The Country May Not Survive Today's Media Unless We Shut Them Down And Take Over

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8. The real answer may be that liberals have to stop being nice

Republicans are willing to be bullies. They talk over liberals when they're on the air together. They shout them down. They toss out any lie, knowing it can't be checked until after the show is over. In fact, just making up shit means that there's no chance of someone coming up with the evidence to shoot them down. And when they decide they've been insulted, they raise holy hell until the network backs down and apologizes, just to make the problem go away.

I'm not suggesting that Democrats and liberals pull the same kinds of crap -- but they do have to get better about standing up to it. They have to not let themselves be walked over. They have to be willing to say, "I don't believe that. What's the source of your facts?" They have to demand apologies when their own toes are stepped on. If possible, they should practice being outraged when the usual false equivalence claims come through.

The mainstream media are a disaster -- but even given the lay of the battlefield, there are a lot more things that liberals could be doing to protect themselves.