CLINTON NEWS NETWORK :

Finally, a Show that Speaks to Her (J.R. Taylor, 5/02/02, NY Press)

On a recent Saturday, [Hillary Clinton] dropped into the Broome County Democratic Party's annual breakfast, as she has for the past three years. She choked down some ham and eggs. She talked a little bit about policy. She recognized some local officials in the crowd. She urged them all to watch the new Crossfire. When she finished, virtually everyone in the room surged around her?

Now, that's kind of interesting. Have you ever before seen a politician go out of his (or her) way to tell an audience to watch a particular network news show? Try to imagine how the media would respond if, say, Trent Lott suggested to an audience of Republicans that they regularly tune in to the Fox News' Hannity & Colmes.

The response, of course, would be that the fix is in. You'd have a much easier time proving that to be the case with Crossfire, though. In fact, the show is so Dem-friendly that even Hillary Clinton would be willing to make an appearance there.

Thanks to Mike Daley for catching this one.

The Brothers are all in favor of a partisan press, believing the notion of an impartial press to be risible. But we'd prefer that they be open and above board about it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 3, 2002 6:52 AM