March 6, 2008 1:42 PM

It's the Body Language, Stupid!

A group which appears on our 2008 ballot (full list here), Media Matters for America, comes in for a lot of flack from right wingers about the alleged lefty, liberal take in its role as media watchdog. Whatever you may think about their perceived bias, they come up with some priceless stuff highlighting the inanity of some of today's so called news reporting. This, for instance, from a report on Fox:

On America's Newsroom, while discussing a video clip of Sen. Hillary Clinton drinking a beer on the campaign plane, Bill Hemmer asked Fox News' "body language expert" Tonya Reiman: "[I]s that an honest moment, a moment of levity?" Reiman replied: "You know, the only thing that struck me as odd is, she's holding the beer with her left hand, and she's a righty. And if you think about how you would normally take a sip, it's a little bit awkward to drink with your nondominant hand, unless you have a reason to be doing that."

Deep stuff. I'm sure the nation must be agog at Hillary's beer drinking habits. However, George Bush had "an honest moment of levity" of his own yesterday while waiting for John McCain. Wouldn't it be in the public interest to get "expert" analysis on these frolics ...