Terrye,

I agree that whenever I read something in the newspaper portion of the MSM about which I actually know something (admittedly rare) I am ALWAYS amazed by how shallow and out of date it is.

The broadcast (TV) MSM deal with everything from such a shallow perspective it is useless for trying to gain any sort of understanding. Even the “deep dive” programs rarely spend more than 8 minutes or so on a topic. if 60 Minutes gives an entire show to something (what is an entire show, 52 minutes tops?) people seem to think the topic has been covered exhaustively. Has anyone at Roger’s Place or anywhere else given even due-diligence to a topic with one stinking hour of attention?

Some questions for the MSM:

- why aren’t you educating the populace about what 527s are and why we have them?

- why aren’t you mentioning that compliance with Edward’s attacks demanding that Bush “stop” the Swiftvets would require that the president violate the campaign finance laws?

- why aren’t you telling us who finances various 527s?

If the print MSM is going to do 3500 word articles on subjects, why aren’t they subjects that explain something to people?

Regarding Dole… I saw a passing snippet regarding this and couldn’t stop to watch. JMO, but I voted for Dole and still think he would have been a good president. What are the basics of his statements and what do you think the public reaction will be? I can’t imagine a more respectable politician than Dole – he really strikes me as a fundamentally decent man (Viagra commercials aside ;>).

What do the Good Folks here at Roger’s Place think of Dole and his statements today? (He sure knows a hell or a lot more about being wounded than Kerry will ever know.)