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There may be a reasonable case for airing these videos, perhaps editing if necessary, but without some screening, I think the case fades away.

I think the problem with this board is that we agree too much. Are there any liberals out there??

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but you have a point about the questionable use of "fair and balanced" when 90% of the commentators are conservative.

Yeah, and the company line on the whole fair and balanced thing is that the commentators are not dedicated conservatives. That Hannity is the only one dedicated to conservatism, and that he's balanced by Colmes. I've heard of couple of the on-air FOX reporters give this company line. The descrepancy they draw is that any commentator is completely willing to go against either the democratic or republican party. And, they have. But, this is nonsense because any moron who actually knows anything about the issues is never all liberal or all conservative.

The only valid argument I think for possibly FOX not reeking of bias is that there just aren't any intelligent liberals left. The country has gone so conservative, the liberals just don't make sense any more. Maybe the democratic party is dying. But, since it's such an old established institution, it can rest on it laurels with its reputation in civil rights, and being the only republican alternative right now.

That said, mainstream news where you have the pressure to garner ratings like CNN or FOX has, it's got to be more entertainment than news. There just aren't enough intelligent people in the country to get those kinds of ratings without playing heavily to entertainment. And, FOX definitely has more entertaining personalities than CNN. If you want to change to avoid the question with Larry King, all you have to do is mention something completely unrelated, and he'll be like "oh, really?!"

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Do you mean Michael Savage? I do like talk radio, but prefer more intellectual hosts like Larry Elder or frequent Limbaugh fill-in Walter Williams. Savage strikes me as extremely hateful - like calling gay rights activists "The Pink Swastika".

Yeah, maybe his name is Michael Savage. The guy's speech is so moronic, I'm guessing he doesn't even believe it himself. He was the one talking about making mass use of sedition laws against middle-eastern sympathizers in the US. My prediction is that Savage is a hoax and will be gone in a couple of years. As soon as more mainstream media figures he's big enough that he's worth the ratings they'll gain from the publicity in going after him, he'll get taken out. Savage will then have to start playing up issues where he's more moderate on to avoid lossing too much credibility, thereby abandoning his audience base. It's tough enough to build a new audience base, and there's no way that guy has the talent.