Ah, so fair and balanced! (3X as many Republicans as Democrats on Sunday talk this past weekend)

[UrbScotty]

3 Democrats, 9 Republicans (10 if you count Halperin), and Bethany McLean.

http://theobamadiary.com/2011/10/08/ah-so-fair-and-balanced/

[Firebrand Gary]

1. I don't remember when it was different. it's been so long.

[unionworks]

2. Same on MSNBC

You have "liberal" shows like Chris and Ed, etc., but most of what I've been seeing on them are the faces of the republican canidates running their mouths. Please correct me if I am wrong. Comcast overlords control?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Not to mention the hosts

On Ali Velshi's show on CNN this week-end, he had three Creepublicans and one Dem discussing the economy. When the main Republican had to leave, he stated that he would ask a question that the right winger would have asked had he not left. This involved the discussion of China. An economist came on the show stating that we are in an undeclared economic war with China and that the government should do something to put pressure on them. Velshi said that he would take the position the extreme right winger would have taken had he still been on camera, stating that the private sector can resolve the trade imbalance and that the free market should be allowed to level the playing field. Of course that is mind-bendingly ignorant, as it is the complicity of free enterprise in this country that has helped the Chinese wage their war against the American middle class by shipping technology and jobs abroad.

[TomCADem]

4. K & R! The Republican Talking Points Are Being Pushed 24/7

It is pretty pathetic.

[DenverDad]

5. Gots to looove the "librul media".

:eyes:

[gratuitous]

6. It is SO fair and balanced!

I'm sure you all remember the seemingly endless parade of Democrats who were on the Sunday talk shows during Tea Party Summer in 2010? Remember them? All those, uh, you know, uh . . . There must have been, oh . . .

Shut up, that's what.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

7. Paul Ryan spewed his crap uncontested, actually Gregory helped him out on some points. nt

[librechik]

8. that's the way it is EVERY weekend--because

when they are out of power we want to make sure their voice is heard, and when they're in power, well, they're the ones in power so of course their voice must be heard!

I was literally told this by our chief editor/producer. Funny how that works, isn't it? Always more Repubs than Dems visible on air, even though there are always fewer Repubs than dems in the population.

[lpbk2713]

9. Phil Donahue had a short lived poli-talk show.

He had standing instructions to have two rethug guests on for every one Dem just to make it "fair".

[ChillbertKChesterton]

10. No one anywhere ever is surprised by this

Even conservatives are well aware of Fox's right-wing bias, they just believe it is a "counter-balance to the far-left liberal bias on every network".

It's pretty stupid.