Bernard Goldbergs book is great and should be read by everyone with this kind of interest. But I disagree about media and who they bash. I'll bet it is pretty even up just now.
Imagine. AM radio , a force in America once again.
At the same time Rush( Formerly Russ) Limbaugh has called all Democrats agents of the communist party and traitors to America. But he said such with tongue in cheek I'm sure and there for did no damage to anyone because he is the new "Peck's Bad Boy" and just a cute middle aged cuddle bug. Listen close, it is not hard to find a comment like ... all Democrats are duplicitous in this.... .
You wanna hold up George Will, Barry Goldwater, or Bill Buckley as the great conservative minds of the day and I'll agree with you. But Rush is a Demagogic Demi-God wanna be who is quick of wit and entertaining and all of us who laugh at him and admire his marketing skills may be missing what he really is, just a jerk. I don't believe he is the most dangerous man in America, Reserve that space for John Ashcroft, but I think he is a mouth piece for some dangerous men.
To say all Democrats are bad is as brainless as saying all Republicans are good.
Maybe it is time to stop putting people in Identity Barrels and just use names. Stop the sweeping generalities that both Democrats and Republicans use be specific. If that is too dificult to do then tough. I won't fall into some easily laid trap by a bunch of media heads trying to make their opposite numbers look foolish.