America Is a Center-Left Country No Matter How Much the Corporate Media Say Otherwise

AlterNet by Joshua Holland | Nov. 10, 2008 (Editorial)

Outside of a few social issues, Americans are firmly in the progressive camp, but that hasn't prevented a lot of bloviating to the contrary. Full Story »

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by Gregory Kruse - Nov. 10, 2008

Though it is a little snarky, the contentions are correct and backed up by many links and self evident polls. Some stridence is justified when railing against what the MSM has already pronounced as conventional wisdom, even though that wisdom is flawed to the point of recklessness.

Another piece of evidence supporting this theory is that the ratings on MSNBC's Countdown and The Rachel Maddow Show have skyrocketed since they began to voice the center-left position, whereas Fox News has fallen precipitously.

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