Appearing on CNN‘s Reliable Sources (1/10/11), Time‘s Joe Klein denounced the “crap” on the Fox News Channel. And as many pundits are prone to do, he found the need to balance that by citing a comparable example from the “other” side:
Well, that brings me to point number two…. Cable news chooses not to really deal with complicated issues with the level of complexity that they deserve. I was on Ed Schultz’s show to discuss Afghanistan. I was just back from there. It is the most complicated issue imaginable.
And the guy writes on a piece of paper, “Get out now,” and holds it up on the screen. That’s so stupid and it’s so unworthy.
That’s right—a TV host expressing the viewpoint held by approximately half the public is “stupid and unworthy”—and comparable to the murder fantasies peddled by Fox.
Rethink Afghanistan has a video response to Klein’s remarks that is worth checking out.
