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I do understand the sentiment that what most people (not those here) would consider extreme liberals aren't represented,
But the extreme right wing views often are.
I have seen Jerry Fallwell on CNN more than once.
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but I think that's more indicative of the political atmosphere of the country than anything else.
...and where do most people in the country get their political news from? Where do they hear ideas being batted around?
It's a feedback loop.
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The majority of the people I know don't even know who Noam Chomsky, and probably wouldn't agree with most of what he says.
Everybody I know knows who Fallwell is, and disagrees with everything he says, but he still gets on TV news, and fairly frequently, and is treated like he isn't a crazy religious extremist.
Why don't they know who Chomsky is, and the fact that they probably wouldn't agree with him is the perfect reason to put him on the TV, and often.
...that is, if TV journalism is supposed to have any sort of responsibility to the public to present many viewpoints and spurring thought, discussion, and debate of the issues facing our world and isn't simply in the business of maintaining the status quo, not offending those in power, and making money for their stock holders.