Attention media:

By Hanlon, on December 21st, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Giving attention to the crazies only further legitimizes them. As much as you may want to mock Palin or Beck or whoever else, stopping them from getting any further attention than outside their echo chamber would actually get us moving forward.

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http://intensedebate.com/people/mrsbitch Mrs. Bitch

When you're right, you're right. I almost can't help myself sometimes when it comes to Palin, but I absolutely refuse to dignify anything Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, or any other rightwing talking heads say with any kind of acknowledgment. I know you're talking more about the MSM, but even the blogs constantly reporting every stupidity that comes from their mouths just validates them and makes the MSM think what they say is important to people.

I figure Palin is fair game because she actually would be queen and rule the universe, given half the chance. The rest of them are nothing but opinionated, self-important little poops — glorified bloggers with staff to do their research and writing.
http://intensedebate.com/people/mrsbitch Mrs. Bitch

When you're right, you're right. I almost can't help myself sometimes when it comes to Palin, but I absolutely refuse to dignify anything Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, or any other rightwing talking heads say with any kind of acknowledgment. I know you're talking more about the MSM, but even the blogs constantly reporting every stupidity that comes from their mouths just validates them and makes the MSM think what they say is important to people.

I figure Palin is fair game because she actually would be queen and rule the universe, given half the chance. The rest of them are nothing but opinionated, self-important little poops — glorified bloggers with staff to do their research and writing.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Dormilona Dormilona

It not only legitimizes them, it also consumes bandwidth/column space/air time/etc. which could otherwise be devoted to commentators and politicians whose ideas actually merit attention: e.g., Bill Moyers, Dennis Kucinich, etc.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Dormilona Dormilona

It not only legitimizes them, it also consumes bandwidth/column space/air time/etc. which could otherwise be devoted to commentators and politicians whose ideas actually merit attention: e.g., Bill Moyers, Dennis Kucinich, etc.
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of corse you can cry under water,and i pulled flys wings and still called it a fly
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of corse you can cry under water,and i pulled flys wings and still called it a fly