Sarah Palin signs deal to be a Fox News commentator

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

You mean the "sweet spot" created by the green-anti-religious left?
The left that has such a strangle hold on the press that it left such a
vacuum that Fox News stepped in and now thrives.

i wasn't really talking about an ideological sweet spot, i meant they're in a sweet spot as far as power/influence/accountability are concerned.

the left is complicit, for sure. frankly i think both sides are useless and evil i used to be a party-line democrat but i can't vote for them anymore. they're just as absurd and corrupt as the republicans. and on the topic of political commentators, i hate keith olbermann just as much as i hate glenn beck or bill "we'll do it live!" o'reilly. so my issue with fox news is not right vs. left thing.

what i do think is particularly pernicious about fox news is the way they fan the flames of this alleged culture war. i understand that many people feel that their traditional values are being left behind in favor of more progressive policies, but to pit people against each other and profiting from it is reprehensible. the US was intended to be a haven for a wide range of ideologies. our government was based on progressive policies, not tradition (although there was that whole manifest destiny thing ...).

if fox news were truly conservative and not just a profiteering mouthpiece of the fear-mongering right, they would advocate everyone's right to privacy, personal liberty, and freedom from government interference. but they don't.

i understand how it all came to be, but i still think they are dangerous.