Petroluem Broadcasting System (PBS) Finally Caves to The Dark Force

Sometimes things are done so ludicrously opposite to the argued intention that ones' mind reels in its perception of the contradictions.

PBS to use "noted pollster" Luntz for presidential forum, despite GOP ties and reported reprimands: "According to an April 4 press release, Republican pollster Frank Luntz will participate in the Public Broadcasting Service's coverage of the June 28 Democratic presidential forum, which will be televised live and moderated by PBS host Tavis Smiley: 'Immediate public feedback on the performance of the candidates will be conducted by noted pollster Frank Luntz, who will also appear on 'Tavis Smiley' on PBS the following evening to discuss his findings.' Fellow pollsters have criticized Luntz, a longtime Republican strategist, for mischaracterizing the results of his research, as Media Matters for America has noted. The PBS press release does not mention Luntz's Republican ties, repeating a pattern in the media identified by Media Matters."

Really, someone should run a contest to see who can create the perfect simile to capture the real nature of PBS's choice of Frank Luntz for Democratic forum coverage. And additionally, for fun, maybe we can dispatch a grammarian just to count the number of times Frank will take the opportunity to slaughter the adjective Democratic down to his preferred "noun-ization" of "Democrat".

Here's my simile: Frank Luntz objectively covering a Democratic forum for the intended purpose of providing "balance" is like Frank Luntz objectively presenting the business of logging lobbyists intention to strip old-growth (hell, all growth) forests as a "Healthy Forests" initiative.