On Jun 27, 4:55 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The lunatic fringe moves towards the mainstream, and is enabled by the
> > pundits/puppets and their masters. It would be pathetic if it wasn't
> > so creepy and unsettling.
>
> We have a debate often about the cable news channels, but I have
> noticed a not-too-subtle difference: Liberals still pay lip service to
> FoxNews. The teabaggers don't pay any mind to MSNBC or CNN, and they
> openly mock "wherever the hell Keith wandered off to." By contrast,
> the left still watches and participates in FoxNews. They still appear
> on the programs to be chided by the whack-job hosts. Say what you will
> about the right-wing, but by refusing to participate in the
> mainstream, they have forced the game to change.
Tea party folks frequently guest on Hardball and The Last Word.
>
> At the turn of the millennium, Rush Limbaugh had ceased to be a power
> player, in large part due to the fact that following his drug
> addiction, the left simply began ignoring him. Some of my conservative
> friends would marvel at the patently offensive utterances he made
> during those years that nobody picked up on. But by 2005 or so,
> liberals started commenting on his crap again, and the ditto-heads
> made a comeback.
>
> I have found that by and large, the liberals active in politics won't
> shut up about FoxNews. They insist on stating and restating the
> obvious issues with the channel, and -- whenever they do -- it merely
> serves to feed the fire. FoxNews uses that vitriol to encourage its
> fan base ("See what those guys on the left say about us?"). It doesn't
> matter that the criticisms are all true. Truth no longer matters in
> the world of overpoliticized journalism.
>
> I'd like to conduct a social experiment and see what would happen if
> the left would ignore FoxNews for six months. No liberals appear as
> guests, no panel discussions on other channels reacting to strange
> outbursts by "Fox & Friends," no feeling the need to constantly decry
> the latest teabagger talking points, and no humorous reairings of any
> FoxNews segments by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Imagine if
> between now and Christmas the liberals would just shut it all down --
> refuse to enter into the non-debate. It is a decidedly Republican
> tactic, but I think it might work. And even if it doesn't, imagine how
> refreshing it might be to see MSNBC and CNN opting to cover other
> things -- of course they still won't cover actual issues or engage in
> substantive debate, but it has to be better than the FoxNews stalking
> they regularly feel compelled to engage in.
> --
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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