re: #155 Occasional Reader

Sorry, that’s no excuse. Jones’ outlandish statements and beliefs were easily discoverable through simple net searches; including video/audio, not just repeated rumors at WorldNet or something. To the extent the MSM did not follow up, they fell down on the job (or perhaps, sat down).

I didn’t say it was an “excuse.” The furor over Van Jones started at Gateway Pundit when he dug around on a Truther site. Any journalist who went to check on this story would have seen that — along with batshit insane (and often bigoted) posts about “Dear Leader Hussein,” pictures of the Hitler Youth, and comments that read like the stuff mental patients write on toilet paper.

Then it was picked up by Glenn “the Rockefeller Building has sekrit commie messages” Beck.

The mainstream media absolutely do tilt left, but the Van Jones controversy isn’t evidence of that. It’s evidence of how freaking crazy the right wing has gotten.