C-SPAM WJ Gets Spanked On Bias

[KharmaTrain]

A caller just confronted Susan about how unbalanced Washington Journal is and how it's been a long time since Al Franken appeared on the program. I'm a regular WJ watcher (for reasons I can't explain) and I can't recall seeing him since the debut of AAR over a year ago. Later Susan claimed he'd been on 47 times...which counted ALL C-SPAN programming, including that infamous run-in with O'Reilly.

He also questioned her about the F.A.I.R. (http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2780) Action alert about the Washington Journal's right wing bias. Susan (who once worked for the RNC) claimed there was no such bias and that they monitor who they bring on the show carefully...and how they get comments from all sides (the old "thus we must be doing it right" defense). At least she admitted she was aware of the F.A.I.R. report but then dismissed it.

I can't remember the last time I saw a Joe Connason or Molly Ivins or John Conyers on the program, but the other morning, there was Newtie Gingrich spewing his spin followed by the usual cadre of AEI and Heritage Institute morons.

Kudos to the caller...kudos to F.A.I.R. and here's hoping they keep up the pressure.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Later on WJ they will have someone on talking about Media Bias

and if I recall...IT'S NOT ANYONE FROM F.A.I.R.....Lets see if it's someone who says the media bias leans LEFT. Would they dare do that after seeing the F.A.I.R report?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I like the lady caller who just handed Snow his hat

Where are the working poor in this Booming economy you keep talking about? Two people making $8 per hour can't afford housing, old people can't afford food, people are losing their health care... It's not looking rosy for us.

Snow went on to spout the thousands of new jobs created and yada yada, non answer.

[WernhamHogg]

3. UGH!

Naturally, I miss all the GOOD calls into WJ and I only hear the complete wacko's who have gone off their meds.

The last time I watched, a charming Republican caller was literally screaming and mocking/mimicking the guest (can't recall who it was at the moment). Susan allowed it to go on for several minutes, despite the fact that the caller had nothing to say/ask, except to mock the guest (the same way children mock adults). Haven't watched it since.