CNN commentator declares 'war on comedy'

Here’s an excerpt of the story from NewsBusters:

CNN commentator Dean Obeidallah has some advice for politicians who are offended by gross and vile insults from comedians: “change the channel.”

Comedians like Bill Maher and Louis C.K. must have an “unfettered right” to spew their vitriol at politicians like Sarah Palin, insisted Obeidallah in a CNN.com op-ed. Such insults “come with the territory” of running for office, he told CNN host Brooke Baldwin on Thursday afternoon’s Newsroom.

Obeidallah believes there is a “war on comedy” stemming from outrage over crude and vile insults made by comedians like Bill Maher and Louis C.K. Concerned for the safety of America’s “proud tradition” of political satire, Obeidallah pleaded on CNN that “political comedy must be protected like political speech. It’s that important.”

Well if viewers can just “change the channel” from Maher’s television show and the liberal media pretend like he said nothing, then why can’t listeners change the station and pretend that Rush Limbaugh said nothing? I believe we call this a double standard. What a surprise coming from the democratic side of politics.