I’ve been struggling with the idea of “balance” in news.  There is fact, and there is spin.  There is truth, and there is fiction.    But when the main stream media covers something – showing both sides paints the picture that everything is 50/50 when there are certain things that are not – like, oh, let’s say, climate change.

However, doing a piece where you counter a scientist representing fact with narrowmind James Inhofe (R-OK) – that’s less balance and more news organization covering their asses for fear of being called biased.

Clearly, I’m biased.

Everything is polarized and everything is hyper-partisan.  Evolution, reproductive rights, Guantanamo… everything that happens today gets tossed into the grinder so the left and right can eat each other’s faces off, for the entertainment of the news viewing public – and there’s no end in sight.

Except for this little light at the end of the tunnel, courtesy of Newsmax:

It’s no secret that former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Fox News host Glenn Beck share great respect and admiration — so their fans can be forgiven for wondering: Is a “dream ticket” of Palin-Beck ticket completely out of the question?

Perhaps not.

Palin initially chuckled when Newsmax broached the idea. But then she had some serious words of praise for the popular Fox personality.

“I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I’m not there yet,” Palin tells Newsmax. “But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He’s a hoot. He gets his message across in such a clever way. And he’s so bold — I have to respect that. He calls it like he sees it, and he’s very, very, very effective.”

Oh, sweet Jesus, yes.

For the rest, head on over to Huffpo!