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The TV ratings for February have been tabulated, and in the world of cable news there is weeping on the left. Fox News Channel, which is generally more inquisitive of the president's politics, hammered the two networks that most favor President Obama - CNN and MSNBC.

Also, unique visitors to the Obama-loving Web site Daily Kos have declined a whopping 73 percent since last fall - a disaster. What’s going on? [snip]

The recession is bringing massive pain to America, and responsible citizens want the truth about public policy, not partisan cheerleading. [snip]

"I think it’s fair to say that this brutal economic downturn took most Americans by surprise. It certainly shocked me. Even though I’m a journalist, I had no idea that mortgage companies were gaming the system [created by government regulation] by bundling risky loans and selling them to dunces at Lehman Brothers. I was clueless. In hindsight, I should have been more skeptical of the housing bubble."

The point is that concentrating on ideology instead of accumulating information can lead to a distorted view of reality. Ideology has corrupted the watchdog press that our Founders envisioned...

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