The (lost) Art of Compromise

In sorting through the articles and commentaries on talk radio and the conservative media, I noticed that the information is coming from the opposing sides and sources that are openly aligned one way or the other. They are criticizing each other and pointing the fingers, but what are they accomplishing? I would venture to say that each side is trying to push their side of the story to a larger audience to eventually drown out their opposition. In one of the articles Colin posted, Woolley says the "'Fairness Doctrine' is an Orwellian name for shutting up the opposition." That was said in terms of the Democrats shutting up Republicans, but it seems to me that the Republicans ultimately would have the same goal as they continue attacks on the liberal press.

What I percieve to be the issue here is that there is a lot of yelling and banter from either side but little listening and dialogue about the yelling. There is no attempt at compromise for the good of Americans, but only an attempt at furthering ones own political party at the expense of another.