I didn't "move and edit" your post. I simply quoted it in a different thread. The original is still safely tucked away on the other thread.

I wanted to address you point about the need for a "strong left" voice in news on this thread, which is already about whether or not the press is liberal, as opposed to on a thread about the White House Press office, simply because there are a number of posts here that deal with that particular point of yours.

You raise an interesting issue about wanting "a variety of perspectives. Network/cable news remaeiscent of the early 20th century where there were conservative, liberal, pre-fascist and socialist perspectives presented everyday." Personally, I think that's a good idea...as long as the network doesn't try and pretend its not skewing the news.

I miss, for example, the old days where each city had two newspapers a "Democrat" one and a "Republican" one. In those days, the papers often went out their way to make clear where their allegiences lie, sometimes even putting their party affiliation in their title. Having news programs do the same thing would, I think, be a great idea.

Personally, I suspect that day will return. Given the rise of political magazines (National Review, the Nation, etc.), followed by the rise of political blogs, followed now by the coming of "podcasting," I wouldn't be suprised if we didn't soon see "internet" networks that do exactly what you want.