a bunch of people who run screaming from any serious debate... anytime their views get seriously challanged... particularly where facts are used. It’s too early, too dangerous for the the Democrats to so expose themselves.... assuming they ever will.
The difference between Kucinich and the remainder of them: Kuinich is more unhinged, even than they, and so doesn’t understand the danger.
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Yes, when I watch my biased reporting, I much prefer the standard bias of ABC/NBC/CBS or PBS over the bias of FOX.
Honestly I’m like McQ, I listen to the debates, or speeches, and turn em off as soon as they’re over rather than waiting to hear talking head demagogues tell me what I heard and that applies to FOX’s commentators as well. |
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I don’t know if you’ve been following this little kerfuffle over Fox News televising a debate featuring Democratic presidential candidates in Nevada, but apparently, due to pressure from the netroots gang (or so they claim) to dump Fox, the entire debate has now been canceled. The primary reason, I gather, is because John Edwards decided to back out I don’t know that this dust-up requires much in the way of substantive comments.
The Dems are acting like little childish b*tches in this matter.
What more needs to be said? |
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"...the standard bias..." Yes, looker, you have put your finger on the problem. There will always be biases; unbiased reporting is an oxymoron. The problem is that today in the MSM there is an easily discernible (not to the sheeple) "standard" bias. I personally think that the bias of PBS is in a class by itself, but that is another story. Whether or not you personally prefer it, the fact that it exists is the problem. Millions of sheeple have no idea that they are being fed propaganda because the bias of the MSM is so one-sided. There should be no "standard" bias. |
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What a bunch of "girly men".
Edwards is now firmly on my "shirt" list. |
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If Bush could do a debate moderated by the CBS shill immediately after Rathergate, the Dems can man up and go on FNC.
Once again, Bush schools all of them.
Profiles in courage, all of them. |
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After spending a quarter century in television photojournalism, I know you can not put aside your biases. No human can. What you must do is be fair. That’s not hard to do, unless you are pursuing you own agenda, and that’s not journalism. |
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Well, for whatever reason, Edwards took a stand* before all the votes were in and that has to count for something.
Full disclosure: Populist "Breck Boy" has a snowball’s chance in Hell of getting my vote.
*Yes, it is pander to the far left, etc. Remember we are talking about a Democrat here.
I didn’t get neo’s "shirt" reference. "Short" list? "hair shirt list"? "Sh*t list"? Beats me. Probably very funny, so I don’t want to miss it. |
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I would be curious if Al Jazeera’s English service held a debate who would attend?
If Univision had one would Tancredo attend?
I was just thinking of possible counter-examples... |
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So, Kucinich, and Richardson, and Reid dont want to engage me...
It’s going to be kinda hard for me to cast a vote in the general election for people who have such disregard for skeptics. |
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I would be curious if Al Jazeera’s English service held a debate who would attend? Anyone who wanted to be decapitated. |
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Looking at all the “Bozos on the Bus” to the presidency, I can’t find one worth my time voting for.
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The old brain is working. "Shirt list" has to do with "short list". Beyond that, I still haven’t a clue. |
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Shane! I mean Neo!, come back! |
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