St. Petersburg Times, April 16, 2009
By Eric Deggans

There are people who are genuinely angered and worried about the tremendous amount of spending and deficits created by the Obama administration's current fiscal policy. But sober, rational discussion of those issues won't score top ratings among viewers aged 25 to 54. And TV "news" is all about ratings.

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