Treating the Stupid with Respect

Received the following email from a remarkably well-read friend. His comment in the second paragraph is accurate and apt:

Tune in Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 10PM Eastern to see Diane Sawyer of ABC News interview Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, about the book, her research and more. Check your local ABC affiliate for more information.

ABC would never air a serious discussion of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," or devote airtime to an interview with a anyone involved in holocaust denial.