[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
John Avlon unsurprisingly bashed conservatives on the 26 January 2015 edition of CNN's New Day during a panel discussion on potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates. Avlon labeled the recent Iowa Freedom Summit "the dean of the crazy caucus, Steve King's, cattle call," and asserted that the media covered the conference because "it's the place most likely for a Republican aspirant to say something incredibly crazy in an attempt to pander to the base out in Iowa. So, we're all hoping for the car crash – and there were a lot of them."