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That is a point of view, idiot, not a fact of life.

Idiot? My God, buddy---where the hell do you get off calling me an idiot? What the hell did I ever do to you?
The rest of your post indicates you have no clue whatsoever about the history of journalism in the United States, and are more interested in spewing personal attacks and your own retarded, uniformed filth than discussing the real issue at hand. What an ignorant clown you are.

>Idiot? My God, buddy---where the hell do you get off calling me an idiot? What the hell did I ever do to you? The rest of your post indicates you have no clue whatsoever about the history of journalism in the United States, and are more interested in spewing personal attacks and your own retarded, uniformed filth than discussing the real issue at hand. What an ignorant clown you are.

LOL!

How does it feel?! Now you know exactly how most of America feels when journalists "...are more interested in spewing personal attacks and your own retarded, uniformed filth than discussing the real issue at hand."

Real issue at hand?! My. That would take an objective assessment of the situation. But _you_ don't believe objective assessments exist, and _you_ believe they would be _bad_ things if they did...

Thank you, contemporary stupid young person. This exchange is the first thing that's made me smile in a long time. Have a good career. Mark W.

ignorant clown

HG, you can clearly see that I agree with the heart of your position. From that basis of mutual agreement I fully understand the temptation to type that--but respectfully disagree with your decision to hit the post button afterward.

None of us, I daresay, was born knowing that the affectation of objectivity turns the spirit of the First Amendment on its head. It is precisely because we ourselves had to transcend the position against which we are arguing that we know how hard it can be to see the truth. I might myself have sounded like MW, twenty five years ago. I was conservative then, s/he is conservative now--but in neither case is/was there understanding of the extent to which our thinking is/was distorted by the stupendous propaganda barrage to which journalism has subjected us for our entire lifetimes.

There is a saying,

"This problem, when solved, will be simple." The puzzlement of the problem that my article addresses was so long, and the solution (to the extent that it is such) came in comparison so recently, that I have an abiding respect for the actual difficulty of the problem for each of us. The answer is bound, gagged, and lying on MW's doorstep. S/he does not yet see it. That is not surprising. Patience.

MW derided your youth; I am (quite possibly) again as much older than MW. Patience.