One of the Holy Tenets of Progressivism is that Experts Know Best, and the most brilliant and knowledgeable experts are in the employ of the Obama administration. Thus, I hardly am surprised when the Progressivist mainstream media attempts to debunk the outrage against the TSA’s porn scanners and outright sexual assault.

CNN and Time are the latest media outlets to join in on the attacks “nut jobs” who dare speak out against their Progressivist Expert Masters:

Our partners at Time.com, who are taking a look at the TSA procedures, report that the head of the agency John Pistole has said the outcry has partially been fueled by media-fed misperceptions. He said that only a “very small percentage” of the 34 million Americans who have flown since the new procedures took effect have been subjected to the pat downs.

First, Time presents a dishonest description of what the scanners show:

Those devices, which render a blurry outline of the passenger’s unclothed form, have triggered a tempest of their own. Pistole stressed that the agent reviewing the scan does not come into contact with the passenger, and the agent conducting it does not see the image, in which the passenger’s facial features are distorted. Since the controversy erupted, pilots have been waived from the screenings, and children under 12 are now exempt as well.

The pictures are not blurry; they are very sharp and don’t tell me that government-loving journalists like those at Time with all of their access don’t know that fact. Furthermore, we also have heard the stories (unreported by mainstream journalists) of TSA workers making sure that the well-endowed, good-looking women in the line seem to be pushed toward the porn scanners. I mean, what would be the point if the images were blurry and no one at the viewing screen knew who was coming through?

Unfortunately, there is more:

Even so, the screens have spawned no shortage of horror stories, including young children subjected to aggressive searches, a flight attendant and breast-cancer survivor who was asked to remove her prosthetic breast, and a bladder-cancer survivor whose urostomy bag (a device used to store urine) was broken when an agent failed to heed the passenger’s warnings. (That passenger received a phone call on Monday from Pistole, who apologized for the incident.) But these cautionary anecdotes appear to be more the exceptions than the rule. Polls have found a majority of Americans support the scans, with a CBS News survey showing 81% approve of the use of full-body X-ray machines. A Washington Post/ABC News survey found nearly two-thirds of respondents in support. (Emphasis mine)

In other words, since the polls claim overwhelming support of these practices, then it is OK. However, should we expect anything else from media outlets where the majority of journalists believe that people who speak out for liberty either are “nut jobs” or are closet racists and anti-semites?

[Update] A photographer emailed me with the following point, which is well-taken:

“Pistole stressed that the agent reviewing the scan does not come into contact with the passenger …”

Then it should be ok for me to set up a camera in the women’s locker room. After all, I’m not coming in contact with them. I’m just seeing them naked. Right?