[Leisler]

I'd say that for over twenty years one of my great pleasures was getting a morning armful of papers and sitting down with coffee and reading them. The habit is still there. However, even on Sundays I now find the papers mostly unread. Or if so, I just skim.

Since the internet, I find the papers too late, way to left, accepting even the leftism, the writing is poor, the knowledge of the writers is little. Lastly the newspapers and tv news is passive, one way conduit.

The papers are dead men walking. They are going the way of the town crier.

Good.

[Erik Latranyi]

I has the (dis)pleasure of sitting in an airport yesterday for nearly 6 hours with CNN Aiport TV playing.

The tactics of using negative polls to soften the good news is very evident. Every story starts with Bush's low poll numbers and how the American people do not trust him to lead on Iran, North Korea, Iraq, the economy, etc.

The near hyperventilation in reporting that another retired general thinks Rumsfeld should resign....even though that general wanted to be more brutal in his approach.

Thankfully, FR is the alternative and we are witnessing the slow suicide of those that undermine our great nation.

[F.J. Mitchell]

The only reason people buy newspapers anymore, is for the funnies, the crossword puzzle, the TV guide,letters to the editor and for paper training puppies.