Column: 'Public Broadcasting' Bored Silly by Republican Hearings

Attorney General Merrick Garland offered a “fiery defense” in a “grueling hearing” of a House Judiciary Committee “stocked with far-right stalwarts,” as The New York Times described it. The front-page story by Glenn Thrush quoted no Republicans on the cover, just Garland, as Thrush said many Republican “insinuations” against Garland "were not supported by fact.”

At least it made the front page. The Washington Post didn’t even manage that. CNN and MSNBC joined Fox News in offering a decent amount of live coverage, interrupted on CNN by anchor Brianna Keilar calling it an “unserious...