Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Dr Lawrence Korb joined MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to assess the spin on President Bush's announcement of a drawdown of US troops in Iraq to pre-surge levels sometime in 2008. For more CAP research on Iraq -- please see www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org
What if our most powerful weapons were ideas?
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It all boils down to what Reagan did in 1988 bowing to pressure from the right: "Abolishing the Fairness Doctrine" which allowed channels like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to exist. 92% of radio talk show hosts are right wing persuasion. Public airwaves belong to the public and the fairness doctrine must be restored. Insist that the presidential candidates promise to restore the fairness doctrine and bust the 5 media monopolies which control our thought process.