The American Spectator

p>Forgive my sarcasm, but these folks from ABC, or Disney for that matter, are somewhat less qualified to decide the “role of journalists” than the schools that teach the true history and practices of the subject. There is also, thankfully, a follow-up business correlation from these kinds of obvious public-steering decisions; namely to help ABC rest secure in 3rd place amongst the “Big 3” and being regularly challenged by the newer upstart networks who show routine ratings advances against them. Some say that is surely or purely from lame programs. I feel there is a larger and broader cynicism towards ABC’s blatant “steering” and far left leanings in the views supposedly shown as balanced. Fear not, guys and gals at ABC. The outcome of lower and lower rankings/ratings is All But Certain as long as these abhorrent changes in journalistic practices are employed and supported. We, the viewers, understand. br> — Dave Grasser /p> p> THE NEW CENSORSHIP br> Re: Michael Craig’s What’s the Big Idea? : /p>

It surely is time to put Michael Craig out to pasture. On matters narrowly concerned with the stock market he has some interesting ideas; not all of them correct, certainly, but many of them worthy of consideration.

When he goes beyond that area, however, and speaks of matters such as the overall value of lawyers to American economy and society, or when he comments on the policies of Dubya, he seems so far out in left field that the peanut vendors won’t even deal with him. His latest effort gives the impression that Bush is running foreign policy as an aid to Wall Street. He is not. And if Wall Street is unable to properly interpret what seem to most of us as a set of straightforward policies then it is the investors who are at fault not G.W. Bush.

p>There are plenty of more insightful writers on the web today. Pick up one of them and send Craig back to the reservation. As for me, I have wasted my last bit of time reading his screeds. br> — Richard Donley /p>