A Democrat says Tea Partiers want to see blacks hanging from trees. A Republican calls Obama idiotic. Third-rate politicians know that saying such outrageous and irresponsible things gets them on TV. But it’s a public disservice for the media to give these shock meisters the craven publicity they seek.
So the next time you see one of them being interviewed about his latest remark, direct your ire not at the politician but at the TV host for feigning indignation while seeking cheap ratings.