Everything that is currently wrong with politics – but, in particular, the way the media allows itself to be handmaiden to and enabler of the polarizers who have learned how to manipulate it with lies and half-truths – can be seen in the “American Experience” two-part documentary, “Clinton,” which airs on PBS next week (Feb. 20 and 21).

And that includes “Clinton” itself.

Put it this way: If St. Reagan were receiving a similarly critical treatment on the same network, we already would be hearing the cries to keep it off the air, as well as demands to cut off funding for public broadcasting – or, to be more accurate, louder cries to do so. (More…)