People always ask the conservative media critic: “What about conservative media bias? Why don’t you expose that, too?” We like to leave that to people like the Chomskyites at FAIR, “Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting” (I substitute “Revolution” at the end). Many times, their analysis seems a little ridiculous, like when they get upset in war time that anchormen use the word “we” for U.S. forces (“How are we doing over there?”) as if anchormen lived as citizens of the United States.

Here’s one area where they can make a point for the Ted Kennedy fan. Liberal reporters do make noise from time to time about the need for Democrats to “move to the center” — although it’s often much more about appearances than reality. Nevertheless, the pose is a bit demoralizing to the liberal faithful.

I would only add that I start giggling at some of these examples, like Howard Fineman suggesting that Kerry can get past his lifetime ACU rating of six percent by saying he once worked as a prosecutor and he voted once for welfare reform when President Clinton said it was okay. It sounds a little like Al Franken’s impersonation of Pat Robertson, saying he should be president because he’s not a televangelist, he’s been a caddy and bagged groceries.