fnord wrote:
] "Newspapers ... serve a very valuable function. ... (They)
] help us figure out what's really important."
]
] what a motherfucker

indeed. i can't think of a worse situation for democracy than when all media is controlled by the same source (no matter what it is). But it's not surprising -- seems like most americans (maybe most people everywhere, but i only live here) are intellectually lazy, and don't want to have to grapple with differing viewpoints or complex situations, so it's easier when all the media says the same thing.

RE: asshole