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Why would Kurtz so prominently tout and condemn the meaningless and unrepresentative remarks of 200 or so anonymous blog comments, while ignoring the equally perverse behavior and ideas of some of his best-est friends on television, detailed here, here, here, and today by Arianna Huffington here?
Because he's a partisan who's in love with Malkin?
Because he wouldn't know truth if it kicked him in the groin?
Because ignoring right-wing bias and disgusting comments will get him more interview opportunities with right wingers?
Because he was repeatedly dropped on his head as a child?
Perhaps there's something else I missed ...
Of course, I still want to know about this whole thing is how in the holy hell Malkin and Limbaugh got the comments so quickly -- unless they had someone reading every thread and waiting for any comment they could use, the speed with which they noticed the comments is questionable.
I'm really, really not one for conspiracy theories, but having moderated a few sites myself (bulletin boards and blogs) I know for a fact that there are people who leave horrific comments just to paint the other side as evil, corrupt, etc. Whether it's politics or sports, I saw it happen. A LOT.
Not saying that's what happened in this case, but one has to wonder ...
