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Thanks for the ping, Cal.

The left isn't even pretending that truth matters to them anymore.

-- On Sunday's Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz played an excerpt from a panel discussion he moderated, which was held by the Kaiser Family Foundation, about how politicians are portrayed on TV entertainment programs. The panel was made up of former Clinton economic adviser Gene Sperling, Dennis Haysbert, the actor who plays the President on Fox's 24, and Lawrence O'Donnell, creator and Executive Producer of NBC's short-lived Mr. Sterling.

In an exchange brought to our attention by an e-mailer and tracked down by MRC analyst Patrick Gregory, Kurtz inquired of O'Donnell: “One thing these programs have in common, conservatives are practically invisible. President Bartlet is a Democrat. Martin Sheen, in fact, made anti-war ads before the invasion of Iraq. Mr. Sterling is a California liberal based loosely on Jerry Brown. Why aren't there any Republicans?”
O'Donnell replied: “You will never get that TV show. [crowd laughter] You'll never, ever going to get the Republican TV show. The Writers Guild of America, my union, is at a minimum, 99 percent leftist liberal and, like me, socialist. [crowd laughter] And we don't know how to write it. We don't.”

Actor Yells at FNC, Plus Writers Guild 99% “Leftist Liberal” -5/03

You'll never, ever going to get the Republican TV show. The Writers Guild of America, my union, is at a minimum, 99 percent leftist liberal and, like me, socialist. [crowd laughter] And we don't know how to write it. We don't.”

I'd say that Hollywood must be full of criminals and terrorists because Hollywood has never had any problem writing about crooks and evil bad guys. By this guy's own "admission", they only write about what they know.

I'd state it as, they only write about what they WANT to write about and, despite their cries about a communist witchhunt in the 1950s, they do inject their leftist propaganda into the stories they write. There just isn't room for them to honestly portray the other side of the argument.

"O'Donnell replied: “You will never get that TV show. [crowd laughter] You'll never, ever going to get the Republican TV show. The Writers Guild of America, my union, is at a minimum, 99 percent leftist liberal and, like me, socialist. [crowd laughter] And we don't know how to write it. We don't." ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

I'm sure this O'Donnell character was just kidding..I mean hey...if this guy was serious and really, really said this we would have heard about it on the nightly news. Right?

Wink, wink, nod, nod.............