My bro-in-law sent a link to the debate about the CNN debate. Wasn't it folly to expect a fair shake from CNN in the first place? It's like if I walk down a dark alley in downtown Detroit at 2am and then complain after I get mugged.
The reality is that CNN & the other mainline television-denominations are no longer objective and I'm not sure how healthy it is to pretend otherwise. Like it or not, FOX set off the law of unintended consequences: if you offer a more fair and balanced newscast you will cause already left-leaning MSM outlets to lean left that much more since they've lost the incentive for restraint due to the loss of conservative and moderate viewers.
There's a simple solution to this. I don't know why the Republican candidates don't boycott CNN and MSNBC. FOX News gets much better ratings and yet the Dems don't have their debates on FOX. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, especially because primary candidates have to appeal primarily (that's why we call it a 'primary', ha) to their base. This will often turn off independents and swing voters. So why not just "narrow-cast" directly to your base, which for CNN is the Democratic party and for FOX is the Republican party? Just have the debates on your particular venue, until the general election when each candidate will be forced to have a debate on the opposition media. Now that's fair and balanced...
Via fairpress.org
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