“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”

Jonathan Swift
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"The Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital." - Bill Maher
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"The city is crowded my friends are away and I'm on my own
It's too hot to handle so I gotta get up and go

It's a cruel ... cruel summer"

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Yeah, whatever...

Ralph Routon wrote:
"As hard as it might be for either side of the political fence to believe, the Globe-News staff isn't united at all."

No, Mr. Routon, it isn't hard to believe. There are more than just few liberals, progressives and Democrats here in town who have all kinds of jobs. The AGN would be no exception. It also isn't hard to believe why the AGN has shown such unfliching support for the Republican Party. The AGN is a corporate-controlled newspaper whose primary goal is to generate revenue for the shareholders of Morris Communications. The AGN operates in a community dominated by hard-right "Christians", defense contractors and old oil and gas money. Of course you almost always support Republicans. You'd be handed your walking papers if you didn't.

The paper's political leanings have never been an issue with me. What is an issue is playing fast and loose with the facts in the paper's anonymous editorials, especially the past few months.

"You're certain, beyond any shadow of doubt, that we're just another faction within the vast media conspiracy that is attempting ever-so-subtly to influence public opinion across America."

Yes, Mr. Routon, I am certain of it. The "Foxification" of American media continues, and from what I can tell it is working.