Re: What happens when you think Fox News is what free and independent media is all about
Re: What happens when you think Fox News is what free and independent media is all about
No he most definitely was not all about elevating the discussion, and he could play dirty and he regularly said outlandish things--he liked attention. But he did also thrive on elevating the discussion, and I think the discussion was often better as a result. I didn't agree with him most of the time, but he brought real game.
One more thing before I have to go home and clean my room. The last several paragraphs of Justice Holmes' dissent in Abrams v. United States are, I think, some of the most wonderfully expressed thoughts in jurisprudence. In today's context, that case would have involved Islamic fundamentalists, not Bolsheviks. But in today's world, he would be excoriated by Beck and Limbaugh, not for the imprudent extent to which he advocated the protection of free speech, but for trying to feed our great country to the terrorists.
Re: What happens when you think Fox News is what free and independent media is all about
Buckley, quote from 1968, to Gore Vidal
Buckley, on the above exchange, in 1985
Another good one:
I like William Buckley. But let's not pretend he was all about elevating the discussion. In fact, if he had said the first two quotes in 2010, I'd imagine the liberal media would be calling feverishly for him to resign right now.
No he most definitely was not all about elevating the discussion, and he could play dirty and he regularly said outlandish things--he liked attention. But he did also thrive on elevating the discussion, and I think the discussion was often better as a result. I didn't agree with him most of the time, but he brought real game.
One more thing before I have to go home and clean my room. The last several paragraphs of Justice Holmes' dissent in Abrams v. United States are, I think, some of the most wonderfully expressed thoughts in jurisprudence. In today's context, that case would have involved Islamic fundamentalists, not Bolsheviks. But in today's world, he would be excoriated by Beck and Limbaugh, not for the imprudent extent to which he advocated the protection of free speech, but for trying to feed our great country to the terrorists.