Tim,
This is the kind of hyberbole that makes it hard for me to take folks like you seriously.
You complain about Fox and the Citizen, but have no problem with all network news divisions, CNN, MSNBC, the NY Times, the Wash Post, and most professors in academia being liberal?
Talk about people being lead to vote blindly! Those centers of thought control nearly completely dominated the American landscape for 50 years, and now that there is some competition, people like you do nothing but cry and complain about it.
To me it seems you are saying you only want one voice heard in the U.S. and will not tolerate dissent.
Sounds awfully totalitarian to me, but that shouldn't be a surprise since totalitarians are primarily from the Left anyway (remember, Fascists were just socialists with militaristic nationalism thrown in and Communists, well, enough said).
And what is this carping about people having voted Republicans in office? Granted, the Republicans became drunk with power and violated the public trust, but are you claiming Democrats are invulnerable to such temptations when in power? How about William Jefferson (takes $90k and doesn't even apologize and then goes on to get re-elected!)? Talk about "blind" voters.
But unlike you, I still respect the will of the people, even if I don't like it. Of course, that is another trait of Democrats/liberals these days: scorn for the will of the people. That's why when they lose elections they go around complaining about vote fraud and resort to using the courts to get their way rather than the legislature or popular vote. (Have you heard anything near the outcry about voting fraud in the many close elections where Democrats won?... I think not. Republicans have showed their inherent respect for law and the process by honoring the results even though they were so close and certainly worthy of scrutiny. This contrasts mightily to the Democrats who still complain about 2000 and 2004! Or how about the 2004 Wash. governor race, when the Democrats called for multiple recounts until finally, voila, the Democrat came out on top!).
So, quit your whining and start debating the issues on their merits so you don't need to depend on absolute liberal media control in order to manipulate the public into voting the way you like.

Tim, I believe that papers such as this one and news outlets like Fox feel that the "mass media" is liberally biased and thus they must lean right to "balance" the playing field. Unfortunately The Citizen and Fox tend to ignore the "sins" of their own to highlight the "liberal" view. The cartoons in the Citizen tend to be the biggest culprits.
The most glaring and recent examples are the ways Fox and The Citizen portray "liberals" as being weak on immigration when the Head of the Republican party who is also our President has the weakest stance on immigration in Washington. I found it comical when Fox showed Rep Mark Foley as a democrat. Great journalists there.
But every now and then the Citizen will surprise you. They have stood up against unbridaled growth and Mr. Westmoreland. But remember the political landscape here in Fayette County. They have to serve their base, even when the base is a bit off base. Cheers, thanks for the counterpoint, and stay in the fight!

Kevin "Hack" King