PBS Zips Tina Fey

PBS, which has lived off a rich, steady diet of political liberals' belief that the network reflects the good taste and sound judgement of "viewers like you," showed its less agreeable side over the weekend.

During a Kennedy Center event which honored Tina Fey, the comedienne/actress made some sarcastic remarks about Sarah Palin and conservative politics. PBS, as the Washington Post noted in its headline on the story, took a "political airbrush" to the segment. WaPo, to its credit, has made available both the unedited and edited versions of Fey's remarks. Unfortunately, the network supported by "viewers like you" didn't make the same offer.

Ms. Fey, by the way, received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize at the event PBS couldn't quite bring itself to broadcast in an unexpurgated form.