If it's smuggery, so be it -

[kyburg]

From the Sojourner's email feed this morning:

Arnie Stolte writes from Downers Grove, Illinois:

I have been wondering if the dislike of Bush policies blinds your writers so much that they have difficulty writing open, honest articles. I am now thinking that this is true and I am saddened by this. I cannot hold Sojourners in high esteem as I once did. Your honest voice is being stilled by your dislike and subsequent venom. Please return to helping to develop a more honest, open dialogue.

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Karl Dillaway writes from Byron Bay, Australia:

We have your Mr. Bush coming down soon. I say how dare he come down here after what he has done in Iraq. What he is doing by coming down here is opening us up to terrorists. It's like someone robbing a bank and then wanting to stay at your house for the night. I say you can keep him. We have our own problems. Thank you for the good work you guys do.

Who do think I'm siding with?

Can I send old Arnie a copy of "Fair and Balanced, et al" ? You know, I'm not asking people to believe or disbelieve Fox News anymore. Just turn it off for 90 days. Just off. Go get your information from Google News - read some of the hundreds of articles posted all over the world. See how long you'd keep approving of anything Bush does.

Just turn it off. See how long the credibility lasts.

Comments

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

*wry* My news sources? NPR and cbc.ca. Has been for years. Since the Cirque du OJ trial, actually. Well, admittedly, at the time, it was only NPR, but cbc.ca has gotten there too... since Lewinsky and The Ugly Blue Dress...

Oh, sure they're not the most "balanced", but at the same time, they're a lot more neutral than F(au)x, or CNN.

C.

[footyfoot.livejournal.com]

Actually, I couldn't help from being drawn out of lurk mode for this one. Not a bad idea. But I think you are not going FAR enough- I personally have opted to turn it ALL off- every last bit of 'news' from every source (as opposed to the 'news of the weird' kind of stuff.) Cutting the flood of shrillness out of my life altogether has done wonders for my sanity and temprament. Maybe there is a bit of the 'ostrich' approach to it, I don't deny it. But right now, my head is too cluttered up to deal with it all... in the spirit of Voltaire, I'm gonna tend to my garden until things settle down a mite.

[yasha-chan.livejournal.com]

Fox news is hilarious. If you want a showcase of the problems with this country, well, they proudly offer you a whole list of examples.

I was watching Hannity and Colmes yesterday (my grandfather had it on while he was sleeping in front of the TV) and they were going to have Ann Coulter (or whatever her crazyass name is) on, and I missed it. I was sad. I would have laughed so hard. If you've never experienced her, I'd say go for it. She's one stupid nutcase, that's for sure

People do need to turn off the boob tube and discover life on their own. I mistrust anything that doesn't allow me to form my own opinion.

Alas...