Top Dem lawyer blasts CBS News: 'Do you really need to both-sides democracy?'

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26. Carter did that right off the bat and they tried to act offended about his wearing sweaters.

US media is a go-for-blood or sleep business. No middle ground. Didn't improve with 24/7 coverage either.

Oops, I forget. How many here can recall when the TeeVee went silent after a certain hour and didn't wake up until hours later, maybe 5:00 am or so? from test pattern to shining test pattern. Being a country boy, my first experience of 24 hour cable stations was in 1975 imbibing in the sophisticated wilderness of Corning, NY. After suffering 23 glorious (in retrospect) years of sleeping at night. Still I do recall waking early and watching the test pattern until the farm report came on. I was a child who didn't know soybean futures from vacuum tubes but I was glued to that tube. The pioneering baby boomer! From pork bellies to Ernie Kovacs, we had it all.