4 Reasons to Be Glad Bush Is Still President

[Ken Moffat]

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

>On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 11:30 -0800, Ken Moffat wrote:
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>>Those who watch FOX news do not hear the truth, believe it or not.
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>Of course not. But that does not mean that one does hear it in other
>services, which is what you imply. The real solution is to listen to
>both and judge for yourself. Any five or ten minute news blurb will be
>incomplete. Fox is shown here in Sweden. Despite Sweden's reputation as
>a somewhat leftist country, many people do watch Fox. Of course, most
>Swedes do so for simple entertainment. Fox is more about murder
>investigations than anything else. But it does offer an opposing
>opinion. And 'news' is, IMHO, mainly opinion and seldom indisputable
>fact. With the possible exception of the BBC :)
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My problem is that many, if not most, right leaning people in the US do
believe what O'Reilly, Hannity, and the others of that ilk say. I have 
relatives I visit now and then who at first did not know that I son't
lean to the right. When we first met we were watching Fox, and one told
me "Those guys, O'Reilly and Hannity really tell it like it is!" They
were raised in an era of truthful news (they are  in their 70's), of
Walter Cronkite, etc. and see Fox as News, not Entertainment. Indeed,
their entertainment value is high at times for certain people, and the
produce well, but as for truth, I agree with you that it's hard to find.
I try to explain to people that it's all about money and often has
little true news value, but most blow it off. Many still believe in this
President, too, which is confusing.

IMHO cable news and right wing talk radio, along with the religious
right, have sent this country in the wrong direction. Spinning to the
right with all their might they have managed to make a difference, and
it only takes a few percentage points. Not enough people see that.
(Maybe it's me!? ;-) )

Anyway, it was not my intention to rant on the group. I responded
without thinking about where I was.


Happy New Year.

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ken