Reply #6: Okay, let's back up here [View All]

[LearnedHand]

ABC, CBS, NBC are not anywhere CLOSE to being fair or even liberal. Vis: They were among the loudest who beat the drums for the Iraqi war; they refused to question Bush about ANYTHING (2000 election, Sept. 11 attacks, his arrest record, his TANG service); and they LOUDLY repeated any rumor or lie coming from the wingnuts about Clinton, Hillary Clinton, any of their associates, etc.

PBS is not bad, but they watch their asses because of NEA and other public funding (same for NPR).

I don't know what newspapers YOU read, but they only line they are split down is between rightwing and RABIDLY rightwing.

Cable media has almost NOTHING to do with demographics, and neither does AM radio. It has EVERYTHING to do with who owns the cable and AM radio outlets: namely, Armpit Murdoch (cable outlets), and ClearChannel (radio outlets).

I'm wondering if you've thought about the vast, vast (theoretical) importance of the media in this country? After all, besides religion, the media are the only other non-governmental entities mentioned in the Constitution. The people who dreamed up this experiment in self-governance realized how incredibly important an INFORMED electorate is to the task of self-governance.