I don’t watch much of the big 24-7 news networks anymore, but when I did, I always tuned in to either Fox or MSNBC, because I found both of them to be generally fair. I found Fox to be more fair than MSNBC, but gave MSNBC credit for being an offshoot of the liberal NBC while at the same distancing itself from NBC with its more balanced programming.
The Washington Post has run a story today on the President’s refusal to compromise with Democrats “on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children” and the blogosophere is going wild with it, particularly on the left hand side, where the demagoguery and foaming at the mouth is particularly strong, even for them. From the story:
Keith Olbermann, in his “special comment” from last night, strongly chided Democrats for not being cut and run enough because they caved in on the timeline stipulation in the Iraq war supp.
In his continuing successful efforts to pander to the Nutroots for ratings (something he hilariously denies doing), Keith Olbermann’s latest target is – like most of the people he picks on – an undeserving one, but the significance of his latest target is that she’s not a pundit, but a mainstream media reporter for Time magazine. Specifically, she’s Time’s National Political Correspondent and her name is Karen Tumulty. What was her sin? Criticizing Hillary Clinton’s lame attempt at pandering to the black vote during the Imus/Rutgers hysteria. Tumulty writes:
… which must be the real reason Keith Olbermann doesn’t like it.
