Thursday, January 27, 2005

 

If, By The Grace Of Diebold, The Democrats Ever Return To Power In D.C.

and the FCC Chairmanship is still vacant (the Bush appointee to succeed Michael Powell having his/her confirmation held up by, let's say, concurrent indictments by multiple grand juries, or the Hague), I suggest that we name Ted Turner to the post:

On Fox News: While Fox may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said. He followed up by pointing out that Adolph Hitler got the most votes when he was elected to run Germany prior to WWII. He said the network is the propaganda tool for the Bush Administration. "There's nothing wrong with that. It's certainly legal. But it does pose problems for our democracy. Particularly when the news is dumbed down, leaving voters without critical information on politics and world events and overloaded with fluff," he said.

I'd just love to see someone like Turner push a re-enacted Fairness Doctrine down Rupert Murdoch's throat.

posted by Michael 8:27 AM