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The notion that it's all about money with the media is a complete canard. What it's all about is manipulation.

Manipulation to what end? I'm just kind of skeptical here.

As a gun owner, I read and post on a lot of gun boards, which have a lot of conservatives on them. (not many liberal gun owners, it seems)

One of the overwhelming things that is said over and over there is that the media is liberal, and always paints guns in a negative light, and is conspiring with liberal politicians to take away our gun rights. They even call CNN "Commie News Network."

Yet on this board, CNN isn't a liberal anti-gun "commie" news network, but an evil right wing media empire distracting people with Jacko instead of calling Bush on the situation in Iraq.

Who's right? Both? Neither? I elect the latter option, and think news networks are news networks, and looking out for their bottom line before anything else.

Where did I use the word 'evil'? Or 'hate'?

You didn't, but it's the overall thought of right vs. wrong on either side of political debate. Whereas most people's political views are more gray than black or white.

I didn't place blame on one party or the other, just said that the Court is corrupt.

Is the SCOTUS sucking at what they're supposed to do? Sure, they are. But going back to the "liberal" thing, a lot of it is based upon things that are not possible if you stringently follow the constitution and bill of rights. (as are a good number of "conservative" things, for that matter)

I stand by the following statement, and I challenge anyone to prove otherwise: Liberal/Progressive policies and ideas are superior to, more humane, more enlightened, and more 'American', than rightwing policies.

Morality is relative. To you and I, we believe in these policies in general because we personally think they are superior, etc. However, that does not mean that all people do. The definitions of "humane", "superior", "enlightened" and "American" are not consistent to all people.