----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com>
Perhaps one could argue it's not that Fox increases the size of the far right wing, but that he amplifies its influence, through the Repug party taking it seriously, and through all other media taking it seriously. (Constantly answering its talking points -- which is the whole point of talking points, to be the focus of the talk -- and following the statements of political talk celebrities that Fox has largely created.)
-------- That's what I was thinking: it provides the "grass roots" political theater that both parties need to sell out.
Joanna