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Cable news, where celebrity opinionators rule

Former TV talk-show host Montel Williams was on CNN the other day discussing the Senate torture report and ... Wait. What? Montel Williams, ubiquitous pitchman for payday loans, compression sleeves and blenders, was on a national news program discussing the CIA's controversial "enhanced interrogation" program? Actually, yes. CNN sought out Williams for comment after the report's release, thereby according him equal time with senators, foreign-policy experts and human rights activists. By way of credentials, CNN host Brooke Baldwin noted that Williams, a former naval officer, "minored in international security studies" in college. Why Williams, of all...