This is Journalism?

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/04/10/costello.obama.fascist.claims.cnn

"You would expect conservatives to compare President Obama to maybe FDR and the New Deal."

A) Why would you expect that?
B) Why can't Hillyar compare Obama to Mussolini?


"Fascist, autocrat, dictator...most Americans don't buy that."

A) Change YOU Can Believe In
B) Worst economic crisis since the Great Depression

"That's not likely to cool the conservative rhetoric."

A) Hillyar is an opinion columnist. He is paid to have rhetoric.
B) Is anything likely to cool this story's rhetoric?

"Often that extremist rhetoric generates big ratings...and that translates into big money. Another reason conservatives are likely to keep the rhetoric heated."

A) "That's not likely to cool the conservative rhetorics."
B) NUCLEAR CRISIS!