Don’t be too hard on him. For one thing, Shuster’s always been transparently liberal; you can’t say you were deceived. For another, the Foxies have become more overt about their own bias by dropping Colmes and plugging Beck in at 5 p.m. MSNBC might as well shows its cards, too. Above all, Olby’s been using Think Progress, Media Matters, and other watchdog sites for source material for ages, to the point where the Olby Watch guys make sure in their recaps of each episode of “Countdown” to note which blue blogs were the basis for which segments. See, e.g., this recent entertaining expose of Murrow’s “rip ‘n read” brand of, ahem, journalism. It’s about time these nutroots tools got some credit for all the free labor they’ve provided. Click the image to watch.
