and joel is right about murdoch. he’s only conservative because he understands that in order to make money in american business (at least when he got his start), you’d better sleep and support the power elite network.

Another thing — and this is pure speculation — is that I wonder who is watching this un-family programming? I have a hard time believing that the the conservatives are tuning in solely for the news, and then the liberals take over to watch these tv shows. How many red state “values” voters are supporting this sort of programming with their eyeballs? Again, I’m not claiming they are, I just wonder if that might be the case.

Fox broadcasting is the premier example of “conservative hypocrisy” often thrown back into the faces of conservative folk whenever they talk about the “smut” on TV….I am not saying you’re doing this. The fact is, it is true. Rupert Murdoch will do whatever he needs to do to make money. He will run a conservative news show and very smutty TV shows – whatever works, and give big checks to whatever politicians he needs to give checks to. But, when there is a lot of complaining about the smut that is on TV, well then the ACLU jumps in, and it’s all about freedom of speech. It seems like a “conspiracy” of the right AND the left to diminish our culture and lower our shared values.

I noticed this trend back when Married with Children was on. Except that with some people I knew, it seemed more like a reality show at the time.