The Problem of Media Idiocy: Why Do MSM Media Stars Pretend to Be Stupid?

AlterNet by Eric Alterman, The Nation | Sep. 19, 2011

People in the upper reaches of the US media think that to do their jobs they must behave like idiots in order to be “fair†to the Republicans' idiotic ideas. Full Story »

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 by Patrick McGuire - Sep. 20, 2011

Eric Alterman has brought up a very good point. The media is falling over itself because they think they sound intelligent. And why do they give so much coverage the Republicans who have such hare-brained ideas? I never could understand all the hullabaloo over Ames, Ia straw poll.

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