--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Yes, the trend of factcheck.org and many blogs that do similar are a > great dvelopment. > > I prefer market-based solutions when the market well functions in > that domain. The problem is that till now, laissez-faire campaign > finance has led to a bogged down, corrupt and inept system.
Which includes the press, unfortunately. These blogs are doing the media's job for them. The trouble is, far more people still get their news from television and newspapers than from blogs. There's an outstanding site called Media Matters-- http://www.mediamatters.org --that documents the atrocities being perpetrated by the media these days. Its focus is on the right- wing media such as Fox News, but it's not restricted to them by any means. Another good media watchdog blog is Daily Howler-- http://www.dailyhowler.com --which, if you read it daily for about a week, will permanently disabuse you of the ridiculous notion of the "liberal media." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
