http://x.painkiller.org/politics-etc/politics/shut-up-were-trying-to-watch-the-news art is a single syllable word Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://x.painkiller.org/politics-etc/politics/shut-up-were-trying-to-watch-the-news/comment-page-1#comment-90 kristian Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:42:18 +0000 http://x.painkiller.org/?p=28#comment-90 I agree, but the answer isn't more government programs institutionalizing "fairness." I agree, but the answer isn’t more government programs institutionalizing “fairness.”

]]> http://x.painkiller.org/politics-etc/politics/shut-up-were-trying-to-watch-the-news/comment-page-1#comment-85 adam Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:04:57 +0000 http://x.painkiller.org/?p=28#comment-85 My point is that the "parity" we have achieved is just divisive, partisan hackery (on both sides), and what is lost is any sort of substantive conversation. This is a win win situation for the Rupert Murdoch's of the world, but I can't help thinking that us modest Americans are on the losing end of the battle. My point is that the “parity” we have achieved is just divisive, partisan hackery (on both sides), and what is lost is any sort of substantive conversation. This is a win win situation for the Rupert Murdoch’s of the world, but I can’t help thinking that us modest Americans are on the losing end of the battle.

]]> http://x.painkiller.org/politics-etc/politics/shut-up-were-trying-to-watch-the-news/comment-page-1#comment-84 kristian Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:54:06 +0000 http://x.painkiller.org/?p=28#comment-84 NPR as a source for "real" news? Hmmmm... it seems to me that NPR is very much a left-leaning outit, as are the New York Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, et. al. Yes, Fox news and talk radio are clearly biased to the right. But almost all of print media and the other major television networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) are left leaning. So why do we need a Fairness Doctrine? The free market has provided parity. NPR as a source for “real” news? Hmmmm… it seems to me that NPR is very much a left-leaning outit, as are the New York Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, et. al. Yes, Fox news and talk radio are clearly biased to the right. But almost all of print media and the other major television networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) are left leaning. So why do we need a Fairness Doctrine? The free market has provided parity.

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