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Originally Posted by David

. . . Estrich

I like her personage

Originally Posted by David

Fox is constantly alerting us to the "fact" that MSNBC is a "sinking ship." It's been years since it started to sink, pal. Must be a damned big ship.

I agree. Moreover, if Fox has the majority of the market share, as they allege, and Fox is self professed as "fair and balanced" (which to me is poppycock) - then how does that support Fox's statement that the media (presumably the majority) is liberal?

Originally Posted by David

. . . . turn off cable news & read "The Economist."

I love that magazine. I do not always agree with the opinions. However, I find it thought provoking and well written.

Originally Posted by David

It isn't long before one is able to catch on to their game, is it? "Interviews" consist of nothing but logical fallacies & rhetorical gamesmanship ("Isn't Obama's radicalism going to put us all in danger?"), all of it delivered in a mad, noisy rush intended to get rammed in to the slot before commercial break. (It's like trying to squeeze a camel through the eye of a needle.) As I say, it's all nothing but talk radio on the tube.

Moreover, McCain and Palin apparently now are only doing "extensive" interviews with Fox News. I guess they are afraid of the other media and/or are playing to their base. Fox is like the "yes person" on an infomercial selling a vacuum cleaner - "Wow look at how that vacuum cleaner works, " "You can't get that anywhere else," "What a great product," "Other products can't compete," etc.

Interestingly, many people on the far left consider CNN, MSNBC, and the like to be rabidly conservative. So figure