Keith, I need to be straight up with you. I used to be a big fan. Watched you every day. Defended you. Unfortunately now you sit on the DVR and more often than not I don't tune in. Maybe I watch the beginning "countdown" to see what's on but rarely do I watch the whole show.
Why?
I guess because it's become to blazingly partisan. Not because I don't think Republicans really are idiots (they are) but because I think this country has real problems and I'm looking for news that goes beyond the minutia to tell me things that I don't know not just an hour of my time that reinforces beliefs I already have.
Case in point was your coverage of the meeting between Obama and House Republicans. I was so happy to hear you would be replaying it that night. Set the Tivo. Popped the popcorn. Then I watched the show and I have to say the editing and grandstanding were disappointing. See I'm a big boy. I could have watched it and came up with my own opinions but you didn't fully let me. You turned it into a spectacle that I didn't need or want.
It seems painfully obvious to me that your show has become crack for the fringe left. It's a fairly big niche to cater to (though not nearly as big as the fringe right sugar Daddy FOX news)and I can see why hitting that fastball would build your ratings but the end results to me are disappointing.
See I don't give a crap what Sarah Palin did today. Or Rush. Or Glen Beck. Tabloid politics don't interest me in the slightest. Those are the easy "truths" to tell. The hard truths are what I want to see. Inform me about the choices our country has in front of it. Tell me about the best ideas from the left and the right. Give me scholars that don't reek of of partisanship and that we haven't seen a million times to put it all into perspective. INFORM me and the country Keith. That is what we need right now. That is what the great ones of the past did for us. You can do this Keith. I have all the faith in the world you can if you want to.