Steve M. thinks Eric Erickson belongs on CNN:
You say CNN shouldn't have hired him? Why not? Who should have been hired -- a right-winger who doesn't say things like this? A person like that would be utterly unrepresentative of the modern American right. Putting a so-called conservative on TV who wasn't a hate-filled bigot would thoroughly mislead CNN's viewers. They might think modern American conservatism eschews hate and vitriol and prejudice. That would be very, very misleading.
This is similar to my argument for why I think MSNBC should keep Pat Buchanan. The difference is that while Buchanan holds a number of abhorrent views, he is undeniably intelligent.
-- A. Serwer
