Regime media has been in the tank for Democrats for decades. We all know this. Even before the time when Tim Russert, the former Mario Cuomo aide, hosted NBC’s Meet the Press, liberal journalists always seemed to be the ones who got to anchor the important slots in the news divisions of network television and cable.
When Bob Schieffer ran Face the Nation, CBS’ Sunday show, he was reliably left-leaning, but at least paid lip service to objectivity, and got to moderate three presidential debates in his career. His style was old school – ask questions and minimize the role of the moderator. Debates should be about the candidates and the issues, not who’s asking the questions.
David Brinkley was the gold standard for a Sunday show host on ABC’s This Week, until he gave way to Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, who were much more partisan. The slide to open activism has continued at that…
