Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:29:34 AM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:07:43 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > > On 1/28/2021 9:23 AM, Leo wrote:
> > >> On 2021 Jan 28, , Cindy Hamilton wrote
> > >> (in >):
> > >>
> > >>> Disgruntled, uneducated whites have a nearly constant stream of Fox News
> > >>> on televisions in salons, bars, and other workplaces. In the car they have
> > >>> talk radio, which is where the right-wing media really got its start. Their
> > >>> local television station is likely owned by Sinclair, so they get another dose
> > >>> if they watch the evening news.
> > >>
> > >> While the cognoscenti listen to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN. And they´re
> > >> more believable because...
> > >>
> > >> leo
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > You left out this line
> > > Take your pick. Fox News, OANN, Newsmax, Breitbart, ad infinitum.
> > >
> > > There is no doubt the ones you mention are left leaning.
> > Only if you are a right-winger! To the rest of the world, CNN, the NYT and
> > WaPo are to the right of centre.
> Since we're talking about the U.S. and U.S. media, we might as well use
> U.S. left/right conventions. Otherwise, we'd have to talk about right,
> far right, and so far right it has an event horizon.



Good point - we are not "the rest of the world", we are the US...otherwise the conversation pointlessly "wanders"...

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Greg