Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Here's the fair, balanced panel that discussed Mel Gibson's forthcoming, allegedly anti-Semitic, certainly right-wing-friendly film about Jesus on CNN's Live from the Headlines:

* William Donohoe of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights -- a Catholic conservative who endorses the film.

* Michael Medved, author of Hollywood vs. America -- a Jewish conservative who endorses the film.

And, as you can see from the transcript, Paula Zahn, the show's host, kept things fair and balanced by not once asking Medved or Donohue a challenging question (such as, say, "If this film isn't offensive, why is Gibson limiting the guest list at his advance screenings to right-wingers like Matt Drudge, Peggy Noonan, and Michael Novak?")

And this is CNN, which the Right still calls the "Communist News Network."

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