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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago

   Essentially correct. We get the two right wingers on with one is the previous right winger and the most recent Tea Party Reich winger. Sometimes the right winger is called “Leftist” just to make it seem like they (corporate owned news outlet) are “Fair and Balanced” which they are not.
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   ConserveGov said, 4 months ago

   You guys must not watch ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN or MSNBS. Nothing but liberals and a token RINO.
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   Talking heads are, by their nature, conservative. I prefer to make up my own mind.
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   wmconelly said, 4 months ago

   Luckily we get to vote on these political guys every couple years, change the debate floor out from under ’em.
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   TJDestry said, 4 months ago

   You know, Ted, when they all look like right-wingers, it just might mean you’re not a centrist.
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   motivemagus said, 4 months ago

   Amazing. ConserveGov illustrates the point Ted is making.
   Barack Obama practically ran Reagan’s third term and they call him a “radical Marxist” (in ignorance of definitions, but never mind that). God only knows what would happen if he were an ACTUAL liberal, like, say, Republican Teddy Roosevelt.
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   wcorvi said, 4 months ago

   @TJDestry

   Good point; I hadn’t thought of it that way. Is a centrist one who thinks halfway between the two extremes? Or one who thinks like the median person? If the distribution is gaussian they are the same, but if the distribution is skewed, then the aren’t, necessarily.
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   mattro53 said, 4 months ago

   FAIR!
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   edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago

   Fox has perfected the art of having their commentators make claims,unverified or outrageous, which are then reported on by Fox as “news”, and then used by other commentators and their “news” reporters to question Dems about their response. I’d love to see a Dem with the balls to call BULLSHIT on live TV to this crap!
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    edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago

    Fox is also egregious in their use of commentarial comments by their “news” reporters during stand-up presentations, instead of just laying out the facts. They report (what they choose) and we decide (based on biased reporting). Murdoch sure spawned a winner! Maybe it will finally come crashing down like his British print empire seems to be.
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    mattro53 said, 4 months ago

    I don’t know how Ted defines himself, but I’m a radical. So, yeah most wing nuts look like Neanderthals to me (albeit some have an impressive vocabulary) and Bam Bam looks like a moderate to me. I know my views are not representative. Too bad a lot of tightie righties seem to feel that it must be true because they think so.
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    Bilword said, 4 months ago

    and that’s the way it is america2013
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    mikefive said, 4 months ago

    News outlets are out there to make money. The way they present news is targeted at the prejudices of an audience, and they hope that that audience will be large enough to turn a profit. They hire commentators that will appeal to that audiences mindset. If they do it right they stay on the air. If not they become Air America. It is fantasy to believe that news outlets are the way they are because of some altruistic ideal of assuring that the information that you get is accurate.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 4 months ago

    Ted, that was the best smack-down you ever delivered! NAILED IT!!! Three cheers for Ted!
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    ARodney said, 4 months ago

    When figuring out who are “right wingers,” it helps to compare positions with polls of the American public. Americans (even Republicans) overwhelmingly like Obama’s gun control proposals, especially the back-ground checks. They overwhelmingly want immigration reform. And a solid majority wants abortion kept safe, legal, and rare. Now, when was the last time you heard any of that side of the argument from the ex-Republican staffers at Fox News?
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