Reliable Sources

Reliable Sources is really one of the most whiny, pointless shows.
The general script goes something like:

Howie shows clips of the week's most "serious" debates on MTP, etc.
Howie offers his insight on how there are evidently different people saying different things and that for people who share his lack of critical reasoning handicap, it's hard to know if the right wing is systematically dishonest.
Guests appear, to repeat conventional wisdom and disagree on the substance of the issue offering balance and a narrow spectrum of views.
Howie wonders if the discussion on the cable shows "crossed the line."
Everyone joins in blaming blogs for raising the vitriol in public debate.
All agree that the news media in a vague, abstract sense needs to "do better" but that the networks' shows are still the benchmark.
Things left to ponder for next week? Do press secretaries try to spin the news? Are newspapers having financial problems? Is the internet changing the way people get their news? Do opinions pages leak over into the news coverages sometimes?

Simply loading the MediaMatters site is more informative on the week's news coverage.