Liberals decry conservative media attention

The Politico:

Liberal Reps Want Balance in Their Sunday Morning TV

Sunday mornings are a time for sleeping in, religious reflection or, perhaps, savoring a leisurely brunch. Or if you're Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), stewing that too few liberal guests appear on the Sunday television talk shows.

Hinchey and a band of progressive members of Congress are putting aside their scramble eggs and taking the networks to task, complaining that the four Sunday Shows – ABC’s This Week, CBS’ Face the Nation, NBC’s Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday – feature more conservative and Republican guests than liberals and Democrats.

I think it would be a stretch for anyone to assert that the mainstream media has swung to the right. However, producers and hosts may have begun to tire of the same defeatist rhetoric from the left. Conservative ideas (at least on Iraq, the war on terror, etc.) are more captivating and pragmatic right now. Democrats have a tendency to convey a defeatist attitude, which probably does not play very well to audiences. You almost wouldn't know they won the last election to listen to them.