Teabagging

**Lemur** · 04-14-2009, 04:46

And now a host on Fox News has declared that it is his "great duty to promote the tea parties." It's cool when they don't even bother to pretend to be a news network anymore. I'd call them the American Al-Jazeera, but that would be degrading to Al-Jazeera, which sucks up most of its staff from the BBC anyway. Maybe the American Pravda?

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 04-14-2009, 05:11

Originally Posted by Lemur

And now a host on Fox News has declared that it is his "great duty to promote the tea parties." It's cool when they don't even bother to pretend to be a news network anymore. I'd call them the American Al-Jazeera, but that would be degrading to Al-Jazeera, which sucks up most of its staff from the BBC anyway. Maybe the American Pravda?

Why don't we ban all media outlets considered "biased" by one of the top 5 political parties in the USA. Certainly would free up a lot of bandwidth....

**Lemur** · 04-14-2009, 05:26

I think that is an excellent proposal to air at the nearest Teabag Party. No doubt they'll love it!

**Gregoshi** · 04-14-2009, 05:32

Originally Posted by Lemur

I think that is an excellent proposal to air at the nearest Teabag Party. No doubt they'll love it!

Or it could land you in hot water with the people who give a squat about such things.

**Lemur** · 04-14-2009, 05:39

Don't dilute the message, Gregoshi; don't water down the issue. Seamus is referring to the model in which the media is a bag or sack, in which there is a leftist ball and a rightist ball. He's suggesting that both balls should be amputated, which will leave our public discourse quite gelded. I prefer a full, open-mouthed discourse in which both the left ball and right ball are chewed over and spit out as necessary.