What is the problem with the mainstream media. I don't have a problem with Rush, or Hannity per se to spout their hackneyed theories and wacked out conspiracy theories like Obama made me criticize Rush and then made me grovel at his feet.
The problem isn't fair time, or equal time, though my memory of the mainstream news when I was growing up was that we did actually get...well, news, not drivel.
The problem is the ability to publish lies and fabrications with no ramifications. Unless they malign a particular individual and expose themselves to a defamation suit, they feel safe to spout complete nonsense. Even then, defamtion suits are very hard to win and you need a lot of money to prosecute one or a big law firm with time on their hands.
Solution: a truth commission....a court of sorts that can determine fact from fiction.
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