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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way
If people weren't uneducated/stupid/uncritical/overly-credulous then the increasingly tabloid media wouldn't be a problem. Honestly, what educated person, no matter their political bent would watch Glenn Beck as anything more than a sideshow?
Is it any wonder he has the same advertisers as Art Bell?
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while true, it's not clear where you want to go with this line of argument.
I see two most likely paths.
The first is that americans should be smarter. Accepted as stipulated. What then, where do you take that line of argument?
The second is that the media is innocent, a freemarket automaton guided only by the invisible hand.
now thats a line of argument I'd like to see you try to support. thats where the heart of the beast would be, if it turns out that the media isn't innocent.
all of the major tribes have at times made the argument that the media is NOT innocent, and all have also made arguments that the media IS innocent, depending on wether or not the media is saying something they like.
pretty much everyone agrees americans are stupid fucks who deserve what's happening to them. the spin on this varies a bit tribally but not enough to matter.
is the media innocent? that's the real question.