Howard Kurtz, who hosts the CNN show Reliable Sources (I continue to question the appropriate nature of that title some of the time), makes you scratch your head some Sundays in disbelief.
Frequently, Kurtz engages in what I will call phony impartiality. As part of this phony effort, Kurtz frequently covers for the bias of Fox News by ridiculously trying to portray MSNBC as the sort of liberal equivalent.
It is a weak equivalency that fails on so many levels. The reporting of MSNBC is not biased (which is more than can be said for Fox News). Fox News is biased nearly 24/7. MSNBC has a liberal prime-time lineup, but it also provides a substantial platform in the morning to Joe Scarborough, who clearly is a conservative. Fox News offers no comparable platform to any commentator who is even close to a liberal (or, for that matter, one who is even a moderate).
This video is laughable as the two talking heads pat each other on the back with their ridiculous comments about MSNBC being this liberal network (something that is false).
The sad thing is that Kurtz is showing his own bias on a show that is supposed to be about, in theory, holding the media accountable.
Who holds Howard Kurtz accountable for his baseless comment?
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