Tim Graham writes in an April 16 NewsBusters post:
Liberal pundit Sally Kohn is on Yahoo! this morning with an article titled “What I learned as a liberal talking head on Fox News.” She learned conservatives were personable and human.
What? Yes, she says that would amaze “fellow liberals who had not watched much Fox News but had seen the most outlandish clips of Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity that had made it to ‘The Daily Show’ or YouTube. They perhaps imagined that walking down the hallway outside makeup, Mr. O’Reilly might yell then, too, instead of just saying hello. That’s a funny notion, but it couldn’t be further from the truth.”
The obvious thought here is: Why can’t liberals just turn on Fox News for themselves and spend an hour? Why must they only watch it after it’s “curated” by Jon Stewart?
Graham won’t mention that Kohn has learned lessons that his fellow MRC employees apparently haven’t.
Would a conservative who recognized the humanity of liberals call President Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead,” as MRC chief Brent Bozell has? Or get into a shouting match with a liberal guest, as Bozell did?
Would a conservative who recognized the humanity of liberals call Sandra Fluke a “horizontal laborer” and a “Lincoln Tunnel hitcher,” as the MRC’s Matt Philbin has? Or respond to a critic by telling him to “fuck off,” as Philbin has?
Would a conservative who recognized the humanity of liberals dismiss a liberal’s calmly argued statements as nothing but shrieking and ranting, as NewsBustsers’ Jeffrey Meyer did?
Would a conservative who recognized the humanity of liberals smear a criticism he disagreed with as “effete,” as Graham himself did?
Instead of merely praising Kohn for recognizing that conservatives are human, Graham should be following her example by reminding his fellow MRCers — including his boss — that liberals are human too.