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Whether One Agrees Or Disagrees With The Tactics Of The Occupy Wall Street Movement, It's Easy To Understand The Inspiration For Its Anger As Well As Its Impatience.

To Become Informed And Hold Government Accountable, The General Public Needs To Obtain News That Is Comprehensive Yet Interesting And Understandable, That Conveys Facts And Outcomes, Not Cosmetic Images And Airy Promises. But That Is Not What The Public Demands.

Veteran Print Editors And Reporters At Places Like The 'times' And 'the New Yorker' Manage To Feed And Clothe Their Families Without Costing Their Companies A Million Bucks A Month, And They Produce A Great Deal More Valuable Reporting And Analysis Than The Network News Stars Do.

For The Past Eight Years, The Right Has Been Better At Working The Refs. Now The Left Is Learning How To Play The Game.

Ironically, Tendency To Ignore Inconvenient Facts And Unwelcome Evidence Is Actually President Reagan's True Legacy, As I Noted In 'the Nation' Back In 2000, Before The Current Right-wing Mania For President Reagan Gained Its Full Force.