Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Media - Double standard
Everyone can remember the Don Imus scenario; but, can everyone remember this one?
"MSNBC's David Shuster was suspended by the network Friday for on-air comments he made about Chelsea Clinton"
Sarah Palin says there's a double standard, and when you review stories from the past, you can see that she's right...
"MSNBC's David Shuster was suspended by the network Friday for on-air comments he made about Chelsea Clinton"
Sarah Palin says there's a double standard, and when you review stories from the past, you can see that she's right...
Back in February 2008, Michael Calderone reported this at Politico.com:
"On Thursday, Shuster guest-hosted Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show, 'Tucker,' and in referring to Chelsea Clinton's role in calling superdelegates on behalf of the Clinton presidential campaign, he asked whether she was 'sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?'
Later that night, he heard from an outraged Reines, who called the remarks 'absurdly offensive.'
Shuster was unrepentant. He told Reines his commentary was justified because of the contrast between Chelsea Clinton's overt political role and the aggressive way campaign aides 'jump down the throat' of reporters who seek to question her about it.
He was more contrite the next morning, apologizing on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show, 'Morning Joe.'
But that didn't satisfy the Clinton campaign. Communications director Howard Wolfson told reporters in a conference call that Shuster's comment was 'beneath contempt.'"
