[kabar]

This is a brilliant piece, though he isn't as alone as he thinks in perceiving these trends---they are the basis for a book I'ves sent to my agent called "First, the Bad News." But this represents a 360-degree circle back to where "news" was in the Jacksonian period, namely where EVERY publication was "biased" and people knew it and treated the contents accordingly. Papers carried the name "Arkansas Democrat" or "Columbus Republican."

Excellent observation. In point of fact, this is the situation that obtains globally. In Europe, Japan, etc. the newspapers and other media have a definite political slant, which is well known to everyone. They have their own audiences and are used to counterbalance one another. If we move away from this idea of so-called objectivity by the MSM, we would be better off. At least, there would be a major MSM voice castigating CBS and Rather about these forgeries. Even Fox feels compelled to restrain its criticism and just express some doubt.

With the liberals exercising a virtual monopoly over the MSM, a proconservative MSM outlet would carve out a significant part of the market. Fox has edged in that direction, but it seems intimidated by the attacks from the Left. Enough of fair and balanced and more of advocacy and adversarial journalism.

[LS]

I agree, except you need some token libs on if only to discredit their arguments~!