Moments like these are why I take such joy and wondrous pleasure in reading NewsBusters.

Today, NewsBuster Dan Gainor unveiled the five “craziest” liberal attacks on the tea parties from the liberal left and the liberal media. Liberal. Here's number five on that list:

5) Protesters are Anti-Government

The media and the left portray tea parties as “anti-government” because it undermines a patriotic grassroots movement. Tea partiers aren't anti-government, they are anti-big government. That's just not the story journalists tell. The “anti-government” theme is strong, cropping up in more than two dozen stories in The Washington Post and New York Times combined. Very few of them mentioned the word “big” in reference to government.

So it's “crazy” to refer to tea partiers as “anti-government” because it “undermines” their patriotism? That's very interesting...

You already know what's coming -- NewsBuster Ken Shepherd, two days ago:

MSNBC's Chris Matthews today jumped on a statistic regarding Census participation in Texas to argue that anti-government sentiment from TEA Parties is hurting the Lone Star State in the decennial head count and hence could shortchange the state in congressional reapportionment and redistricting.

It's worth noting that Matthews never actually used the term “anti-government,” that was just how Shepherd characterized the tea party ethos. Matthews, interestingly enough, spoke of “distrust about the federal government,” which seems closer to what Gainor considers acceptable when talking about the tea parties.