Lies, Damn Lies, and Cable
I live a monkish lifestyle. I sleep on a futon mattress in a room smaller than my dorm room back in twenty-aught-three. I have a desk but no chair. I have a window but no air. I like to pretend I’ve taken a vow of poverty to cleanse my spirit; but really my penury stems from external causes (mainly my liberal arts degree).
There is one thing I have not missed from the affluent life: television; more specifically, cable news. Here are two examples:
CNN’s coverage of Barney Frank’s town hall meeting:
and Fox’s coverage:
Who to trust? Neither. Turn off the TV and pick up a newspaper. Then give it to me so I can use it as insulation when the winter comes.
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Tags: government, msm, newspapers, social critique