[NittanyLion]

We get all kinds of info from the media every day. We count on them to do that.

Yes of course. That Dan Rather provides great info, and he's so evenhanded in his analysis. I'm satisfied to just let his story get out, because I know there's no need to counter his rampant bias, right? He'll make 100 references to the "ultra-right GOP" every night, and people like myself won't be able to do a damn thing to get our side out.

Have you even thought about the implications of this?

[eaglebeak]

Did I say anything about which media? Did I say anything about analysis? I merely pointed out that we count on media to provide information. It's up to us to assess the quality of that information and to decide which media are most reliable in that respect. I agree with you that much of the media are now trash. But we have been dependent on it for information, well, as least as long as I've been alive.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"He'll make 100 references to the "ultra-right GOP" every night, and people like myself won't be able to do a damn thing to get our side out."

That's where you are wrong, you can buy all the ads that you wished denouncing "the anti-American socialists on the left running for (fill in the blank). Nothing stops you from doing that, as long as you are using hard money, and are willing to disclose the source of the ad.