[NYC Republican]

We're on the same page. For a while, I also bought the BS FR comments that the MSM has lost its ability to influence people... Just the contrary, as conservative voices sprouted up, the leftist media just turned it up that much more...

What's the ratio of people who get their news in 30 second sound-bites from the evening news (on alphabet channels),or lib newspapers vs. Fox/Internet? If I was a betting man, I'd say 5-1, at least.

The MSM is still all powerful.

[HitmanLV]

I'd say they are still 'very powerful,' but not 'all powerful.' They went full throttle against dubya and the GOP in 2004 and while Kerry almost won, on balance the GOP did very well and better than some folks expected.