You guys have got to stop. That's all there is to it. No one really trusts you anymore. I was fortunate enough to grow up during the age of Walter Cronkite when we, the people, turned to our trusted news sources for reliable information about the important issues of the day.
Now, I'll admit, I'm about as far left as you can get on a lot of issues. Even so, I enjoyed watching William F. Buckley Jr. on PBS. He and I didn't agree on much, but his arguments were at least rational and didn't pander to the lowest common denominator. But I don't know what the heck you guys are doing to yourselves these days. When did you, as a group, decide you were no longer going to have excellence in journalism? When did you give up on being the best at relating the news, asking the questions, investigating the dark and shadowy corners of government and industry and become ranting, raving shills for advertisers and special interest groups?
Well...you've go to stop if you have any hope of me ever being a consumer of your product again. These days, and it's happening less and less, I only tune in briefly to see what lunacy is transpiring before turning away in disgust.
No more of this false balance crap by juxtaposing a lucid, thoughtful pundit with a shrill blowhard intent on spewing talking points that are blatantly false and misleading. You're giving credibility where it hasn't been earned and it's making you all look like fools.
No more soft soap. Why you let your guests get away with controlling interviews and feeding you lie after lie while you do nothing but toss up another soft ball, I'll never know. It makes you look feckless, unprepared and unprofessional.
Can you imagine what William F. Buckley would have done to the likes of Michelle Bachmann, Ted Cruz, or any of the Fox Network's bobbleheads had they the nerve to step on set with him?
Don't get me wrong, it's not just Fox. Across the board you guys have become the Junior Varsity cast offs. And you've done it to yourselves. I know you need to make a living. I know you like the perks and the celebrity that come with the job. You're only human. I get it.
But is that really the legacy you want to leave to the country? To your children? Can you picture a nation coming to a standstill with collective sadness upon hearing of your passing as they did when Walter Cronkite passed away in 2009? Don't you think striving to be worthy of that legacy is a better use of your life than being a hack and huckster for any charlatan and flim-flam artist willing to go on television?