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Er, it has been pretty much shown that about 20% of the people pay 80% of the personal income taxes. Therefore, the "only the rich pay taxes," while an exaggeration, is not much of one. However, I'll concede this point, since it is technically not true. It is easy to see why it is said, since many leftists keep claiming that the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes. That said, two wrongs a right don't make.

I'd have to disagree a bit with you seatbelt example. While it is true that it increases the cost of a car, the increase is not all that much (probably about the cost of one lawerly sneeze). What you left out is much more important. Airbags. These can range from $500.00 up. This is much more significant in terms of costs than seatbelts are.

Also, for a person who knows how to drive in poor conditions, generally ABS is not a safe option. This is especially true if you have to brake hard for very short distances. The ABS doesn't allow you to do this as well as non-ABS.

DUI & DWI, I agree.

Again, the costs to the manufacturer for seatbelts might, I say *might*, possibly pay for one tuneup and checkup.

But my entire point is that while Sean & Hannity are mistaken from time to time (Rush himself admists this), there accuracy tends to be better than that of the MSM. And they aren't even reporters.

I didn't dwell on airbags because the objective AP news story didn't mention them.. and the PR release they copied didn't. That is probably due to the publicity about airbags impact on smaller people. Those PR releases are PR driven, not factually driven.

Since we agree on the MSM, how do we effectively deal with them? When Dan Rat.her lied about Bush a FReeper succeeded in correcting that story. But most of the lies are not that dramatic and blatant. They are just a constant stream of "conventional wisdom" that keeps us constantly on the defensive, rather than the offensive.

Of course, there are several "Accuracy in media" groups. Why are they not more effective? Is there something FReepers can do to make them more effective? Is there a need for some new approach if the existing approaches are only successful on rare occasions?