How about putting Al Franken on Armed Forces Radio?

Well I'm sure FAIR will have a lot to say on the "FOX Effect".

And in a letter I sent through Act For Change I suggested that Fraknen or one of the other Air America folks, Jim Hightower or even Bill Moyers be allowed to speak.

PS. "Outfoxed" will probably be on a DVD list too.

But isn't it interesting that the media needs a "Fox effect" to get media share? Could it just be possible that I' m right in my theory that many, maybe most, people are more conservative than they realize?

No your theory is not correct. You can find evidence to the contrary when bush keeps bringing up topics like the constitutional admenment banning of gay marriage. They don't go for it.

I think it is only fair that a "lefty" be allowed to be on armed forces radio if it is funded by tax dollars then all the people should be represented and like it or not even leftist are part of the people.

I think it's unhealthy for a democratic society if any one person or corporation owns too great a share of the country's media.

Its a widespread problem, though the effect does differ from case to case. The Italian case is the most extreme: Prime Minister Berlusconi owns a large swathe of the country's private media. Combined with the way he directly exerts control over the policy of the public broadcasters as well, it means there is no TV station of note that can still operate independently.

The Dutch press is formally also very unified: four out of five of the main newspapers are owned by the same corporation. Only the biggest newspaper, which is more like a tabloid, is separate. I have to admit that you can't really notice any editorial control by the corporation: each of the four has different political leanings. But should the corporation fall in hands of a politically motivated owner like Murdoch, I reckon we'd be in trouble.

Murdoch's hold over the UK media landscape is pretty notorious. It is generally accepted that without his support, you can't be elected PM - when he sends his papers after you, you're done. Blair's election, the first time a Labour PM was elected in 22 years, is widely seen to only have been possible because of a deal he struck with Murdoch, with whom he met up before starting his campaign and who then didnt go after him.