Re: NAACP - Liable for hate speech?
PW,<br />So the "right wing agenda" equals a conspirasy? Why do you suppose the Republican party controls the Administration, and both houses of Congress? Because a majority of the citizens of this country voted for them. Since when does the majority rule equate to a conspiracy?<br /><br />I don't agree with many of the social issues of the right. I believe in the right of a woman to make up her own mind whether or not to abort a child. I believe that gay couple ought to be able to marry, if that makes them happy. I believe that stem cell research should be allowed and supported. I do, however, fully respect the decisions of those elected officials, be they Republican or Democrat, when those decisions reflect the majority of the citizens of this country. I utterly dispise those who would thwart the majority rule. <br /><br />Why is it that so many Democrats feel that their opinions ought to count for more than the majority? It is this attitude of "superior intellect", and social "enlightenment" that so outrages many of those on the right, especially when many of the views don't hold up to the scrutiny of common sense. <br /><br />The fact that you can see no bias in the reporting of news within the last year is truely scary to those of us in the "middle". I have never realized a more leftest bias in reporting since I began watching the news. Fox appears to be the only exception to this rule, and they, unfortunately swing a little too far to the right at times. It's true that the media criticised Clinton when criticism was called for, but it was open criticism and not the "selective reporting" we see today. <br /><br />I heard that Ted Koppel, not exactly the bastion of right wing journalism, was interviewed recently and asked about his investigations into the actions of the congress before the Iraq war. Koppel claimed that he had recently interviewed dozens of members of both houses personnally and was amazed to find only three members who said that they would have voted differently had they known what they know now. This was true of even the most high profile Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy. So, if the vote were taken today, regardless of the lack of WMD, regardless of the "lack" of links to Al Queida, Congress would vote FOR the war with Iraq. I thought this to be an amazing revelation that I would have never expected. Koppel thought so too in his interview, however he has yet to mention this on his show, Nightline. <br /><br />I notice that if a news article presents news that is not favorable of the current administration it get front page coverage, regardless of its relative interest. Those that tend to look faverable on GWB tend to get buried deep. For example, during the numerous reports of positive job growth that spured the market, my local paper, The Sacramento Bee, would cover these stories in the business section. Last week, when last month's job growth was not as high as expected, the article was placed on the front page. It is suttle, but the bias is there.
