Yup. And to expand on that, if a market exists, obviously there are a lot of consumers (or in this case, viewers). Our country was founded on phrases such as the "free market", "power by the people", "equality" and so on, regardless of their truth value. If you consider how close this past election was when it should have been such a landslide, you start to see the "other" side of America that comprises a large part of the population. I imagine very few people here lean that way. Basically, If I'm a tree hugging liberal, I'm going to watch CNN, MSNBC, or read the New York Times. If I'm a gun totin' conservative, I'll get my news and entertainment from FOX and listen to Rush Limbaugh do his thing. There exists a demand for both sides in this country, so that's how it'll be.

I'm sure everyone remembers the six months leading up to this past election, in which the media had a heyday with stories portraying Obama as some kind of sketchy, unexperienced Muslim. William Ayers, fist bump with Michelle, his middle name.... the list goes on. But Saturday Night Live had their fun with Sarah Palin, so I guess it all evens out.

I just came back from living in Japan for six months, and watching the election and everything happen politically from across the world was kind of weird. I was amused by the difference in their media coverage compared to ours. Then again, they have their similarities. Micheal Phelps has been dominating coverage for the past few days, just like a few months ago when a Russian sumo wrestler in Japan was busted with bud, and got into trouble.