Mainstream media coverage of crucial issues gives us plenty to complain about around here. Much like aerobic exercise, it jacks the heart-rate and makes me cranky (though if I’m going to spill my drink anyway, I’d rather do it while yelling at Chris Matthews. Call me a junkie).
But tonight is one of those rare opportunities to kick back and appreciate the fact that not every journalist on network TV is standing around the same water cooler.
Tonight on 20/20, John Stossel, (with special guest Drew Carey), tackles the conventional wisdom behind the huge bailouts, universal preschool, the myth of the struggling middle class, toll roads, medical marijuana and border walls. The episode was inspired by Drew Carey’s award-winning video series on Reason.tv.
More with Stossel and Carey here.