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Originally Posted by Squawker I got the message the first time, and I didn't learn anything new the second time.
What would you call fair and balanced? |
Really quickly, debate is not saying something purposefully to annoy the other side, as you have been doing Squak. That doesn't make for fruitful conversation, debate, anything.
Now, what would I call fair and balanced. I wouldn't call it any of the current places that we have. Fair and Balanced would be exactly what an NPR show called "Left, Right and Center" is. It wouldn't have Republicans and Democrats, it would have liberals, moderates and conservatives. Just the temrs Democrat and Republican can be deceiving because you could have a conservative Democrat or liberal Republican-it doesn't make for always correct discussion.
Left Right and Center is exactly what Fair And Balanced is supposed to be. A frank discussion of the issues without voices being raised at each other, shouting above each other. If you have one from each viewpoint, you have counters, agreements, and compromises, which makes for a very frank and honest debate. That is what i call fair and balanced, not the crap on Fox or Msnbc or CNN. However much I enjoy some of those things for the novelty of it, I don't believe any of it is Fair And Balanced.