Letters to the Editor
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There's no equivalence, Anthony, not even close
You wrote: "But I don't see that the trend is any less apparent on the left than it is on the right. Yes, Bill O'Rielly is a demagogue who reduces complex issues to oversimplified schemas that reinforce the self-satisfied prejudices of his audience. And this makes him different than Michael Moore... how?"
Bill O'Reilly lies, for one thing. He tells people to shut up. He call people traitors. Rush Limbaugh compared Chelsea Clinton to a dog. Ann Coulter said the only way to talk to a liberal is with a baseball bat.
If Michael Moore systematically distorted the truth, picked on his opponents' children and advocated violence against conservatives, and if there were about 10 of them broadcasting for several hours every day on national television and on hundreds of radio stations, the there would be equivalence.