break ... iv. to make a way through, or lay open by breaking; to penetrate; to open up. 16. b. to solve (a code or cipher); to decipher.

07 September 2005
the problem w/ what franken does in this bit is similar to rush's statements about the outrageous claims of liberals. he ignores some claims in favor of others. (and, again, we've returned to the point of being the moon and not the sun; on the "conservative" side, b/c he claims independence and i've identified him as such, only o'reilly does this w/ his fixation on franken. the others just swat him away, hannity's cries of "that idiot al franken" notwithstanding.)

mark luther says that rush turned-around the country's opinion on the wellstone memorial and he wouldn't blame al for being upset. al retorts: "it's called lying." both men are right, but it's too late.

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all text, unless otherwise noted, (c) 2005 fred solinger. please do not use without permission.

my name is fred solinger. on wednesday, september 7, i will provide running commentary on seventeen straight hours of running commentary, opinion, and straight news from a variety of radio stations and television networks. my objective is to be objective ... beyond that, i'm not quite sure, but hopefully it'll be more lucid at 4am, when all of this is over. one thing is for sure: i won't be lucid at that hour.

links to the monitored programs, arranged ideologically*, in alphabetical order, lest i be charged w/ bias:

the fair & balanced:
all things considered
countdown w/ keith olbermann
the daily show w/ jon stewart
dayside w/ linda vester
factcheck.org
hannity & colmes
hardball w/ chris matthews
the newshour w/ jim lehrer
nightline w/ ted koppel
the o'reilly factor

the left:
the al franken show
the majority report w/ sam seder & janeane garofalo
media matters
the randi rhodes show
springer on the radio

the right:
media research center
the rush limbaugh show
the savage nation w/ michael savage
scarborough country w/ joe scarborough
the sean hannity show
the situation w/ tucker carlson

*that is, when the host has an avowed political position; otherwise, they are assumed to be independent. this is as applicable to bill o'reilly, who leans right, as it is to jon stewart, who leans left.





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