The press, whether in electronic media or the printed page, thrives on the conroversy. We are lead to believe that they want to help, and they do; to your attention which they sell or use to further inculcate themselves. It’s our own fault. We should be tempering our consumption of it with knowledge for a variety of sources. The case you cite is regarding conservatives on public radio but the same sort of reaction but from the other side of the spectrum occurs when we see liberals on conservative outlets, often of a different tone but it’s relative level of shrillness or ridicule is neither here nor there. In fact most of the listeners on either side are uninformed as to the history of the right versus left paradigm that we are so confused about. I always recommend people explore the topic of the full political spectrum as exemplified lately at wikipedia’s site entitled “political spectrum” to find out about the Pounelle Axes. Good way to alleviate confusion and to do so in a civil manner. You might find allies in surprising places one might not have expected. I know I have.
