re: #4 1Peter G1

The reason the hosts of these shows are so squishy is because they know they won’t get any guests if they ask “hard” questions.

Like most bad things in the news business, I blame Fox News for this. Back when I was RW (but not NJ) I would watch Hannity and Colmes. I noticed immediately that RW guests would only talk to Hannity while non rightwingers would only go on alone with Colmes. I thought at the time that this is absolutely chickenshit. I didn’t realize then that it would spread to all of the purported “news” shows on the other networks, including the moderators of the alleged presidential debates who feel no obligation to step in when one of the performers makes a totally outlandish or just flat out false statement.

So, I no longer watch any tv news, news type shows, or debates. If I just want to hear pure propaganda I’ll go to the source: the RNC and DNC websites.