Howard Kurtz discovers Morning Joe

October 26, 2009 12:31 pm ET by Jamison Foser

From today's Washington Post online Q&A with Howard Kurtz:

Bluffton, SC: In your blog on Friday you wrote this referring to MSNBC and its liberal hosts: "though that channel does give Joe Scarborough three hours a day, while no liberal has a show on Fox News." Although Joe considers himself a conservative the majority of the guests (not to mention his co-host) are decidedly liberal. And when it comes to interviewing members of Congress, Democrats seem to get twice as much airtime as Republicans. Poor Paul Ryan got a grand total of 3 minutes on Friday's show.

Howard Kurtz: I haven't noticed a tilt on the Morning Joe guest front at all. During the campaign, McCain people came on as often as Obama people. Peggy Noonan is a regular, and Pat Buchanan is on an awful lot. So I think it's fair to hold up Scarborough as an exception to MSNBC's generally liberal opinion lineup.

We'll hold you to that, Howard.

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- by NiceguyEddie (October 26, 2009 12:42 pm ET)
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  Great. Way to go. And... Where's the "liberal execption" to FOX's (or even CNN's!) generally conservative opinion lineup?
  
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  *crickets*
  
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  - by overmars jr. (October 26, 2009 1:21 pm ET)
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    Well... Fareed Zakaria tells the truth and makes sense... that's liberal enough. :D
    
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- by all your eyes (October 26, 2009 1:01 pm ET)
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  When will Kurtz admit that there is no equivalence between the liberal opinion/analysis shows on MSNBC and the bile-soaked, falsehood-laced, red-baiting daily tirades of Hannity and Beck?
  
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  - by goesto11 (October 26, 2009 1:24 pm ET)
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    Even the networks/outlets coming to Fox's defense over the past ten days are treating Fox as an equal peer, as if they're all engaged in the same "reporting."
    
    Kurtz is typical.
    
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    - by NiceguyEddie (October 26, 2009 2:10 pm ET)
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      What's so absurd is that everyone who's DEFENDING FOX is regularly DERRIDED by them! Does they think that FOx would come to THEIR defense if they were criticized by a Republican administration. (And DID they?)
      
      Seeing as how they're missing a good chance to damage their competition here... it's almost like the media's all conservatively biassed or something!
      
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      GASP! (Should I do my 'Captain Obvious' bit again?)
      
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      - by lookoutoftheyard2251 (October 26, 2009 2:41 pm ET)
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        Well, how else are they going to dispel the "librul media bias" myth if they don't defend the one network that's been spreading the myth every chance they get?
        
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        by NiceguyEddie (October 26, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
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        It's the perfect trap then, isn't it?
        
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        LOL / COL
        
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        by goesto11 (October 26, 2009 3:30 pm ET)
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        Absolutely. That's why people like Tucker Carlson are saying, "Look out, NBC -- you could be next!"
        
        It's yet another creative use of the Right's fear tactic.
        
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