Really? Fox News is featuring Labor voices? Wow. I'm not poking fun here, I just don't watch Fox News that much. In fact, I only really ever watch "Fox News Sunday," and I have to say that I've gained some respect for Chris Wallace, even if he does remind me of a rabid, smirking chipmunk at times. Wallace seems, much more than (god forbid) David Gregory or the rest of them, to actually pose challenging questions to conservatives. He opens up on liberals, of course, but I expect that from Fox News. What impresses me is that he at least tries to hold conservatives' feet to the fire at times as well -- with BASIC questions any journalist worth his or her salt should ask (but never seems to, on other channels), so I'm not questioning whether Fox actually did put Labor on the air or not. Unlike many on the Left, I try to distinguish between Fox's "hard news" shows and fluff like O'Reilly and Beck. O'Reilly and Beck are a waste of electrons (in my opinion), but the news part I take a little more seriously. So do tell what you were talking about with the Labor thing, as I'm interested in hearing the details.

Osborne -

Thanks for the heads-up, I made sure to watch MTP because you warned me. I had been so disgusted, I was considering ignoring them all this week.

nypoet22 -

NBC, FNS, and CBS all had a Republican governor on this week, for a full solo interview segment. Not sure about ABC or any of the cable channels. NBC did have Trumka on, but only as one member of a handful of "panelists" later on, which isn't exactly "balanced" but I guess we'll take what we can get. Even with such a limited exposure, he managed to make several good points.

-CW

CW? Anyone? Beuller?

I have to admit, this made me laugh.. :D

I applaud your ability to see the silver lining.. :D

Michale.....

sadly, that's actually a good point about fox. presumably they think that letting the unions speak will yield more ammunition against them than in their favor. perhaps they have good reason to think so.

even more than the typical democrats, most of the labor officials i've seen recently are absolutely hopeless in their rhetoric. randi weingarten seems to speak as if it's still the 1970's. when a union leader dropped by my school for a meeting, my jaw hit the floor at how stale her arguments were, even when compared to the regular discussions i have with my colleagues.

by keeping the union leaders off the television, mainstream networks might in some cases be doing them a favor.

Other polls on the issue seems to support this..

Not saying it's right, mind you... The MSM *SHOULD* air both sides of the issue..

Interestingly enough, the best outlet for Labor officials seems to be Fox News.. :D

Howz THAT for dripping in irony!?

Michale.....

Yes, you could have written about any number of things in this columne today. But, it would be hard to argue that any of them are more important than the topic you chose.

I suggest that all of us trek over to the Huffington Post over the course of the next week or so and make sure that a link to this column is posted at the top of the most prominent pieces on this issue there.

People need to read this!