Subject: Latest Hardball Outrage

Bartcop:
 
I noted recently that former Senator Alan Simpson hosted Hardball while Chris Matthews was out
counting the cash he'd receive from Bush's tax cut.  I thought this slightly outrageous; I mean, we weren't
talking about some ex-adviser or staffer, but an actual politician, hosting a show supposedly known for
avoiding spin and pursuing the truth.  Sheesh.
 
Little did I know, I hadn't seen anything yet.
 
In an unhealthy burst of masochism last night, I stopped again at Hardball while channel surfing,
and caught an exchange between Senators Kent Conrad and Fred Thompson.  They talked back
and forth about Bush's tax plan for a good five minutes without interruption.  Odd, I thought.
Have they put a ball gag on Matthews?  Normally he can't keep his spittle-spewing yap shut for 12 seconds...
 
Well, our pal Chris was nowhere to be found.  Again, probably taking time off to plan which Latin American
country he will purchase with the enormous windfall he receives from the Shrub's giveaway to the filthy rich.
The show was being hosted by Fred Thompson, one of Tennessee's two Republican senators!
 
Bartcop, it's official.  They've cut out the middle man and passed the spin on to you.

No longer will journalists serve as the compliant mouthpieces for politicians and the monied interests
who really run the show.  Now the politicians themselves will do the job themselves.  Think of the savings
the broadcasters will realize--they won't have to pay the bloated salaries to celebrity journalists for
passing on official distortions of reality.  The American public has already paid the salaries of their
(in most cases) elected officials, who will now be doing double duty as politicians and impartial commentators.
 
Golly. It's enough to make you question the integrity of the media.
 
   - miksat

ha ha

Is it still legal to question the media?