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Originally Posted by finnbow
Fair enough, Chas. I just think the "dumbing down" of the news is not particularly helpful in a system of government that depends on a well informed electorate (or so said Thomas Jefferson).
I guess we're way past that though.  |
I agree with you there. We need protection from purely capitalistic enterprise in important areas. I happen to believe journalism is one of those areas. But the Republicans are working hard right now to cut what little funding Public Broadcasting gets. Yeah. That'll fix that deficit right up.