CNN Hitting Low Ratings

[outlawauron]

Soleron said:

badgenome said:

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I'm no fan of the Republicans, but there is nothing nutty about being pissed off at a party which chides Bush over his recklessness, then promptly begins its own regimen of orgiastic spending - including more of the bailouts for which they'd hammered Bush - right after coming into power. The only incident at a "tea party" that can even remotely be construed as racist was one in which a black protestor was beaten up by white SEIU thugs.

Whatever deficiencies you might find in these particular protestors, I think there's something rather despicable about a media which treats anti-war protests (which are legitimate but have had more than their fair share of insanity), illegal immigrant marches, violent WTO protests, etc. with a respect that sometimes borders on reverence, but regularly tags these folks with as tasteless a term as "teabaggers".

I agree, US media is very biased and often too informal (like your last line implies). Just that there is legitimate criticism to be made of the Republican position on this, when they claimed moral authority over the subject of these protests. The Democrats, too, have failed. If I was a US citizen would vote Democrat as the least bad option not because I believed them.

 

@outlawauron

Yes. Myself included - the kind of politics I would like would certainly destroy the current system, involving forced nationalisation without compensation of some businesses, public release of all government documents including military plans and police evidence, the banning of politicians from having anything to do with business in any way including talking to people employed by them.

None of these things have anything to do with fiscally responsible policies......