In response to Krumbine about the Fox News foolishness
http://www.horbawrong.com/1/post/2009/10/the-white-house-vs-fox-news.html
To be fair: If you are going to apply that standard to Fox you must also use it with MSNBC. Olbermann is every bit as biased as Hannity. Ed is as bad as Beck and Maddow can be every bit as inflammatory as O'Reilly.
The question becomes do you agree with your particular choice of talking head.
If not then they are offensive and plain wrong... from your perspective.
Partisanship IS partisanship. And that means that your opinions are given credibility by the people who voice them. I find Olbermann to be unyielding and arrogant. I find Beck to be hysterical and foolish. Both are singing to their choir and neither are completely wrong.
Step back a little and realize that one of the ways to discredit your enemy is to paint them as evil and uncaring. This is part of the tactic employed by the Obama administration against Fox News and conservatives in general, right now. It distracts from any reasonable point that the opposition makes. There is no consensus from either side right now and until there is this country is destined for very bad times.
A president is not a dictator and must build a collation in the absence of an overwhelming majority. Without that, demonizing the opposition is a perilous game.
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