Great interview

Hugh Hewitt is brilliant because when newspaper reporters call him and ask to interview him (he worked as an attorney for Reagan along with John Roberts, the Supreme Court nominee), he says, "Sure, I'll do the interview, as long as you agree to do it on the airwaves on my radio show." Most reporters, especially New York Times and Washington Post reporters, have declined.

However, Tim Rutten, of the Los Angeles Times, did agree to an interview taped Friday and played on the air tomorrow or Tuesday. It's a great interview, full of Hugh's no-nonsense, common sense argumentation. You hear Hugh, and you think, is it really that simple? And often, it is, and Hugh is just exposing our tendency to evade tough truths by clouding the issue.

The interview, from reading the transcript is funny and civil. But there is one short part where Hugh says something really harsh. It's after Rutten has hemmed and hawed and evaded just about every question Hugh has thrown at him. And Hugh just lets loose.

I'll tell you, reporters are the most self-delusional people, and writers and newspaper people, as to why their newspaper is hated. And I honestly believe it's like being a drunk. Until you guys own up to the problem, you're never going to get sober.

Ouch!

Read the whole thing.