'Today' Features Two Liberals, No Conservatives to Analyze Debates

Published: February 1, 2008, 12:20 pm

Tags: 2006 congressional, campaigns amp amp elections, conservatives amp amp republicans, debates, liberals amp amp democrats, chris matthews, matt lauer, paul begala, rachel maddow, nbc, today

To recap the previous night's Democratic debate, "Today" featured two liberal commentators to analyze it. It might be fair had "Today" interviewed two conservatives the previous day to analyze the Republican debate. They did not. Instead, they went to former Carter speechwriter and Obama supporter Chris Matthews. The February 1 edition of the NBC morning show turned to known liberals Paul Begala and Rachel Maddow. Host Matt Lauer did identify Begala as a Democratic strategist and called Maddow's radio network, Air America, "liberal." However, "Today's" bias is obvious giving air time to two liberals and none to conservatives.Perhaps, in the elite media world, former Democratic staffer Matthews is "conservative" because of recent left wing blog attacks for his anti-Hillary comments. The transcript from both the Matthews and Begala/Maddow interviews are below. MATT LAUER: Also in Washington this morning, Chris Matthews is keeping

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