Cheney gets by with a little help from his friends
Salon's Tim Grieve noticed that Dick Cheney appeared on Sean Hannity's radio show yesterday and received the kind of harsh grilling that only a Fox News personality can provide.
Hannity: Well, I got to admit, these are good times for the administration. You got — Zarqawi is dead, revenues are up significantly, the deficit has been cut significantly, the president's trip. And I'm also told there's some breaking news that a high-value insurgent has again been captured in Iraq just now.
Cheney: Well, you're ahead of me on that one. I knew about all the other stuff, Sean, but I hadn't heard that one yet.
Hannity: See, that's why I'm here, to bring you good news.
Cheney: That's right. (Laughter.) I got to tune in every day to find out what's really going on in the world.
Hannity: Three hours a day, Mr. Vice President, is all we ask….
They're just two peas in a pod, aren't they?
Of course, it's not like Cheney only sits down for these kinds of fair-and-balanced "interviews," right? Surely the VP likes to mix it up with those willing to challenge him a bit? Out of curiosity, I went back and checked the Vice President's media appearances in 2006. Consider this impressive record:
* May 16, 2006, interview by Rush Limbaugh
* March 29, 2006, interview by Tony Snow
* February 15, 2006, interview by Fox News' Brit Hume
* February 3, 2006, interview by Laura Ingraham
* February 1, 2006, interview by Rush Limbaugh
* January 20, 2006, interview by Hugh Hewitt
* January 19, 2006, interview by Fox News' Neil Cavuto
* January 19, 2006, interview CNBC's Larry Kudlow (toughest question: "Do you get a fair shake in the media on the economy? Isn't the economy kind of an underrated story?")
* January 11, 2006, interview by Tony Snow
* January 11, 2006, interview by Sean Hannity
Call me crazy, but I think there's some kind of pattern here.
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