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I'm sorry you feel I'm being unrealistic. I'd have to question how you have determined what is and what is not "realistic" to describe me as failing to achieve it. I suspect it is rather subjective - but you clearly don't hold that belief. Which may very well be why we will never agree in this discussion.
I can't say I'm suprised that you would take the SBVT aspect I brought up and run with it. But you missed the point.
The SBVT became a huge story everywhere without any factual credibility not because FoxNews is Republican (although that assuredly was one reason they ran so far with it) - rather, it is controversial. Controversy is what the media thrives on. All of it. They claim objectivity or the desire to attain it, but they pay the bills with controversy.
As for FoxNews always representing the Republicans - they have placed themself in the situation that _almost_ all of their perspective is indentical to that of the Republican position. Some of it may not be, but do you honestly believe someone sits down and watches FoxNews and categorizes what is and what is not a Republican position? As for the millions of people that watch it - I believe almost all of them specifically DO watch it because it reflects the Republican position. It is the perspective they WANT to hear. They WANT to hear that Saddam was responsible for 9/11. They WANT to hear that Partial Birth Abortions are never medically necessary. They WANT to hear that Bush's tax cuts helped the economy. They're no longer trying to determine if any of it is true - they are simply looking for validation of their preconceived notions of what is true. And FoxNews provides it while insisting it is the unquestionable truth.
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