RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] MoveOn.org (was "DDOS")

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Ross, Matthew wrote:

> Rush Limbaugh fits into this category as well. He and almost all
> the modern news broadcasters, including Fox News, are entertainers
> first, reporters if the news is in their favor, or they can spin
> it that way. Early on, I respected Rush because he reiterated many
> times that he was just an entertainer, but the 'Rush is Right'
> sales pitch ended that. He's as much an objective political
> commentator as Jay Leno is.

I find it interesting that people would expect there to *be* such a 
thing as an objective political commentator.  I have no idea how 
that is really supposed to work.  Unless what "objective" means in 
this context is "does not tell blatant lies".

So, for my money, you do a lot better with people who make no
attempt to be objective and wear that on their sleeve.  They tend to 
be more interesting, and, these days, usually seem to try to be 
funny.  Jon Stewart of the Daily Show can be incredibly funny at 
times and does a lot of political material.  His personal biases are 
completely obvious, but the running story on the Democratic 
Primaries is called the "Race From the White House", and I really 
don't see him holding back there.

jking


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