Hardball piece highlights our confusion between news and entertainment

[pinto]

Today's Hardball piece, highlighting a "West Wing" snip that features a fictional Matthews interview of Alan Alda as President, segues to a live discussion between Matthews and Alda, as themselves.

Yeah, it was obvious fluff and cleverly done.

I thought it was a good reminder, as well, that most cable "news commentary" shows are also entertainment, and can be taken with a grain of salt.



(update for spell)

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Well put

and a good and plausible explanation as to why Chris Matthews is actually pretty good in the clip they showed. It's all entertainment.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/690908

[Eric J in MN]

2. Was Alda president or a presidential candidate? (nt)

nt