I wonder whether the CNN folks did some elementary background checks (Google..hello?) on the folks they are quoting..
First bullied blindly into the need to present "both sides" by the right, they continue to do so even when there is no legitimacy to the other side. After all, this is a news outlet that keeps Glenn Dreck on the air.
Yeah it is so sad. I have watched the news channels for years and I think that their abject failure to be honest brokers of the fourth estate has made them irrelevant.