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To: i-node who wrote (646761)	3/3/2012 5:21:30 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570958

That testimony was downright pathetic. Why in hell should people whose kids can't afford law school, let alone Georgetown, pay for contraceptives for these people. Fck'em. Just fck'em. Disgusting. If you disagree with her position, that's your right........but you nor Rush has the right to cal her a slut.

To: i-node who wrote (646761)	3/3/2012 5:26:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570958

Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper and Brian Williams are America's Favorite News Personalities Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Nancy Grace are least favorite NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Decades ago there were just a few names that dominated the news world. Everyone knew who Walter Conkrite, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley were. And, the odds were good it was one of those men who gave people their evening dose of national and world news. Today, that is not the case. Yes, there are still the big three anchors, but there are also the multitude of news personalities on all the various cable stations and even a radio personality who transcends many of his brethren on television. Many of these individuals can cause either a positive or negative reaction. Looking at a list of 26 current affairs personalities, when asked which three are their favorites, almost one-quarter say ABC News' Diane Sawyer (23%), while one in five each say CNN's Anderson Cooper (19%) and NBC's Brian Williams (19%). Rounding out the top five favorite current affairs personalities is Bill O'Reilly (15%) and Barbara Walters (15%). A little further down the list are George Stephanopoulos (14%), Matt Lauer (13%), Katie Couric (13%), Rush Limbaugh (9%) and Sean Hannity (9%). These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,016 adults surveyed online between January 16 and 23, 2012 by Harris Interactive. Looking at the flip side, which three of the 26 news personalities are America's least favorite, almost half say Rush Limbaugh (46%). Three in ten say Bill O'Reilly (31%) and almost one-quarter say their least favorite is Nancy Grace (23%). Rounding out the top ten least favorite news personalities are Sean Hannity (14%), Katie Couric (10%), Piers Morgan (10%), Barbara Walters (10%), Chris Matthews (10%), Rachel Maddow (7%) and Wolf Blitzer (7%). All news is political Much has been made about how certain cable channels, and their personalities, lean politically. And, depending on one's own political inclinations certain personalities are more or less liked. For Republicans, the top three favorite current affairs personalities are Bill O'Reilly (29%), Sean Hannity (25%) and Rush Limbaugh (22%) while for Democrats and Independents the top three are Diane Sawyer (28% and 25% respectively), Anderson Cooper (24% and 21%) and Brian Williams (24% and 20%). Interestingly, one person is in the least liked top three for all three political parties. For Republicans, the three least liked current affairs personalities are Nancy Grace (25%), Rush Limbaugh (24%) and Chris Matthews (18%). For Democrats, the three news personalities that are the least favorite are Rush Limbaugh (66%), Bill O'Reilly (45%), and Sean Hannity (23%) while for Independents it is Rush Limbaugh (49%), Bill O'Reilly (31%) and Nancy Grace (25%). So What? Sometimes a news personality is supposed to just provide the news such as the anchors of the three network newscasts and some of the cable shows. Other times, controversy or political leanings drive a current affairs personality and that might actually be the purpose of his or her news program. People choose their newscaster for certain reasons. One person may watch Brian Williams, for example, because they always watched NBC news and it's a habit for them. Another may watch Bill O'Reilly because they believe in what he believes in politically. Each of these personalities has a core audience. But each also have those who would never watch them - and most are just fine with that! TABLE 1 FAVORITE NEWS PERSONALITY "Thinking now of media in general, of the news and current affairs personalities listed below, which three would you say are your favorite?" Base: All adults See chart results for all pundits...................... marketwatch.com