Laura is part of the “beltway crowd” of Conservatives who can trace their political alliegance lineage all the way back to the RIchard NixOn.
Nixon wowed em up with his “law and order” views in the days of the anti-war hippies and riots.
The Nixon Administration attacked the liberal media, too. Nixon’s FCC issued a Fairness Doctrine ruling against NBC over a news documentary on pensions.
This was raw meat to those conservatives while Nixon detented the Soviets and “opened up” China, cut the “peace” in Vietnam with communist liars. Here at home the government got bigger with the EPA being created.
Nixon had a young media guy working for him named Roger Ailes.
“Fair and Balanced” has its roots in the Richard Nixon attack on the media that attacked Nixon with passion.
post of the month! to bad so many younger FReepers will have it go right over their heads! oh well. kudos old guy stuff Next, great job.