Paul Krugman once had a great line about the ridiculous "balance" fetish that dominates the MSM, saying that if a Flat-Earther managed to grab a few minutes of attention in Washington one day, the next day's headlines would read, "Shape of Earth: Views Differ."
It seems like hyperbole for the sake of humor -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but it couldn't ever really be that bad, could it?
When we're talking the MSM and John McCain, indeed it could. Have a look at Matthew Yglesias's razor-sharp post, "Saving Social Security," which slices apart the WaPo's latest bit of "balance."
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