For starters, I would say the 2010 census needs to be the end of gerrymandering. There'll be a new census so districts will have to be redrawn; the national leadership of both parties needs to make an effort and agree to let impartial panels redraw those borders everywhere in the country.
Other than that, yeah, you can't really do anything about that terrible news cycle... but sooner or later there'll have to be a backlash as things get untenable. Perhaps some kind of gentlemen's agreement, or a number of politicians who dare to make a commitment like Graham's in that Sotomayor confirmation vote, in an effort to convince others to communicate in a more reasonable way as well. And in the media, I think TV channels and newspapers become more populist at their peril... media that make a clear commitment to more responsible journalism may gain popularity as people get disgusted by the current media landscape. I hope.
Other than that, yeah, you can't really do anything about that terrible news cycle... but sooner or later there'll have to be a backlash as things get untenable. Perhaps some kind of gentlemen's agreement, or a number of politicians who dare to make a commitment like Graham's in that Sotomayor confirmation vote, in an effort to convince others to communicate in a more reasonable way as well. And in the media, I think TV channels and newspapers become more populist at their peril... media that make a clear commitment to more responsible journalism may gain popularity as people get disgusted by the current media landscape. I hope.
Where Did "We" Go?
- 01/10/2009 09:30:12 PM
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How do you change this though?
- 01/10/2009 10:51:10 PM
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Good question. 
- 01/10/2009 11:06:10 PM
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- 01/10/2009 11:06:10 PM
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Pelosi is part of the problem
- 01/10/2009 11:10:45 PM
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that was hyperbole, as he's said OVER AND OVER
- 02/10/2009 06:21:16 PM
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really which elected leaders on the right talked about death panels?
- 02/10/2009 06:41:05 PM
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Dumb column from Friedman.....read a history book.....
- 01/10/2009 11:15:46 PM
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I disagree, obviously.
- 02/10/2009 12:11:48 AM
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No, it hasn't always been like this; I think Watergate changed it, and maybe Vietnam.
- 02/10/2009 02:13:07 AM
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remarkably, i agree with the troll
- 02/10/2009 06:27:40 AM
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Partisanship, yes, but this is more than that.
- 02/10/2009 06:57:14 AM
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i see things at a different level than you do
- 02/10/2009 07:31:24 AM
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Personally, I think you're seeing the cart rather than the horse, but that's just me. 
- 02/10/2009 08:14:46 AM
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- 02/10/2009 08:14:46 AM
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Not true
- 02/10/2009 12:32:58 AM
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why did we fight the Spanish American War and the War of 1812 again?
- 02/10/2009 04:18:56 AM
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You just completely undermined your point
- 02/10/2009 06:22:54 AM
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I think the role of cable news is over played
- 01/10/2009 11:29:26 PM
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Possibly.
- 02/10/2009 12:02:05 AM
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To many people distrust the media for it to be just the right who distrust them
- 02/10/2009 04:15:50 AM
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i agree that the fringe has way more power than it should, but...
- 02/10/2009 06:38:41 AM
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I think Friedman puts it very well when he says...
- 02/10/2009 11:24:02 AM
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did I read this correctly?
- 02/10/2009 03:00:33 PM
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As I already told you, this is not about "the left" complaining.
- 02/10/2009 03:38:15 PM
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it didn't become an issue until it started hurting the left
- 02/10/2009 04:44:29 PM
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Eh, many aspects of it have been criticized for a long time.
- 02/10/2009 09:12:22 PM
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also, about clinton, since you say you were too young to remember...
- 02/10/2009 06:47:45 AM
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really because my memory goes back further then that and things were nasty then to
- 02/10/2009 03:04:58 PM
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