"Liberal network" signs Al Franken

[SteveOrdinetz]

  Bill O'Neill wrote:


>That speaks to polarization that is emblematic of times such as 
>these.  I'm not
>sure where talk radio is truly capturing this phemonenon.  As a whole, 
>media has
>become too much a part of "the story."  I long for a commentator or host that
>would go to their grave under torture and never reveal their personal 
>leanings.
>Curiosity should be a sufficient motive for as well as attribute to do the 
>job.


Agreed, but this trend towards reporters making their personal leanings 
known on issues goes back to Vietnam & Watergate.  What started as an 
attempt to appear "socially conscious" has morphed into a definite 
slant.  Trouble is, there's a whole generation of reporters who've never 
experienced any other way of reporting.

Talk radio is a bit different, where it's presented as opinion in the first 
place, not news.