October 11, 2010 |It's no secret that American conservatism has run itself off the rails just as it is poised to come to (legislative) power. Merely to list or categorize the self-evidently idiotic contentions one routinely hears from its most esteemed representatives could fill this magazine. And we all know about the role that talk-radio, cable television and the many-tentacled Murdoch empire have played in spreading hate and purposeful misinformation. What has frequently gone unremarked, however, is the mainstream media's role in empowering this bizarre barrage of BS.
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by J.S. Buford
The next couple of years are going to either shock this country's citizenship into a period of enlightenment, or send us spiraling down a path that is decidedly less democratic and humane.
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