The Myth Of The Liberal

Three Centuries After The Appearance Of Franklin's 'courant,' It No Longer Requires A Dystopic Imagination To Wonder Who Will Have The Dubious Distinction Of Publishing America's Last Genuine Newspaper. Few Believe That Newspapers In Their Current Printed Form Will Survive.

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

To Become Informed And Hold Government Accountable, The General Public Needs To Obtain News That Is Comprehensive Yet Interesting And Understandable, That Conveys Facts And Outcomes, Not Cosmetic Images And Airy Promises. But That Is Not What The Public Demands.

The Word Liberal Has Been Employed As The Political Equivalent Of An Untreatable But Potentially Containable Social Disease -- The Kind That Could Be Contracted Merely By Going To A Foreign Movie Or Ordering A Decaf Latte, Or Worse, A Glass Of French Wine.

Fox News Is Nothing If Not Impressive. No Matter How Harsh The Criticism It Endures, The Network Somehow Always Manages To Prove Itself Even Worse Than We Had Previously Imagined.