Why Republicans don't have a sense of humor

Good discussion in The New York Times' Caucus blog (and in print) today of the rising partinsanship among broadcast news networks. The blog examines the recent decision by the Obama White House to start cutting Fox News out of the action when it can discriminate such as in situations where there can only be a small pool of reporters. This is sort of tit for tat for things like Fox's decision not to air President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on health care. (Ironically, it was during this speech that Joe Wilson became a right wing hero when he shouted "liar" during the speech.)

Anyone can see that Fox hardly lives up to its moto of "fair and balanced." And as is evidenced from the stats, most Democrats, now the solid majority of people in America, rarely watch it. I used to watch it occasionally earlier in the decade when its demographics were more evenly balanced, but it's now become just too nauseating and blantantly biased. More than any other so-called news network, Fox is much closer to propoganda than news.

On the other hand, CNN (home of the hated Larry King) has become the favorite network of liberals and Democrats. And, in fact, the same is true of MSNBC, CNBC, Headline News and Comedy Central. All of which goes to show you that Republicans don't much like coverage that attempts to tell both sides of the story, nor do they have much of a sense of humor.