I don't believe 'liberals' have a leg to stand on when they complain about FOX and talk radio, when many of them engage in the same tactics of vitriolic, simplistic rhetoric.
For one thing, Chris Matthews or Chris Wallace ARE NOT liberals. They are political hacks and suck-ups to power. They are insulated with this beltway complacency and have no desire to advance "leftist" (for the people) objectives. If you watch their programs, they have tons of 'right-wing' people on there, gladly advancing their talking points.... "Morning Joe" is in no shape or form "liberal", btw - it doesn't vary much from "FOX and Friends" when it comes to obnoxious, self-righteous talking points.
They're not. Just calling bullshit when we see it.
I'd agree with you if I ever heard one of you just acknowledge that FOX shouldn't engage in manipulating perspectives.
Along with the opening sentence here, so-called "leftist" counter-parts to MSM (Olberman, Colmes, Ed Shultz, etc) are bombastic, unobjective clowns. The main argument against Talk Radio and 'right-wing' pundits isn't WHAT they believe, but how they distort the discourse. If Shultz and Randi Rhodes engage in the same disingenuous tactics, they aren't any better (or serve the public any better) than the same 'machine' they are warring against.
The PROBLEM with mainstream, 24-7 information media is how they distort and form opinions FOR their audience, leaving no time to interpret and understand issues fully. They START with a conclusion, then work backward to find evidence that supports their original thesis.....that isn't 'news' or information, that is propaganda
What is most distressing in this thread isn't that we have people with differing ideologies (I don't agree with Trident on most things, but that isn't a problem) - the problem is that NONE OF US are really raising a concern that NONE OF US are being served by the airwaves we own....for the very purpose of staying informed as citizens. The only thing the airwaves are being used for is to continually advertise and influence us for other people's agendas......