Cable News, Afghanistan, And The “Please Love Us!” Syndrome

With Afghanistan, 36 hours of chaos led to nearly two weeks of concern trolling by journalists desperate to prove they have no liberal bias.

A Marine and child during evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Image via U.S. Marine Corps (AP)

by Bob Cesca

WASHINGTON, DC -- During his infamously ballsy 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner bit, Stephen Colbert observed, “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” He’s right, of course. Generally speaking, liberalism i…