Oh absolutely!! To quote Monsieur Carville: "DIS IS WAW!!!" If we can't rely on the big money conservatives then us little-money conservatives will MAKE big money, and then pour it into the war effort.
Point taken on FNN. Balanced is the way we want it. When I spoke of the sensationalism I meant more the Fox broadcast network and its penchant for depraved teeny bopper soap operas and cheap thrills programming ala "When Snapping Turtles Attack Part XXII".
Your point taken, too. Still, the media need to make some money to finance important work like FNN. Rupert has a fine sense of human nature and its frailties, which is why he's become so rich and powerful. He knows how to build ratings, and he does nothing the so-called "mainstream" networks wouldn't do first if they thought of it. As an analog, consider that despite its penchant for lurid Page One headlines and pictures, The National Enquirer is doing a much better job of investigative journalism these days than The New York Times.