Practice what you preach

“Beat the Press” is a new feature on MSNBC’s 9 p.m. ET slot with Dan Abrams – a segment he calls “our daily look back at the absurd and sometimes amusing perils of live TV.”

Here’s a taste (LINK):

“PBS‘s Bill Moyers and FOX News anchor Chris Wallace are going at it after Moyers attacked Wallace over an interview with Karl Rove.

“At issue, Moyers' suggestion that Rove is an agnostic who manipulated the Christian right for political gain. Wallace responded on his show:

WALLACE: “If you (Moyers) had talked to Rove, as I did, you would have found out he reads a devotional every day, and the biggest charitable contribution he ever made was to his church. Of course, you never called Rove. That‘s reporting 101.”

ABRAMS: “That is reporting 101, fair enough. Reporting 102, though, suggests you don‘t necessarily accept everything that Karl Rove or any other political figure tells you at face value.”

Correct.

Last night in this new segment, Abrams suggested the reporters for Rupert Murdoch’s new Fox business channel might want to get copies of “Finance for Dummies.”

I have seen CNN’s “God’s Warriors,” a three-part documentary, many times now, having taped it both for myself and a friend.

After seeing his ridiculously biased segment Monday night (LINK) on this outstanding six-hour documentary, I think Abrams should pick up a copy of “Objectivity for Dummies.”

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A second post follows.