uhh, you sure that's liberal bias?

As often as Malkin is right, she departs from reason and rational thought every now and then and says something so stupid you'd swear someone hacked her blog and put it there, as in this post. Now I'm no CBS fanboy myself, but can showing a Final Four game instead of coverage of the Pope's death be called another example of "libs in the media...showing their true colors[?]" That could actually be the most outrageous thing I've ever seen over there. Perhaps it's just proof that if you look hard enough for bias you'll find it anywhere and everywhere.

My first reaction came from the sports fan in me, i.e., "how could any American possibly downplay the significance of the Final Four so terribly?" But this isn't just about sports. I mean, let's look at the options here. Suppose you're CBS. You have exclusive broadcast rights to very popular programming, and while it's on something significant happens elsewhere in the world. Do you preempt your exclusive programming and follow the lead of every other major network or news outlet and start parroting the same so-called "breaking news" that they're all putting out in unison? Or do you stay with your original programming, knowing that millions of people are tuned in to your network for the sole reason of seeing what they can't see anywhere else? Yeah, I think CBS made the obvious right call. Now it's one thing if there's some sort of national security threat or local event (like, say, the continent is getting slammed with ICBMs) that would require immediate action on the part of viewers. In that case I think CBS would have an obligation to keep people properly informed. But even then whatever it is had better be pretty damn important.

Now let's bring in the specifics. The exclusive programming is a live event, not an episode or special that can simply be run later that day or week. And the significant event is something that has been forshadowed for days and even weeks if not longer, and has been getting ample coverage from all angles in recent days. In other words, while significant it certainly isn't a shocker. And as with any big sports event, there are millions out there that practically live and die with every twist, and to not show the event would be to incur the unspeakable wrath of said fans and earn a place in history right there with the Heidi Game. Now, do you jump over to the continuing saga that has been developing for so long and join everyone else in the news media, or do you stick to your guns and stay with the sports? If the answer isn't plainly obvious, you're (a) not a sports fan in the least, (b) too dull and simple to grasp the reasoning behind CBS's decision, (c) unwilling to admit that sometimes your personal preference isn't what's most important and may even be way out of line with the vast majority of viewers, or (d) some combination of the previous three. It's clear that CBS made the right call. And not only did they show basketball but they even had blurbs here and there about the Pope as well. For once, an exceptional job by the CBS mediacrats (even though I personally could have done without the Pope coverage altogether).

If there's anything this proves, it's that Malkin is NOT a sports fan. Not that we didn't already know that...after all, she seemed to show no love whatsoever for baseball during the Nats stadium brouhaha (although she did a good job in exposing the stupidity of subsidized sports venues) and she's even admitted to liking figure skating. Yeah, case closed.

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