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To: Cboldt
"We'd be better off with openly partisan media..."

Are you saying we don't have that now?????

40 posted on 07/18/2005 5:20:26 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: RightOnline
Are you saying we don't have that [openly partisan media] now???

Yes. The media today is not openly partisan. It asserts it is impartial, and uses that assertion to manipulate the public.

Many media organs promote themselves as impartial watchdogs. An entire body of statutory and common law has been erected around that farce.

The charade of "honest uniformity" is useful. The media declares in unison, "Rove disclosed the ID of a covert agent!" The meme of honest reporting gives credence to the unanimity of presentation, i.e., the fact that the reporting is uniform makes it MORE likely the story is true.

55 posted on 07/18/2005 5:39:01 PM PDT by Cboldt
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