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Originally Posted by boo boo
Because being the #1 cable news network they actually have a lot of power. A lot of people consider O'Reilly's talking points to be the gospel. I consider them largely responsable for spreading a lot of the lies and misconceptions about the Iraq war, and also for being the first to run with the Florida f*ck up that destroyed any chance of Gore taking the election in 2000.
MSNBC while "condemming" FoxNews are actually imitating them in just about every way, in fact FoxNews is rubbing off on every other news network and that's certainly gonna become a problem.
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I think you are worrying about nothing here honestly. I see your point, but the days of the Newscaster carrying gravitas and influencing real change are over. Even as the #1 news network, O'Reilly is seen in less then 10% the homes Cronkite was.
I don't want to start the argument, but it's just silly to think anything other then Bush won the election in 2000. The fact that their is no conclusive proof even now nine years after is all I need to now. And if people are dumb enough to take a cable news network talking point as gospel are problems are the puppets not the alleged puppeteers.
The American people are smarter the Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olberman or Stephen Colbert would even give them credit for. It's just that the dumber ones are the louder ones, it's no different then the animal kingdom. The stupider soming is the more loud and annoying it is. Look at Birds.