[shezza]

"We allowed candidates and parties to set the agenda ..."
Piffle, Lou, pure piffle. The media engine was driving these campaigns, keeping chosen "stories" at the forefront, hoping to sabotage President Bush and glorify Kerry, trying desperately to cover up the truth.

"...and failed to cover important issues."

Now THAT'S the truth (important issues like like Kerry meeting with terrorists, like crazy Teresa wanting to be First Lady, like Breck Girl's millions being "earned" through lawsuits against doctors, like Kerry's dismal record for twenty years in the Senate, like the lies and flip-flops that came out of his mouth daily...). You failed to cover VERY important issues.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"We allowed candidates and parties to set the agenda ..."

Well, at least one of the parties . . .

The big lie is that journalism is or even should be objective. Journalism is politics, and anyone who thinks different is a sucker.

'Course that opens up the question of why CBS et al deserve to have FCC licenses while we-the-people deserve to be thrown in jail if we do what the broadcasters do. Sorry, that question I have no answer for. They just do, that's all. You wouldn't understand . . . just move on.

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate