NBC News's Andrea Mitchell: Chris Matthews is not "a liberal thinker." She added: "I don't feel that there is bias in what we do at NBC News. And I don't think there's bias in CBS or ABC."
But Fox News? "There are commentators who are biased, and I don't think that the newscasts are necessarily biased."
But of course!
Responding to the 1st line:
Well, it is simply odd to imagine that a man who made his living as the home for Clinton bashers during the Lewinsky scandal and who voted for George W. Bush in 2000 is a liberal thinker, as one would normally use that term. I know Bushites don't change their mind as facts change, but normal humans do. Hey, in February of 2003 I wasn't opposed to going into Iraq. Stuff happens.
Posted by: dan at January 8, 2007 06:49 PMBut I have to agree with the first statement. Where is the evidence that Chris Matthews is any sort of thinker at all?
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at January 8, 2007 08:40 PMPoint well taken. Though no moreso than dime store brainless cretins like O'Reilly and Hannity -- or most anyone else in the cable news he-said-she-said media that is slowly poisoning our Democracy.
Posted by: dan at January 8, 2007 11:12 PMI love how Mitchell compartmentalizes when O'Reilly pushes her about Chris Matthews: rather than answer the question of his leftward leanings, she parries that he works for MSNBC, not NBC proper. Well, I'm glad that's cleared up!
Dan, you're the brainless cretin if all you can do is trash people for having standards, applying them to loony lefties like you, and awarding you a failing grade.
Posted by: G Rex at January 9, 2007 10:51 AMSpeaking as a liberal, Chris Matthews is worthless to me. He ain't one of ours, that's for sure.
PS - Congrats on Sen. DeMint's (R-SC) endorsement of Romney!
Posted by: xstryker at January 9, 2007 12:51 PMMe as a "loony lefty...!" I never stop being amused by that. No matter how many moderate personal positions I could provide to the contrary, I guess you'll still believe I worship at the altar of Michael Moore. Ah well.
Posted by: dan at January 9, 2007 03:11 PMDan, you'll notice there was an "if" in my previous posting. I don't know who you are, I've never read your blog, and I have no idea what positions you hold, but IF your first response to ideas with which you disagree is to call the commenter a brainless cretin, then that's all I need to put you in a nice little category. Prove me wrong.
And what's a dime store? Wasn't that where folks went to buy 8 tracks?
Posted by: G Rex at January 10, 2007 09:59 AM