Obama however is definitely a New Left Radical. He has surrounded himself with same throughout his life. His policy initiatives both foreign and especially domestic are ambitious Leftism. That he realizes the necessity of centrist rhetoric and compromise, doesnt change his politics.

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While Fox certainly did come in a swoop the giant market that was being grossly underserved….Rupert Murdoch made his fortune on this strategy across the West.

CNN however was a Maverick and different entity than the rest of the US Television News orgs (emphasis on the WAS). They created a worldwide network of journalists, perhaps even better than the BBC and could put a camera where the action was, very fast. Furthermore they were not located out of New York…..but Atlanta, and therefore had a distinct personality, different from the Leftwing New York Snob crowd. Although they were still largely Leftish in their bias. They had a Southern bias that could be seen in reportage of stories that would never have been covered by the New England set.

However, CNN has fallen greatly under poor management by Time Warner AOL….which was a dissaster for the company and Ted Turner. AOL finally left that bad marriage. You can still see glimpses of CNN’s soul in coverage of Southern arts and culture….that would mostly be sneered at by the New York set. But its lost its advantage in global coverage.

That being said, its still better than any of the others in the US, for example they covered ACORN more than anyone but Fox. Hardly a tour de force of coverage…but still…putting the others to shame.

Mesquito, I have never accused you of racism, and the thought of doing so has never entered my mind. Some of my remarks in letters are of a general nature and don’t any longer concern the person I’m writing to.

My remark about, the a Americans wanting to kill this ‘nigger’ came just after I had seen a whole series of horrendous youtube clips with insane murderous attacks on Obama. In any case, the Obama ghoul figure often comes up on these threads, instead of dealing rationally, for example with what he says in his speeches, pro or contra, O.K., but based on the actual words.

Some said they hadn’t listened to his speech, others that two minutes was enough. O.K. look at the words used in those two minutes and tell us precisely what you don’t like about them. I have no doubt that many are so loaded with prejudice in advance, that
even if Obama made one of the most pertinent and inspiring speeches in history, the reactions would have been the same.

This is an example of a general reflection not directed at you, Mesquito. But I still find you and others evasive. The more interesting and relevant points I and some others make (first two paragraphs in my last letter) are ignored and we go back to childish personal battles and insults. (Admittedly I was guilty above, in a fit and throwing pots and pans in all directions) O.K., these are part of the game on HP which has taught me to indulge in them myself.

Maybe I should become an Olympian, stop the personal attacks, and and stick to the arguments. See you (all) later after a rest.

Me too. I like reading Felix comments.

Sure, Gene. Have you ever dishonestly accused anyone of being a racist?

Have you ever, to your knowledge, lost an argument with a leftist?

And I hope Felix will stay with us and resume commenting shortly.

And many letters like yours are characterised by smarmy, abhorrent, and dishonest attributions of racism where none exists, purely for political adavantage. I don’t play that way, Felix. I discovered long ago that I was going to be accused of racism every single time I started winning arguments with Leftists. Naturally, this happens a lot, and I am utterly inured to the low tactic.