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To: michael97123 who wrote (52629)	7/3/2004 8:03:13 AM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793824

Some interesting snippets from the WSJ Political Diary: You Are What You Eat People who watch CNN plan to vote for John Kerry by over 2 to 1. Fans of Fox News lean towards President Bush by just about the same amount. Where you get your news really does depend to some extent on your political beliefs, says pollster Scott Rasmussen. His survey last month of 1,000 adults found that as choices for news coverage expand, audiences are increasingly bunching up along ideological lines. Those who listen to taxpayer-funded National Public Radio prefer Senator Kerry by a 68% to 27% margin. On the other side of the ideological dial, listeners to Christian radio support President Bush by 71% to 23%. The gap roughly mirrors the division between voters who attend church services regularly and those who don't. Some outlets do have a more bipartisan viewership. CNBC watchers split evenly when it came to picking a president: 47% for Bush and 47% for Kerry. And as a regular guest on C-SPAN's morning call-in shows, I can testify that it attracts both passionate Democrats and Republicans. --John Fund Check Your Local Listings Summer isn't exactly the time any of us want to tune into another political debate, but National Public Radio's 90-minute confrontation between Ralph Nader and Howard Dean on July 9th should be fun. The topic is: Should Ralph Nader run for president? Mr. Dean has been one of the most outspoken advocates of having Mr. Nader drop out lest he damage John Kerry's chances of defeating President Bush. Mr. Nader says the two-party system is hopelessly compromised and that Mr. Dean is putting party above principle. For his part, the former Vermont governor acknowledges that both he and Mr. Nader opposed the war in Iraq while Mr. Kerry voted for it, but says the imperative of defeating Mr. Bush outweighs such considerations. National Public Radio's weekly program "Justice Talking" is sponsoring the debate, and given that both men have been known to employ blowtorch rhetoric, you can expect a searing exchange at times. --John Fund