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In recent days, several commentators and journalists have highlighted Liz Cheney’s frequent — and often misinformation-filled — national television interviews. Media Matters has updated our list of Liz Cheney’s recent TV appearances, and we’ve found that just since May 12, she’s had at least 22

via At least 22 TV appearances for Liz Cheney — in less than a month | Media Matters for America.

If only we could get Liz to polish the achor’s desk with a ShamWow during her appearances to more efficiently approach Things I Never Want To See On Television Again. Maybe we can get her fitted with a Snuggie. Why not? Let’s go crazy.

Liz is on television so much that I think it’s time she gets her own show, Stop Picking On My Dad, You Guys, in which she defends the honor of her father’s name for a full hour (no commercials, she’ll be wearing all her sponsers) by making crap up as she goes along.

I’m glad that the mainstream media has entirely given up on this whole journalistic credibility facade. This is the logical conclusion of a media so consumed with cronyism and entertainment. First, the Bush administration used retired military officers, including several that had conflicting ties to defense contractors, as puppets to shape media coverage from inside the mainstream media. Ironically, the story about the Pentagon using former military generals as propaganda mouthpieces was first reported by The New York Times, home of Judy Miller, another propaganda mouthpiece.

Embarrassing. But by continually parading around Liz Cheney, at least now the networks have adopted total transparency, and have made it clear they’re in the business of entertainment, and not the business of news.

Liz Cheney isn’t an expert on anything. She’s the daughter of the former Vice-President. Imagine if Al Gore’s daughter, Karenna, appeared on the airwaves post-Clinton era. The right-wingers (rightfully) would have questioned the logic behind using Karenna as a so-called expert on anything. Karenna was not in the room during her father’s discussions on serious matters with former-president Clinton. The same is true about Liz during the Bush era. Therefore, both Karenna and Liz would only be able to speculate about their fathers’ thoughts during serious discussions. Asking Liz to speculate on national television is tantamount to asking for propaganda in the form of whatever Dick Cheney told his daughter. She can’t offer anything else because she doesn’t know anything about his decisions other than what her father has told her.

Again, the cult of personality has triumphed over journalism. It’s more important to have a piece of the Cheney brand or “royal family” than an expert no one has heard of. Who cares if the former generals have stock in the weapons companies that will benefit if the country goes to war? They look great in the uniforms! Who cares if this story is based on false intelligence? Look at the headline!

Of course, the cult of personality only works on one side of the political aisle. Years from now, I really doubt Sasha and Malia will be asked to speculate on their father’s thoughts 22 times in less than a month.