According to the Atlantic‘s Conor Friedersdorf, this is just one of 14 explanations circulating for the sparse coverage of the abortion provider charged with killing babies and neglecting women in his care. Journalists, news junkies, and casual news consumers are all offering theories of what drives the media. Wildly divergent theories. And every last one…

The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf responds to Jonathan Tobin’s defense of Fox News, in which he wrote that the network is not uniquely biased or full of right-wing propaganda. Friedersdorf concedes that cable news overall leaves much to be desired, but when it comes to quality programming, “an hour of opinion broadcasting from the excellent Chris Hayes…