Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic wrote an interesting piece on the right-wing media and the disservice they do to their readers.
“Barack Obama just trounced a Republican opponent for the second time. But unlike four years ago, when most conservatives saw it coming, Tuesday's result was, for them, an unpleasant surprise. So many on the right had predicted a Mitt Romney victory, or even a blowout -- Dick Morris, George Will, and Michael Barone all predicted the GOP would break 300 electoral votes. Joe Scarborough scoffed at the notion that the election was anything other than a toss-up. Peggy Noonan insisted that those predicting an Obama victory were ignoring the world around them. Even Karl Rove, supposed political genius, missed the bulls-eye. These voices drove the coverage on Fox News, talk radio, the Drudge Report, and conservative blogs.”
Couple this with a piece by Alex Pareene at AlterNet titled “After a Humiliating Election Night, Will Fox News Stop Lying?”
“Roger Ailes may finally realize that lying is bad for business -- and the GOP.”
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/after-humiliating-election-night-will-fox-news-stop-lying
Lastly, Michael Moore writes in AlterNet:
Election Night was a Rebuke to Neanderthals Across America.
“This country has truly changed, and I believe there will be no going back. Hate lost yesterday. That is amazing in and of itself. And all the women who were elected last night! A total rebuke of Neanderthal attitudes.”
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