Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Someone call an ambulance

Just in case it's not too late to get MSNBC's head out of George W. Bush's ass.

Today, on "Connected Coast to Coast," whose producer is bored to death by the most important issues of the day, Monica Crowley interviewed two Princeton students, both Republicans, one in favor of the nuclear option and one opposed to it. During the course of the interview, Crowley offered this alternative in a sentence about choices: "conservative judges or liberal activist judges." The "liberal" media is spitting out the talking points so fast you have to duck so you don't get wet.

Later, Crowley interviewed Eleanor Smeal and someone from Focus on the Family about the David Hager memo which purportedly brought about the exclusion of emergency contraception from over-the-counter sales, even though the drug had been approved by the same advisory panel on which Hager sat. There was a lengthy discussion of the safety of the drug, the myth that its availability would have adolescent girls rushing to get pregnant, and the myth that using the drug is the same as having an abortion.

At no point did Crowley mention the fact that Hager's former wife has accused him of raping her for years while she was a narcoleptic stupor.

The producer of "Connected Coast to Coast" says he wants your emails. Send them, oh please, send them: Connected@MSNBC.com