* Few would dispute the apparent political agenda of the broadcast media, * but I've come to believe less and less that it's deliberate. They don't * use objectivity as a smokescreen; rather they mistake their assumptions * for truth (What I feel to be true must be true). And I think there's an * inherent political bias in the very nature of the medium -- TV news deals * with short bursts of emotional imagery rather than rigorous extended * debate -- thus the "liberal" leaning. UH, you had me until there. "Liberals" by no means own the monopoly on "emotional imagery." I think using pictures of aborted fetuses, and even pieces of fetuses, is a classic example of using TV's gift for displaying emotional imagery rather than rigorous debate. Mind you, I don't argue too much with your assessment, only that it hardly shows a liberal bias. -- Mark Bunster | Hassan Chop! mersh is available! Survey Research Lab--VCU | cassettes, shirts, stickers, etc. Richmond, VA 23220 | "In Richmond, I have found a happy [log in to unmask] | dullness of intellect to be endemic" (804) ELK-O-COP | --HL Mencken