Russia embraces religious intolerance with draconian blasphemy and anti-gay laws

[Statler Waldorf]

Of course they would. You think Alan Colmes will ever admit that he was the faux liberal on the Hannity Show?

Nope, so you’ll have to demonstrate that he really was despite what he claims. Colmes was a co-host of “Hannity and Colmes”; he was not part of “Hannity”.

What media studies are these? The studies I've seen portray Fox viewers as the most uninformed. They're part of the reason we can't have a rational discourse on politics anymore. The far right now has its own set of facts delivered by their own alternate "news" (propaganda) source.

Yes, I realize you only approved when the far left were entitled to their own set of facts. Fox destroyed that, and you resent them for it, I get it.

“Fox News Channel’s coverage was more balanced toward both parties than the broadcast networks were. On FOX, evaluations of all Democratic candidates combined were split almost evenly – 51% positive vs. 49% negative, as were all evaluations of GOP candidates – 49% positive vs. 51% negative, producing a perfectly balanced 50-50 split for all candidates of both parties.

On the three broadcast networks, opinion on Democratic candidates split 47% positive vs. 53% negative, while evaluations of Republicans were more negative – 40% positive vs. 60% negative. For both parties combined, network evaluations were almost 3 to 2 negative in tone, i.e. 41% positive vs. 59% negative.”-
The Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University, 2008 Presidential Campaign

If you have any doubts of this, just observe the media's coverage of the recent Iraq War, both in the run-up and during. Not only did the media cheer-lead the drive to war, they did zero in the aftermath to hold the Bush administration accountable for lying us into it. It wasn't until 2006 that a reporter FINALLY had the temerity to ask Bush why we invaded Iraq. No reporter dared ask a follow up question when Bush repeated the lie that it was a response to 9/11. Few questions have been asked since. Phil Donahue was fired from "liberal" MSNBC for telling the truth about the Iraq War. No apology has been offered, as far as I'm aware, since he turned out to be completely right.

Wait, so MS-NBC cancels a show that nobody was watching and that is supposed to prove your argument?

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CNN (or TeaNN) is Fox light. It wants to be Fox so bad it can sometimes taste it. The nickname comes from the fact that CNN kick started the Tea Bagger movement (I refuse to call them the Tea Party, out of respect for the anti-corporate patriots of some 240 years ago).

MSNBC also owns CNBC (remember Santelli's delusional rant that is credited for starting the equally delusional Tea Bagger movement). While it's trumped up as a "liberal station", even liberal commentators there need to watch their step. Phil Donahue learned this lesson the hard way. Keith Olbermann hasn't been seen or heard from in years (seriously, anyone know what happened to him, I sometimes wonder if he's at the bottom of a river somewhere wearing cement overshoes). If you look carefully, you can see Rachael Maddow treading lightly as she speaks about her colleagues without naming them.

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Nobody watches MS-NBC, that’s why there is so much turn over there. Keith works for ESPN 2 now, he’s still alive Mr. Air America.

If you're an American who wants to know what's going on, you need to go to foreign sources of journalism like the BBC.

Sure. Those Brits, they sure keep tabs on what’s happening over here.

Or because he was on video going foaming at the mouth insane and then lying about it afterwards.

I wouldn’t know because I didn’t see the entire interview, you only presented a heavily edited version of it that featured commentary by AL FRANKEN, you’re really out there.

You say that I am.

You prove you are. I know quite a few lefties but you’re pretty radical.

Thing is, the base of the GOP has gone so far off the right wing deep end that the entire left wing is just a faint blur. And you listen only to what comes from inside your own alternate reality bubble that you have no idea that what you call "fringe" is becoming increasingly mainstream.

Did the BBC tell you that?