PBS priorities, good grief

When the PBS NewsHour panel began its analysis of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last night, the first question Geoff Bennett put to Lisa Desjardins, reporting from the House chamber was not about what the president said. It was about the interruptions:

“Lisa, from your perch there, give us a sense of what you saw, especially some of the outbursts we heard throughout the evening.”

Yes, the outbursts, the interruptions, from Marge Greene, an unidentified member of Congress, and an audience member.

And speaking of interruptions, the PBS discussion that followed the Republican response was cut short at 9:59 Central with a promo for yet another pledge-drive spectacular, American Pop Flashback! Great Hits of the ’60s & ’70s, followed by an hour-long show about aging backwards. Priorities, good grief.