08-27-2009, 05:47 PM
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#121 (permalink)
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Junkie
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Simply put, this is not their function. "Just the facts" is not something they hope to air.
These shows are meant for one thing: rabble-rousing. These men are demagogues, and they get high ratings for being that way.
Anyone looking for facts--or even rational criticism--need to seek elsewhere (and likely already do).
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Sure, maybe I phrased it wrong. I know these shows are just opinion factories. I wouldn't have a problem with them if the opinions presented had their roots in facts, and in things that were true. Hell, even them spinning the truth, and framing debates in a irrational way, I don't mind. But this kind of rhetoric can lead to violence and death, very quickly. |
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