Which media idiot has been most influential in screwing the USA?

[Chipper Chat]

Poll question: Which media idiot has been most influential in screwing the USA?

All of these right-wing bushbots have ther merits (or DEmerits)!
Let's hear your opinions.

[xchrom]

1. can we have an ''all of the above'' column?

[LaurenG]

2. That is exactly what I thought

picking one is too hard. They all in their very special neocon way have hurt us pretty thoroughly.

[xchrom]

3. you can just feel the collective iq of the country

dropping by looking at the names.

[DainBramaged]

4. Hannity, because his audience is young and stupid enough

to still want to screw barnyard animals. :shrug:

[BlackHeart]

5. Do you really think that

any of these commentators actually change anybody's mind? They just confirm what people already hold to be true.

[sendero]

10. More correctly..

.... they reinforce what people already hold to be true, and justify what people already hold to be true.

I dream of a future time when history looks back at these people as the scum of the earth that they are.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. I'm surprised.

Where's Drudge? Nobody has done more to make it acceptable for journalists to ignore the ethical rules of their profession. I think it's actually a tie between Drudge and Rupert Murdoch.

[mcscajun]

7. Limbaugh, because he is the "founding father" of the current crop.

His influence goes back to the late 80s when I met my first "Dittohead". She later moved to Wyoming where I'm sure she's found enough like-"minded" morans. (NOT Slamming our progressive Wyoming brothers and sisters here. Y'all know which bunch of Wyoming residents I mean.)

His reach has been more pervasive and long-lasting than many of the newer crop (particularly the FoxNews bunch -- radio reaches places where Fox and other TV doesn't.)

Hannity is certainly on the rise to eclipse Rush, but hasn't (yet) knocked Rush off his perch as high priest of the Whackjob RW Media.

[bunkerbuster1]

8. Ronald Reagan

He was never really a politician as such, but rather a figurehead who recited lines that were written for him; I think the term "Media Idiot" fits him perfectly, and he was certainly the most influential.

but if I hadda pick from your list, yeah, sure, Rush. Whose career was made possible by Ronnie's dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine.

[shenmue]

9. Almost all of them deserve a rank...

but Britney Spears is the Whore of Babylon.

[BlueJazz]

11. Rush ...and He's helped "Screw the World" His past speeches..

...about the "Lies about Global Warming" have had a strong influence on a
large share of the America people and (consequently) their voting habits
concerning the topics of Environment and Global Warming.