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eple: I think you're misunderstanding my point. I wasn't talking about Al Franken - I was talking about someone like Coulter verses something like Fox News. I was saying that I'd rather be lied to 100% of the time (like Ann Coulter) than deal with people who lie but mix it in with news stories, and claim not to have an agenda (like Fox News).
And JSD: Actually, I've heard a lot of talk on this from the right-wing media pundits like Laura Ingram and Sean Hannity. It's funny how wrong they have it - they keep saying it like he forged a letter and then got in trouble for sending it on Harvard letterhead. He DID get in trouble for sending it on Harvard letterhead, but not for the reasons they list. And he didn't "lie" in the letter - the letter was sent as a joke to John Ashcroft and other members of the Bush administration to make a point. Funnily, the right-wing knee-jerk attack on this letter proves one of his books main points - people will form an opinion on something without getting the facts. He CLEARLY EXPLAINS what he meant by writing the letter, but the pundits distorted his argument and claimed he did something that he did not. My assumption is that they didn't actually read the section, but instead read out-of-context quotes provided by people with ideals similar to theirs.
I hope that doesn't come across as a right-wing bashing post. When I use "right-wing" so venomously I'm almost exclusively referring to the pundit-army of the extremely conservative talk-radio crowd.
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