Posted on 01/29/2007 9:14:29 PM PST by jazusamo
Another excellent column by Dr. Sowell.
"The unraveling Duke "rape" case should be a wake-up call, both for blacks and for liberals, on how easy it is for their emotions to be manipulated by even a third-rate demagogue with a flimsy fraud."
It doesn't matter if it's true.
What matters is whether it will stick or not.
And, the politicization of everything. "Fake but True" America.
Sorry, I missed you on the ping.
Wake up calls are a thing of the past in America.
Was 9/11 a wake up call? No, it appears not.
Was Sandy Berger's crime a wake-up call? No, if Sandy Berger was a Republican would it have been a wake-up call? HELL YES. It would have been front page news for a month and the sanctimony would have been dripping from every news casters lips daily.
The media controls popular opinion whether we like it or not, and we don't.
Until there is a Conservative Network nothing will change, you would think the microcosm of FNC's success would lead some smart billionaire/TV tycoon to unleash a conservative network. Nope, they're happy with having a mass liberal propaganda machine because it's WILDLY EFFECTIVE.
Great post!
I'm afraid I have to agree. For a time it looked like FNC was going to carry the message but they've slipped.
Nifong and his plaintiff, Crystal, should both be borugh tup on charges.
Just saw the Milton Friedman story where Thomas Sowell was his student...
Excellent : IMO
Milton Friedman was a brilliant man and he must have been a good teacher too.
Milton Friedman had a wonderful life.
A real gentleman with nice friends like thomas sowell
Thank you Dr. Sowell. Sanity ought to be more popular.
That's actually what FOX is, but you've made some good points. The harsh fact is that although there are many more socially conservative people than there are liberals in America, libs still dominate the media by a great margin. That's despite FOX News, conservative talk radio, and the internet. Most people I know still get virtually all their info from Big Lib Media. Even many Republicans do not tune into the internet or watch FOX. We have a long way to go. Your idea of another conservative network is a good one. I guess you don't believe FOX is conservative enough (and I tend to agree with you), but it's better than whatever else is out there.
Dr. Sowell is TRULY a genius. He nails academia to the wall in this article!
But the Sowells of the world will not run for office. Alas, he is not a scoundrel, and could not take the abuse.
I so enjoy Dr. Sowell's wisdom and telling it like it is..
Always. Sowell for POTUS.
Yes, I agree. Sowell can think and then make his thinking into print like virtually no other current pundit. Short, crisp sentences and crystal clear prose make his ideas available to all literate people.
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