Comments on: Creative Commons http://www.politigenomics.com/2008/03/creative-commons.html Politics, Information Technology, and Genomics Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:27:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dd http://www.politigenomics.com/2008/03/creative-commons.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 dd Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=40#comment-18 Don't get me wrong, I don't hate anyone and I am certainly not trying to insert my opinions into this blog. Just informing, not opining (of course there are limits to anyone's neutrality).<br/><br/>I don't interpret Jon Stewart's comments on Crossfire as really targeting Tucker or Begala. Rather, they were an indictment of the 24-hour news genre. Inventing conflict where there is none. Focusing on personality and minutiae. Focusing on the minor differences in the two major parties (or in two candidates of the same party) rather than the wide swaths of ideology that they share with the majority of the American people. More or less what I was getting at in the <a HREF="http://politigenomics.blogspot.com/2008/03/drum-beat-to-election.html" REL="nofollow">Drum beat to election</a> post.<br/><br/>There are real consequences of this. Look at all the conservatives that are unhappy with Sen. McCain. Look at all the supporters of Sen. Clinton that no longer would support Sen. Obama and vice versa. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate anyone and I am certainly not trying to insert my opinions into this blog. Just informing, not opining (of course there are limits to anyone’s neutrality).

I don’t interpret Jon Stewart’s comments on Crossfire as really targeting Tucker or Begala. Rather, they were an indictment of the 24-hour news genre. Inventing conflict where there is none. Focusing on personality and minutiae. Focusing on the minor differences in the two major parties (or in two candidates of the same party) rather than the wide swaths of ideology that they share with the majority of the American people. More or less what I was getting at in the Drum beat to election post.

There are real consequences of this. Look at all the conservatives that are unhappy with Sen. McCain. Look at all the supporters of Sen. Clinton that no longer would support Sen. Obama and vice versa.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.politigenomics.com/2008/03/creative-commons.html/comment-page-1#comment-17 Anonymous Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:44:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=40#comment-17 Thanks!! But I may stop reading now that I've realized you're a Tucker-Hater! Thanks!! But I may stop reading now that I’ve realized you’re a Tucker-Hater!

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