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Fox helps make the right stupid
Nitpicker — Harold Myerson is picking up what I'm putting down. In an "open letter" column to Fox News he writes: You're not alone in reinforcing those beliefs that marginalize the Republican right, of course. You've got plenty of help from Rush and all the little Limbaughs who dominate talk radio. But together with your allies, you haul truckloads of troglodyte garbage to your flock. [snip] (R)ather than present these voters with a picture of a complex, changing world, you guys at Fox serve chiefly to reinforce their fears, to paint people who hold ...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... what the McCain of 2002 said about Saxby Chambliss . * Right-wing Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) " regrets " his Obama-Hitler comparison, and apologizes to those who "took offense." * A step forward : "The New Hampshire Senate became the first state legislative body in the country with a majority-female membership." * Someone at Immigration and Customs Enforcement screwed around a few days before the election, but we don't know who . * Harold Meyerson offers a helpful perspective Fox News' influence. * MSNBC has decided to put Joe "Potty Mouth" ...