The problem with your thesis, ichMael, is that even your strawmen won't stand. NPR for example explores a variety of different perspectives and kinds of existence, and compares them to each other. Beck and Limbaugh denounce, decry, condemn and hector against any kind of life not within their narrow band of approved sentiments. Tehre's a world of difference and they are not at all, despite your fervent assertion, comparable in style or effect.


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