[FlamesAllTheWay]

Venturing back to the issue of Crossfire, and the broader issue of debates in general.

I like Crossfire, but really it is more like entertainment than news. Stewart has a point, lots of these shows and even official debates do the process of politics no justice at all and actually make things worse. Debate's like Crossfire, the Presidential Debates, Parliamentary Debates in Canada, among others, go something like this:

Person 1: Allegation/question
Person 2: Avoiding allegation/question. Counter allegation/question.
Person 1: Avoiding allegation/question. Counter allegation/question.
Person 2: Avoiding allegation/question. Counter allegation/question...

'Facts' may be cited. Upon further inspection, most of these facts prove to be false or misleading. I hate how now on CNN after every presodential debate they have bring out that senior political analyst guy to tell everyone how wrong both candiates 'facts' were. Nothing is ever really proven to be true, it's just a bunch of B.S. However, because people are so divided along party lines nowadays, their candidates 'facts' are taken as sweet, enlighting truth and the oppossing candidates 'facts' are false, pretentious garbage no matter what.

Every time I read the paper nowadays or watch the news I always wonder if what they are showing doesn't have some sort of a slant to it and it's effecting what they broadcast...