Joe Klein On CNN Targets Fox News And MSNBC

(By Matt Schneider, Mediaite) - 'Time' columnist Joe Klein appeared on CNN’s 'Reliable Sources' and pulled no punches attacking cable news channels and their personalities. Predictably Klein continued his assault on what he perceives to be Glenn Beck’s craziness, but surprisingly also went after MSNBC’s Ed Schultz.

Klein thinks much extremism is encouraged by Rush Limbaugh and Beck claiming “Glenn Beck traffics in the most crazy and ridiculous conspiracy theories . . . when you have a respected figure promoting views like that . . . it makes things a little more heated.” Unexpectedly, Klein doesn’t have a problem with Fox News host Sean Hannity saying “you know what you’re going to get, he’s a right-wing guy, but he isn’t crazy.” Although overall he’s still not a fan of Fox as Klein concludes “I’ve used that very word – ‘crap’ – to describe what appears on Fox News.”