Nina Totenberg Is Going The Chris Matthews Route

Much like “thrill up my leg” / “I want to do everything I can to make this new presidency work” Chris Matthews, NPR’s Nina Totenberg increasingly seems to be dabbing in punditry.

From this weekend’s “Inside Washington” (WETA):

    TOTENBERG: I think that’s why George Bush has been a failure.

And:

    TOTENBERG: I, too, am grateful that the election turned out the way it did.

Totenberg is allowed to believe whatever she chooses, obviously. The issue involves the line between reporting and punditry.

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