But that didn't stop you from getting in your little digs, did it?
Sure didn't. And I stand by every word that I wrote.
It's the principle of the situation, not the worthiness of the target. A left-leaning news organization may think nothing of playing "The Bitch Is Back" after an Ann Coulter story, but you would have Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, John Podesta, David Brock, Eric Alterman, and the DNC hierarchy wetting their pants and screaming foul if a Fox News producer had done the same regarding, say, Helen Thomas or Medea Benjamin. But if someone at Fox were to have such a lapse in judgment, my reaction would be the same even if in my heart I agreed with the sentiment.
Let's put it another way: Many years ago, when Geraldo Rivera had his nose broken by a neo-Nazi that threw a chair in the midst of a brawl between people of his ilk and black activists, a fashion publication called W published its list of "Ins and Outs." Among the "Ins": "The person who broke Geraldo's nose (despite his loathsome politics)." Whichever editor green-lighted that line actually gave kudos to a white separatist! And it's not enough to just dismiss his murderous hatred for Jews, blacks, and everybody but Aryans because someone who didn't have that hatred within him wouldn't have thrown the chair.
What kind of hypocrisy is it to say "Neo-Nazis are terrible, horrible people unless they're beating up Geraldo?" I am not going to engage in situational ethics and say I despise leftist media bias unless it's being practiced against someone with whom I disagree.