Dan Rather lives

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by RACooper


Ummm I do watch/listen... thats kinda where I developed my opinion of the moronic blowhards. I can count on one hand the number of times either of the above carried on an intelligent or fair debate or arguement about a subject.. the rest of the time it devolves into the same tired old routine of yelling, browbeating, and "moral outrage"... or who can talk or scream louder (if that fails just cut them off). Hannity does get into the yelling schtick as much, but he more than makes up for in the general stupidity of his observations or arguements...

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Wow... don't know where to begin on this one... really there is such a plethora of falsehoods and misrepresentation I'm really at a loss...

The problem is this: it'd be hard for me to convince you that they do play fast and loose with facts if you live in a reality/bubble wherein you are convinced the media is a vast 'liberal' conspiracy.

But if you're willing to being you journey down the prevebial rabbit hole - why not start by looking into Bill O'Reilly's claims about his little "France Boycott" (start by trying to verify his sources and numbers) or his claims about the ACLU's "war on Christmas" (start by looking into how many ACLU cases are actually 'anti-Christmas' and how many defended Christmas) - you'll have to do the research yourself, because honestly I feel the search might do you some good... and of course you'd question anything I'd bring to the debate. [/B][/QUOTE

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You have your opinion, and I have mine. I seldom see/hear O'Reilly, and can't defend him. These people all have made mistakes, and it appears the France Boycott haunts O'Reilly, but how important is that. This thread got started concerning Dan Rather's trying to pass off documents as real - just before the 2004 election. That's pretty serious, and it cost ole Dan his career.

Limb. and Hannity are on the radio 15+ hours a week, and O'Reilly too, plus TV at night. The good they do is to make conservatives feel that there are others who feel like they do, and to provide some balance to the lib media. I'm glad they do.

While Google produces 900+ news stories and columns repeating the ACLU's side of the War on Christmas, there's a lot of evidence that the ACLU has attacked Christmas, including:

" * The ACLU lawyer who, on his lunch break, inspected a Christmas tree that had been set up in the Pennsylvania state capitol and found, among its thousand ornaments, three that were cross-shaped -- and promptly filed suit"

PS: The Thrashers have won 12 of the last 17.