I’ve posted a couple of diaries recently on the topic of the media, but I – like most of us – had my attention largely consumed with other current events this week. Today, however, I’m filled with a renewed sense of urgency about the media problem, fueled by recurring discrepancies between actual events and the way the dialogue about those events are being shaped by the reporting and presenting choices of the corporate media. And I suppose my current sense of alarm was also triggered by BarbinMD’s front page story revealing MSNBC’s justification for repeatedly giving Liz Cheney a platform for her fallacious rhetoric without disqualifying her on the basis of, well, flat-out lying: "She’s a great guest."
So... that's it? The only requirement you have of your "guests" is that they be "interesting and engaging," without regard for how inaccurate their statements are? It really is only about entertainment and not information? You're admitting it?