My Experience Representing Philly Bloggers on The Situation with Tucker Carlson

I saw the segment of which you write (though I normally avoid Tucker Carlson like the plague). I'm not sure what he construed as contemptuous, I thought you were pretty respectful of the host -- more than most of us would have been capable of, given his overall attitude during your segment.

I heard you more than once try to emphasize that this was a non-political issue, but he kept trying to frame it as such anyway. Geez, if he wanted to accuse anyone at ASZ of showing political overtones, that would have been easy, but not on this particular topic. Maybe it's just that people like Carlson, who've weaseled their way into the MSM without much merit of their own, feel like they need to defend the institution that allows them that sort of status.

Most of us understand that there are editorial decisions that go into getting news stories on the air, and it's a reasonable position to state that not every news story is going to warrant excessive coverage (unfortunately, so few of the ones they do cover actually warrant such exhaustive coverage).

Carlson was so busy, though, defending his lifeline that he couldn't hear the most basic reality of this story: It needs to be heard by as many people as possible, regardless of one's position on disproportionate media coverage.

Thanks for representing the cause so well, Steve.

Doc, I missed the broadcast appearance, but I've read the transcript and I commend you for staying cool under the pressure, something I doubt I could have pulled off in your stead.