Cox column lacks fairness and insight

In his column, Daily Herald TV columnist Ted Cox recommends we tune into Bill Moyers Journal on PBS for insightful and fair election coverage.

According to Mr. Cox, Moyers in his first segment suggests there is a double standard because the Wright/Obama controversy has generated so much publicity, while John Hagee's endorsement of John McCain has received so little.

If Mr. Cox thinks Moyers is being insightful here, perhaps he should spend more time reading his own paper because the same point was made in Fence Posts.

The second question is, does Moyers have a point of view that we should reasonably consider?

Let's see, Obama is a member of a congregation led by Wright for 20 years, McCain accepts an endorsement from Hagee: long-term relationship versus political expediency.

You can make a reasonable argument that McCain deserves some criticism for accepting an endorsement from the controversial Hagee, but comparing Wright/Obama to McCain/Hagee is like comparing a single date to 10 years of marriage.

According to Mr. Cox, Moyers second segment is devoted to a book criticizing the war and his last segment goes over the campaign ads and political appearances of Clinton and Obama.

Cox then tells us the whole show is not about Democrats, because Moyer's next guest does make the point that McCain's statement about maintaining a presence in Iraq for 100 years has also been taken out of context by Democratic attack adds.

Now if you're keeping score at home, first segment democratic, second segment democratic, third segment democratic, but because the third segment has one comment that favors the Republican candidate, Mr. Cox apparently believes that the whole thing is pretty fair?

Sure, Moyers is fair to conservatives in the same way that Rush Limbaugh is fair to liberals.

Scott Schmidt

Arlington Heights