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12.14.07 @ 12:01AM

THE LAST LAUGH
Re: Quin Hillyer's Conservatives Laugh at Media Bias:

If Mr. Hillyer were truly concerned about media bias, he would be compelled to point out that Fox News is part of the mainstream media. In spite of its claim, it is hardly fair and balanced.

Should entertainers like Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Michelle Malkin be "responsible" in their opinion making? They are laughing all the way to the bank as a result of meeting their respective constituencies demand for "red meat." The market has spoken.

My real complaint with the "mainstream media" is how long it took them to uncover and report about the fabrications of the Bush administration about our entry into the war in Iraq, the Jeff Gannons and Armstrong Williams of the world and how they covered Mr. Bush's "town meetings" as if they were in any way newsworthy as opposed to being well orchestrated propaganda. The problem is not so much liberal bias as incompetence.

Sorry, Mr. Hillyer. The conservatives as victims of the liberal, biased mainstream media routine just doesn't fly.
-- Mike Roush
North Carolina

I avoid the MSM as much as possible because I don't find it funny at all. I get angry and frustrated listening to the delusional, fascist, hate speech that is subtly directed toward everything that is pure, good, and descent. Organizations and institutions that contribute to the traditional family structure, which is the "glue" that maintain a moralistic society, are all targets for these liberal elites like "Communist Katie." They are purveyors of perverseness. They live in a bubble and rarely if ever come in contact with the harsh and unfortunate realities resulting from the decay that they help cause.
-- John Nelson
Hebron, Connecticut

Great article. I don't watch any of the liberal channels because I want truth and fairness. I have never watched Katie's show so won't comment on her. I cannot stomach Chris Matthews and his blabbering. I don't find anything entertaining about Bill Maher and never did. He's pathetic! One evening I hit the wrong button on my remote and there was Keith Olbermann spewing his garbage. I decided then that he is the most ignorant, pathetic excuse for whatever he is supposed to be and a very good example of "the pot calling the kettle black." What an absolute disgrace he is and MSNBC is just garbage as far as a cable network is concerned. It should be called an entertainment channel for those that love to hate.
-- Jane
Connecticut

Thanks, Quin! Helps us remember what these people are really like, in case anyone has forgotten what this next election is about. Reminded me of a joke, about a guy who jumps off the Empire State Building.
Halfway down, someone yells out from a window, "So, how's it going? " to which he replies, "OK, so far!" They've all jumped off the deep end, and they expect the rest of us to follow. Poor Katie Couric. She
completely redefines the term "airhead," which, by the way, would make a perfect title for her biography, or epitaph.
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

I read Mr Hillyer's and RET's columns in tandem. I hesitated to read any further on today's scroll because my heart and mood couldn't handle any more. I am left with one question: how DOES one ever hope to REASONABLY coexist with these people? American liberals are toxic, mendacious, thuggish…oh what in Heaven's name is the use? In a word they're invincibly ignorant. And that on their best day. Would they all be happier if more of our cities were attacked? They can enthuse over the systematic taking of millions of unborn American children but quail at the thought of an arch-enemy doing a few laps on a waterboard, and crab about it now when ostensibly they had been alerted to the device years ago? Time to stop this bewildered screed while at least one main artery continues to function.
-- J.C. Eaton Chetek
Wisconsin

I am glad Mr. Hillyer is on the MRC panel for this year's DisHonor Awards; it definitely burnishes his street cred.

But seriously, is this really "new" news to those of us who slog daily behind the scenes to get out the conservative/libertarian word? I think not, especially since the template in use by the drive-bys won't expire until Jan 09.

My goal this cycle is to ensure the libs continue to have a reason, for the next four years at least, to be more vengeful, boisterous, and over-the-top in their daily commentaries and writings.

That will be the only way to know for sure that we're hitting the right buttons and are advancing the cause with success.
-- Owen H. Carneal
Yorktown, Virginia

I think the one burning question out there that needs to be asked is; who, in God's name watches, listens or reads any mainstream media propaganda? I mean to say, anyone with a second grade or higher education turns it off, don't they?

Lets see now, we have the crappy news network, the make sure no Bush credit news (actually, non news) adoring Bill Clinton (non news), the nobody but Clinton (non news) and of course the Clinton broacdcasting station. Some choice, huh! Is there really anyone out there that can watch these bunch of DNC hacks and actually keep their food down?
-- James Lawrence
Sandwich, Massachusetts

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