Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote:
> The points I think Rockefeller misses are that A) there's nothing > right now, on TV or off, that prevents him from having civil dialogue > with his opponents. The problem is that so few of the Republicans want > to have that dialogue, preferring to throw sand in the wheels to stop > any chance of Obama passing anything, and B) he sees Fox and MSNBC as > two sides of the same coin, whereas Fox is an organ for/propaganda arm > of Republican/right wing talking points and MSNBC, while liberal in > some of its programming, isn't doing the same for the Democrats. > > If he's upset with the things that Fox is broadcasting, he should take > it up with the people on the other side of the aisle, since they're > working from the same playbook. You'd be hard pressed to find > Congressional Democrats who are either feeding or repeating stuff > heard on MSNBC the way Fox and the GOP are in lockstep. > Dave is right of course, but Rockefeller is just using MSNBC as a prop, in the same way Jon Stewart is. He can't really say what Dave suggests without offending a number of blue dog West Virginians, so he pretends MSNBC is an equal and opposite offender to give himself cover. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
