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      <![CDATA["I think DemocracyNow is a much more objective blog from a progressive's standpoint, although many progressives may not like what they find there."<br>
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I'll check it out.
        
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      <![CDATA[Fox News was what I watched on election night when it was clear Bronco Bama was going to be re-elected.<br>
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I was anticipating being awash in the warm glow of schadenfreud. I must admit to having been taken by surprise by the complete refusal to accept reality by Karl Rove.
        
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      <![CDATA[The difference is that you can always tell when things aren't going great with progressives by reading the blogs (or watching MSNBC). Case in point was after the first debate "debacle".
        
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      <![CDATA[Min,<br>
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Not that you want my opinion or anything but the problem I have with many of these "news" organizations, regardless of their political slant or how objective one may find them, is that they are much of the time guilty of omission. Technically, they are not lying.
        
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      <![CDATA[Yes Tom, I wouldn't be surprised if Roger Ailes & gang sweep the Peabody Awards for excellence in their presidential election coverage. Ever heard of Nate Silver?
        
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      <![CDATA[Unlike Fox News, HuffPo doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is...a progressive news blog. (And Arianna's vanity project.)
        
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      <![CDATA[You're correct John... Huffington Post is way more fair and balanced/middle of the road
        
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      <![CDATA[A much better indicator about who is "pretending" was the presidential election in November. Here's a hint, you can't even see the middle of the road from Fox News land.<br>
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/fox-news-ratings-lows-cable-news-january_n_2576689.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/f&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA["According to the Times story, a bill accomplishing essentially the same thing in Wyoming would allow that state to charge a federal agent with a felony punishable by five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Apparently we're going soft on hallucinatory crime."<br>
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See...just more evidence that the Tennessee legislature is really middle of the road instead of a bunch of raving right-wing lunatics that certain Pith lefties like to pretend it is...
        
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      <![CDATA[It is a wonderful use of exceptionally limited resources!
        
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