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Published Saturday, January 08, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

SO JON STEWART WAS RIGHT, AFTER ALL: CNN reports it is dropping "Crossfire" and saying goodbye to Tucker Carlson, although really, isn't Tucker Carlson saying goodbye to CNN since he has been negotiating for a month with MSNBC to host an hourlong talker there? Related New York Times story quotes new CNN honcho citing agreement with Stewart about the lack of civil political discourse on "Crossfire." But what does CNN have to say about the Bush administration paying a pundit $250,000 to flak for No Child Left Behind? How about this? I would say I was shocked -- shocked -- to hear this news. Alas, I am not shocked. Nothing the Bush administration does could shock me. Not even Jon Stewart and his writers could make up stuff like this.