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Talking to our Enemies

I realize that I may be wasting my time by responding to Fox News pundits as though they were making an argument in good faith. Fox News, being an organ of the Republic Party (as opposed to the conservative movement), will attack anyone for any reason if they are deemed fair game (not unlike the Wahhabi terrorist lovers in Saudi Arabia) and therefore seldom makes an argument in good faith.

Nonetheless, responding to them can be a "teaching moment." I have often heard conservatives lamenting the supposedly liberal media coverage of war. A typical rhetorical question is what would have happened if CNN was at D-Day? Would their coverage have soured the U.S. popular opinion on the war? This is a legitimate question. However, toward the end of this clip, Jon asks the same question of them - what if Fox News was there to attack Reagan for talking to the Soviets?

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