Keith Olbermann on the SOTU address:
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I used to have to wade through this shit as a news reporter. Then, once retired, as a constituent, and activist.
It's been my observation that the mainstream media will do ANYTHING to avoid being accused of liberal bias. The easiest way to try to counteract that is by being SUPER-accommodating and welcoming to the opposition ("SEE? We're FAIR! BOTH SIDES!!! BOTH SIIIIIIIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
. Some of 'em, while calling themselves liberal or progressive, will bend over backwards, upside-down, double-twisted inside-out, and into the most complicated pretzels imaginable, to avoid being seen as favoring the liberal view. Even when they themselves may actually be of liberal leanings. But they want to be seen as even-handed. So unfortunately, a lot more time, effort, and sucking-up will be given over to the enemy camp because you've JUST GOTTA SHOW YOU'RE NOT FAVORING ONE SIDE. Even when that one side is the side that campaigned for you, knocked on doors for you, donated to you, attended rallies for you, and ultimately brought you to the table. At that point, those "loyalties" and a quarter will get you a few minutes in a parking meter.
Frankly, as a constituent and activists, I don't give one flying fuck about "BOTH SIDES!!! BOTH SIDES!!!!" I want MY side heard, and prioritized. As a strategist I can understand the games that have to be played and the excruciatingly careful weaving of interests and tiptoeing around interested parties that don't hesitate to use whatever clout and conniving skills they have to force you to bend to their terms.
"And, thank you Marjory Taylor Greene for wearing your bath mat around your shoulders..." 
He matched Biden's "masterful" speech with a masterful opening commentary of his own.
