A truly extraordinary thing happened on CNN Sunday: a mainstream media representative actually took Rush Limbaugh’s side in a dispute with Bill Clinton.
As readers are likely aware, the conservative talk radio host and the former President exchanged words last week over who was to blame for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
“Reliable Sources” host Howard Kurtz broached this subject in Sunday’s second segment eliciting a rather surprising response from Reuters’ global editor-at-large Chrystia Freeland:
“I have to say, on this one I’m on Rush Limbaugh’s side…I’m not accusing Rush Limbaugh of being guilty of too much balance, but I do think blaming the media is a very weak thing for politicians and businesspeople to do. And I think we in the media should really be pretty, pretty careful before we agree with the criticism.”
