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Blogs have a positive effect on politics. Yes, there is plenty of speculation, conjecture, and outright lies; but blogs allow us to see what real people are really thinking.

The New Yorker cover featuring Barack and Michelle Obama is not effective satire. Regardless the artist's intentions, it was tasteless and offensive. The artist should have anticipated that the majority would not get whatever-was-supposed-to-be-the-point.

Television news should entertain as well as inform. Wake up. Television news has the same function as anything else on television: to sell you cheeseburgers. Television news is sleazy, purile and voyeuristic -- just the way you like it.

UNKNOWN: Is the media politically biased?

UNKNOWN: Should the Fairness Doctrine be reinstated?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress pass legislation to mandate network neutrality on the Internet?

UNKNOWN: Are blogs credible sources of news?

UNKNOWN: Should political candidates allow the media to interview their young children?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact the Free Flow of Information Act?

UNKNOWN: Is Fox News "fair and balanced?"

UNKNOWN: Should the decibel level of television commercials be regulated?

UNKNOWN: Should laws allowing journalists to protect confidential sources apply to bloggers?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress pass the Internet Radio Equality Act?

UNKNOWN: How does consolidation affect the media?

UNKNOWN: Should Internet gambling be banned?

UNKNOWN: Will print newspapers become obsolete?

UNKNOWN: Were the Vanity Fair photos featuring Miley Cyrus appropriate?

UNKNOWN: Should Dunkin' Donuts have pulled the ad featuring Rachael Ray?

UNKNOWN: Should the FCC relax its media ownership rules?

UNKNOWN: Are newspaper organizations necessary to maintain journalistic standards?

UNKNOWN: Should paparazzi be required to obtain permission from the people they photograph?

UNKNOWN: Is MSNBC politically biased?

UNKNOWN: Should there be legal protection for celebrities who are frequent paparazzi targets?

UNKNOWN: Should bloggers be held responsible for comments posted on their blogs by others?

UNKNOWN: Should the news media cover celebrities' personal lives?

UNKNOWN: Should the FCC allow white spaces for wireless high-speed Internet access?

UNKNOWN: What is the effect of "citizen journalism" on news reporting?

UNKNOWN: Should states charge sales tax for online purchases?

UNKNOWN: Should the government provide financial assistance to the print journalism industry?

UNKNOWN: Did the American news media appropriately handle coverage leading up to the war in Iraq?

UNKNOWN: Is the New York Post's chimpanzee cartoon racist?

UNKNOWN: Do Don Imus' comments regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team warrant his termination?

UNKNOWN: Should websites allow anonymous comments?

UNKNOWN: Is it appropriate for the President of the United States to make appearances on late night talk shows?

UNKNOWN: Does the media have a social responsibility to promote positive body images?

UNKNOWN: Should the federal government regulate violence on television?

UNKNOWN: Should any publisher of leaked information always have the right to maintain the confidentiality of his source?

UNKNOWN: Did Tim Russert's death merit the media coverage it received?

UNKNOWN: Should online news be free?

UNKNOWN: Should the Internet be regulated by one governing body?