OK, I feel for Masha Allen. She is the victim of abhorrent behavior from a sexual predator who managed to adopt her as a youngster from Russia. She testified to that fact before Congress today.

She will remain tortured by downloads for the rest of her life.

I don’t feel for Nancy Grace, who interviewed Masha for a segment that (apparently) reaired Wednesday. (The transcript I found is dated Jan. 18, 2006, but I saw ads for it last night; I didn’t watch last night’s show, so don’t know if it was an update or repeat.) I won’t hide it: I’m not a fan. She’s a talented lawyer and, now, journalist, but chooses to use that talent in ways more flash than substance.

What’s bothering me today is that Grace attended the hearing, and sat right next to Masha throughout her testimony. I don’t begrudge Masha moral support; I can’t imagine what she’s experienced. But Grace, as a journalist, further shreds her credibility in my mind by being an on-the-record advocate for her source, however sympathetic the cause.

I guess CNN doesn’t understand the difference between an impartial interviewer, and a slick partisan.