The Political Debate at the Luncheon Report by Mike Shatzkin The MediaTalk lunch was full of fireworks. Originally conceived as a “fair and balanced” presentation with two on the left, Molly Ivins and Al Franken, facing off against two on the right, Bill O’Reilly and Tucker Carlson, was thrown off-center by Carlson’s absence. Former Democratic Congresswoman and AAP head Patricia Schroeder, who moderated, said, tongue in cheek, that it was perfectly fair and balanced to her. Ivins, whose “BUSHWHACKED” is coming soon from Random House, kicked off the conversation talking about her new tool to analyze the health of the […]