CBS: your bias is showing

I was listening to CBS News on the radio early this morning and I was struck by the reporting about last night's Republican debate. Here were six candidates trying to become president of the United States who had held a substantive and interesting debate on the issues. What snippet did CBS decide to play for the news audience? It was Newt Gingrich asking the moderators whether since Mitt Romney had made four allegations he was entitled to four responses. That was what CBS decided was most newsworthy. Not the discussion of economic policy. Not the debate about character. Not the back and forth on the value of truth in foreign policy. No, it was a question about the procedure for timing answers to questions.

So why would CBS use such a banal moment in its coverage? The answer is simple: there were no moments that made the candidates look bad, so CBS had to use something that made the debate look inconsequential and silly.

Sadly, foreign policy is not the only place where a dose of truth is needed.