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To: The Philosopher who wrote (46261)	7/21/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I am curious as to why you have gotten so involved in opposing my original comment about the "liberal press." Because it is a cliche, which, like all cliches, obfuscates rather than illuminates. Because it would have sufficed to say "press" or "media." Because it implies that the "conservative press" would be/is different (i.e., "unprejudiced"). Because it is customarily trotted out, in partisan fashion, by self-described "conservatives," to argue that "their" views are supposedly unrepresented in the press (even when they are actually overrepresented). Because it is obviously a loaded (not a "purely descriptive") phrase, especially when used as you used it: "the prejudices of the liberal press." Because it was used in a post to Del, scolding him for being "prejudiced." (Sauce, goose, gander, and all that.) Because....blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.... & etc. :-) Joan