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It is truly amazing that such ludicrous notions can be taken seriously. And, especially, by a supposedly adult publication -- like the Los Angeles Times.

If you haven't picked up a copy of the LA Times recently, you're in for a shock. I thought the newspaper was horrible 10 years ago when I quit even looking at free copies.

Well, the other day I found a copy of the Orange County Edition on my desk and had a peek. The two facing editorial pages, well, let's just say it was like reading a print edition of Democratic Underground. They've gone over to the dark side completely. "Bush is a Liar," "Bush is a Scumbag," and "We should be nice to the terrorists" were the gist of three of the editorials that come to mind. There were others espousing socialism in one form or another.

I knew it was bad, but this was shocking. There was not one SINGLE paragraph that made any sense whatsoever. I suppose it should come as no surprise that newspapers of record are now printing national secrets on their front pages. It will be interesting to see how much lower they can go.

If you haven't picked up a copy of the LA Times recently, you're in for a shock.

I knew I was giving the LA Times too much credit. But major urban newspapers surely want to be taken seriously, don't they?

I've noticed much the same phenomenon with my hometown paper -- which happens to be the Dallas Morning News.

Their front page often strikes me as oddly juvenile -- in terms of story selection and editorial slant. It's as if a major urban paper is consumed by celebrity culture and trying to emulate Entertainment Tonight.

Either that, or the staffers for the Style section have occupied the News room...

All in all, the MSM can (should) no longer be taken seriously. The institution itself is intellectually rotten and politically corrupt.

I read your post with interest however I disagree with the notion that the LA Slimes has 'gone to the other side'. The fact is their viewership is dwindling not as a result of their politics (they have always tilted left) but as a result of other avenues for disseminating the news are now available. The only way they can stay in business is to 'preach to the converted. "be more Catholic than the Pope, bref be more left wing than ever. If you follow this Darwinian inevitability, the Slime will be competing with the likes of Lyndon Larouche, the Marxist-Leninist commentary and all that trash. '

We are definitely witnessing the end of the MSM as we know it.