Comments on: John Stossel has GOT to be kidding http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dave http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1167 Dave Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:32:36 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1167 "But seriously. It’s gonna be news to all the right-leaning journalists I know to hear that they don’t actually exist." Name one network journalist who is a conservative. Network, not local affiliate. “But seriously. It’s gonna be news to all the right-leaning journalists I know to hear that they don’t actually exist.”

Name one network journalist who is a conservative. Network, not local affiliate.

]]> By: Pat Thornton http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1163 Pat Thornton Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:29:10 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1163 A libertarian is not a conservative. Please don't be yet another journalist who doesn't understand political science at all. Political beliefs do not exist upon one axis as you and many other glib journalists seem to believe. There is a lot more than just conservatives and liberals. Most political scientists would say that political beliefs are mapped on at least two axes. You can take this quiz to see what I'm talking about: http://www.politopia.com/quiz_index.php3 A libertarian is not a conservative.

Please don’t be yet another journalist who doesn’t understand political science at all.

Political beliefs do not exist upon one axis as you and many other glib journalists seem to believe. There is a lot more than just conservatives and liberals. Most political scientists would say that political beliefs are mapped on at least two axes.

You can take this quiz to see what I’m talking about: http://www.politopia.com/quiz_index.php3

]]> By: Kat Coble http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1162 Kat Coble Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:01:05 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/03/21/john-stossel-has-got-to-be-kidding/#comment-1162 I didn't RTFA and basically repeated what you said on twitter. ;-p Great minds and all that. But yeah, Stossel's making a lot off being "libertarian" these days. He's got a vested interest in maintaining that cache'. I didn’t RTFA and basically repeated what you said on twitter. ;-p Great minds and all that.

But yeah, Stossel’s making a lot off being “libertarian” these days. He’s got a vested interest in maintaining that cache’.

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