Providing balance

January 22, 2005

So, _Face the Nation_ is a damn liberal media propaganda machine because they had an entire show with Kennedy as the only guest? Well, it’s not the only time Face the Nation has not provided balance within the show.

bq. *Bob Schieffer:* You know, we’re a half-hour broadcast. And I don’t think it’s necessary every time we have a Democrat on to have a Republican on. I mean, we have had, I think, Senator [Bill] Frist [R-TN] on for the entire show, the Republican leader in the Senate. We have had Secretary of State [Colin] Powell on for the entire broadcast. In one broadcast, we had three Republicans on and didn’t have a Democrat.

And here’s the “talking-head list”:http://mediamatters.org/items/200501220001 from primetime yesterday. And “from Thursday’s innauguration coverage.”:http://mediamatters.org/items/200501210001

Yup. Ted Kennedy unfiltered for thirty minutes. That’s a real threat to “balance.” Also known as “Republican Talking Points.”

??Thanks to Atrios “for both links”:http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_01_16_atrios_archive.html#110636775760852920.??

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