Shep Smith, reporting live from Jerusalem, just introduced a super-interesting Anita Vogel piece on an American soldier, killed in action in Afghanistan, whose widow is campaigning to have the symbol of his Wiccan religion--the pentacle--placed on his government-issued plaque on his tomb.
TCG isn't a Wiccan, but she is interested in the way media personalties report on stories that are simultaneously so legitimate and loopy. Shep and Anita were portraits of professionalism while talking about this--TCG notices even the slightest hint of biased contempt in reporters' tones, facial features, raised eyebrows, sneers, smirks, etc, and there was none of that in a story that would have so easily allowed those reporting on it to go for the cheap shot. Difficult and thought-provoking stories like this one really demonstrate "fair and balanced." And it also makes you think about all those other celebrated reporters who couldn't keep a straight face if their life depended on it. Can you imagine Paula Zahn struggling to keep her composure while reporting on this?
Yeah, me neither. She wouldn't bother to struggle.
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