Will TV Ever Get Past Partisan Bickering?

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By FRAZIER MOORE

NEW YORK (AP) - Dead at 23: CNN's "Crossfire" argued its last not long ago. Its passing was unmourned and, for the most part, unnoted.

Not that its impact won't continue to be felt. With panelists deployed "from the left" and "from the right,""Crossfire" established TV debate as rhetorical smackdown.

What a crummy legacy.

"You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably," Jon Stewart told "Crossfire" combatants Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala during his memorable appearance last October. "Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America!"

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