MSNBC's Ed Schultz Slams Dana Perino, Rep. Joe Barton For “Fear-Mongering” About…Light Bulbs

(By Glenn Davis, Mediaite) - Ed Schultz devoted his “Psycho Talk” segment today to Dana Perino, former White House Press secretary under George W. Bush, and what he saw as her misguided views on an unusual topic: lightbulbs. If you never expected a news show to devote a segment to fact-checking statements about lightbulbs…well, join the club, though it did allow for several light-related puns.

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Schultz also railed against Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), for decrying the higher price of the “pig-tailed” CFL bulbs without noting that, in Schultz’s words, “last a hell of a lot longer.” We might be mercifully past last week’s near-dead-period for news, but devoting even this two-plus-minute segment to lightbulbs proves we’re not yet completely out of the dark**. Video of the segment, via MSNBC, below.