[MarkAtHome]

It probably would be a good idea for all to try and ensure that you hear whatever McCain or Obama have to say in its entirety, rather than listening to whatever newscasters/etc. tell you what they are saying or have said.

Nothing gets me pissed off more than when I'm listening to McCain or Obama speak, and some egotistical, one-way or the other-leaning, "newsperson", thinking that whatever he or she has to say is more important for me to hear than what McCain or Obama are actually saying, chimes in to tell me what I'm hearing at that very moment... thanks, like I need your unbiased, and oftentimes uneducated, insight.

I usually go ballistic at that point, yelling at the TV to just let me hear what they have to say -- I don't need you (the newscasters) to tell me what they're saying based upon your interpretation or political leaning! I have a mind of my own and certainly don't need you to explain things to me.

Later, if I want to verify any statements expressed, I go to http://factcheck.org/ and see if my interpretation is in step with the facts, not what news or entertainment programs are telling me what to believe as fact.