martybegan
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Hey! Who's the Conservative here? PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Isn't that the watchword whenever some poor person applies for government benefits? Well, if that is a good enough excuse to raise the homeless numbers, it sure as hell ought to be good enough to decide on a candidate.With the glut of media services, calling the media the boogeyman seems silly, doesn't it? One may avail one's self of a myriad of media outlets to either confirm one's politics or refute it. I suggest a healthy helping of both just to cut through the propaganda minefield. But looking to the media for honesty, truth and clarity is a fool's errand. Blaming the media for all problems great and small is a sterling example of someone lacking intellectual curiosity.Rise above it! Using the media as a reason everything went so wrong for you guarantees that things will continue to go wrong! It's your responsibility to vet candidates to your own standards. Looking for a boogeyman is the province of small, mistake laden minds.
Rising above it does not mean giving your side a pass when you say the media is not on your side. In fact, your tact acknowledgement of it is refreshing.
That assumes the majority of people go out and get information from all sources. Most people get it from cable news, the papers, local news, and the websites associated with them, and most of those are biased towards the left, even if subtly.
I responded in another post, take your "burn" and cram it up your ass with all of your other buttplugs.