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Originally posted by sgtclub
It's easy. Editorial control lies with the editors/reporters. Most editors/reporters are incapable of being unbiased. Editors/reporters are 10X more likely to be liberal than conservative.
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This is that whole thing about suspending logic again. Big corporations own these valuable media (in both senses), and they just let lefty editors/reporters run amok with them? Yeah, right.
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This is really irrellevant in this case - killing/bad stuff sells. Rebuilding schools does not.
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It sounds like you are backing off the suggestion that the media is out to destroy Bush, which is a wise move.
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Well let's go down the line. I'll list issues and you tell me what side you are on. To simplify this, just answer "for" or "against."
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I'll answer your questions, and you can answer the questions you've ducked about what Bush was thinking. I gave you a pretty detailed answer about what I mean when I say he "lied."
1. Abortion -- pro-choice, like the Dem party line (on this it's clear)
2. Affirmative action -- don't think it violates the Constitution; generally opposed to such legislation
3. Right to die -- in favor of it, but dispute that there is a Dem party line on this
4. Bush tax cuts -- against most of them, unlike the many Dems who voted for them
5. War in Iraq -- against, unlike the many Dems who voted for it
6. Minimum wage increase -- not opposed in principle, but would want to review the economic literature (which I believe cuts both ways) before I voted for them
Where's the party line here? I agree that there is a party line on 1 & 2, but I'm straddling it. On 3, it's not a Dem issue. On 4 & 5, Dems split, big-time. On 6, I get the sense that Dems would vote knee-jerk for minimum-wage increases even if economists say it was harmful overall, and that's not my position.
Now, your turn. The military tells Bush they've been looking for ten years without finding WMD, and he tells the media Hussein's got 'em. Cheney says there's no doubt Hussein possesses WMD. What were they thinking?
