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Old 06-18-2003, 06:32 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally posted by geep
Yet, it's O.K. for the politics of this very same nation to be controlled by only 2 political parties?
Last time I looked there wasn't just 2 political parties. There are two major parties and plenty of other parties that you are free to choose from...when I go to vote I see on the ballot a number of different parties besides Democrat and Republican. Perhaps you've never bothered to vote, read the ballot, or even maybe you live on foreign soil and don't know much more than what the media feeds you.

Parallelling that to media is folly since within the party system there are plenty of other party choices. Note the word CHOICES as it means you have a choice, doesn't mean that the candidate will win, but there is a CHOICE. Now as one of my editorial cartoons pointed out the media giants that do control the media outlets, can endorse one particular candidate giving an impression that no other candidate exists or matters.
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