Politico's Mike Allen: Networks Have to Cover 'Real News;' Too Busy to Talk About ACORN

Politico's Mike Allen: Networks Have to Cover 'Real News;' Too Busy to Talk About ACORN: "The Politico’s Mike Allen appeared on Wednesday’s Morning Joe to both defend the mainstream media’s decision to ignore the ACORN controversy and agree that a double standard is at work. Commenting on a piece he wrote about the subject, the former New York Times reporter spun, 'And what we heard was news executives saying that there's so much out there. Two wars, health care, a President who's struggling, that they didn't have time to focus on this.'

Asserting that, somehow, Americans should appreciate the media’s efforts to spike coverage of ACORN, He cheered, 'I think we should be grateful for that filter so that you go to places- NBC News, Politico, others- that you can trust and you’ll know that what is there is accurate and not speculation.' Grateful? How can viewers be expected to trust a source when that outlet ignores certain inconvenient stories?

At the same time, Allen admitted that this was a 'wake-up' call for journalists and he agreed with host Joe Scarborough’s contention that if the Christian Coalition had been caught in a sting operation encouraging illegal activity, it would have been a 'huge story.'"