[QUOTE=astern;206235]Speaking of Montel...
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Montel Williams, who has been an outspoken and effective advocate for
medical marijauna was fired for taking a discussion of the death of Heath
Ledger and focusing instead on deaths in Iraq. QUOTE]

He was really fired? That totally sucks. I just watched the clip last night on youtube and thought that a vet like himself has every right to turn the topic towards one that is more salient in his eyes. Obviously Heath Ledger's untimely death is horrible, but instead of sensationalizing a tragedy the news media needs to focus on REAL news. Fox is such a joke, sorry to all the conservatives on this board, but really, it isn't offering a balance since they don't always stick to the truth!

Yeah, I do think the news media's focus on sensationalism is more than the fluff it seems. Remember a couple years ago during the mid-term elections when ALL the media focused on was that darn shooter and his son and left barely any time for our national elections? Some folks got paid off big-time for that one...