Cash cows don’t walk in the middle of the road


	Cash cows don’t walk in the middle of the road

disenchantedcitizen

5-10-2009 1:55 PM

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When you are not constrained by what it takes to be a ‘real, fair and balanced’ news station, you can make a living no matter who is in the White House.

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