What's Wrong with the MSM

Example: At the end of Meet the Press today, they had a so-called "roundtable" discussion. Tim "Lapdog" Russert had two panelists - Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, and Kate O'Beirne of the National Review. You're a smart person; you see what's wrong with that, right? Tim's goal was to have two ideologically opposite points of view to rationally discuss some issues. But look who he chooses - a writer for a mainstream (leaning right) newspaper, and a writer for an extreme right-wing magazine. And HERE is the problem with the MSM. They think they need to kowtow to the right wing nutjobs by having a moderate and a right wing zealot debate an issue, (see also Hannity and Colmes). If you have Kate O'Beirne on a panel, the only way you're balancing that shit is if Noam Chomsky is her counterpart. So you have Mr. Robinson talking about how Tom DeLay might be in trouble because of his ethical difficulties, and Ms. O'Beirne saying that it's a liberal witch hunt to take down DeLay. Only one was telling the truth, and he was toning down his analysis so as not to offend the two Republican shills sitting to his right and left. I call bullshit.