The countdown is on for the right-wing Oct. 17, rallies scheduled at media outlets across the country as “freedom-loving, American-loving, free-speech loving friends” gather to shout insults at news organization. Sounds like fun!

I already mocked the premise based simply on the idea that the Operation: Can You Hear Us Now is built upon the obvious lie that the media ignored conservatives when "about 2 million mad-as-hell taxpayers assembl[ed] in Washington, D.C. for the largest-ever (most well-behaved ever, most respectful ever) protest did not make it onto their radar screens (or our TV screens)." [Emphasis added.]

Um, no you didn't. (It was more like 70,000 protesters.) And yes, you did make into onto TV screens.

But the more I read about the plans for Oct. 17, the more I chuckle. For instance, right-wingers are urged to “Identify local left-wing media outlets” and then protest them this weekend. Activists are urged to “pick your least favorite, liberally biased outlet as ground zero.”

So which media outlets do most protesters have their sights set on? Their local television channels, like Channel 4 KARK-TV in Little Rock, AK., and KSN-TV in Wichita, KS., and WLOS in Asheville, N.C. Do you see the irony? Right-wingers are going to protest local affiliates that barely even cover politics. They're going to picket TV channels that spend most of their news budgets covering local sports, weather and robberies. How exactly is local news “liberally biased”?

I can't wait to hear right-wingers air their grievances on Saturday.

And oh yeah, note that “liberally biased” KMPH in Fresno, CA. and KTMJ in Topeka, KS., are targeted for protest this week. And guess what? They're both Fox stations!