Gawker’s ‘Fox News Mole’ Reveals FNC Staffers ‘Blackballed’ as Conservative ‘Nuts’ by CNN
Joe Muto, the self-described “weasel,” “traitor” and “sell-out” who for a few days last week was the “Fox News Mole” for Gawker.com until FNC identified him, disclosed on CNN’s Reliable Sources that he tried to leave the network but was unable to get hired elsewhere because the rest of the cable news industry “blackballed” him since they presumed anyone who worked for Fox News is “a nut.” Not very tolerant.
Muto, an associate producer for The O’Reilly Factor until Wednesday, told Howard Kurtz “I sent out dozens and dozens of resumes. CNN must have gotten twenty resumes from me.”
But, “I was blackballed within the industry, that people, hiring managers, see Fox News on your resume, and they say ‘this guy’s a conservative, this guy’s a nut, we don’t want him in our organization.’ I was completely blackballed within the cable news industry after working at Fox News.”
Audio: MP3 clip
(From TV Newser: "Fox News Mole Reveals Himself as 8-Year Employee, Worked on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’”)
Kurtz noted Muto's revelations didn’t “seem to amount to all that much” and got him to confirm he was motivated by politics. Kurtz observed: “It sounds like you were just uncomfortable with what you see as Fox News’ conservative leanings.” Muto affirmed: “That’s correct. I think there is a lot of -- as has obviously been stated repeatedly in the media -- there’s a lot of right wing bias at Fox, and the way they’re slanting the news, I just couldn’t take one more election cycle where they’re on complete attack mode against the Democratic candidate.”
From the April 15 Reliable Sources:
HOWARD KURTZ: So, Joe, if you felt so uncomfortable with your situation at Fox News, why stay there and draw a paycheck for eight years?
JOE MUTO: Nope. I tried to leave many, many times. I sent out dozens and dozens of resumes. CNN must have gotten twenty resumes from me, and the truth of the matter is I was blackballed within the industry, that people, hiring managers, see Fox News on your resume, and they say ‘this guy’s a conservative, this guy’s a nut, we don’t want him in our organization.’ I was completely blackballed within the cable news industry after working at Fox News.
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If it is Gawker, You've got a Left Wing Hack
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 2:45pm.
This dude published a photo of Bill O'Reilly with a topless woman that looks flamingly fraudulent on Gawker. This dude claims to be blackballed? I don't think so. Gawker BETTER PRAY that the photo they published IS IN FACT AUTHENTIC or else they are gonna get their asses sued.
If that topless picture you mention is
Submitted by zenman1661 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:15pm.
of Marina, that Russian lady he has on occasionally who discusses vocabulary and word origins then the photo could be real and I would really like to see it.
Roger dat, zenman!!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 10:21am.
She is soooooooooo smart. As someone else said, I'd like to make love to her accent.
I don't believe him.
Submitted by NeoKong on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:12pm.
He couldn't get hired by CNN because they think he is a Fox News nut...?
Maybe they just did not like him.
Sending twenty resumes doesn't help either.
It is laughable that he say he could not take somebody slanting the news so his solution was to go to CNN of all places.
Yeah...no bias there.
CNN
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:13am.
has picked up a couple of Fox news babes. So it couldn't be that. I think the fact that he's a rat has something to do with it. Nobody likes to work with a rat. even CNN has standards.
Mr. Muto, perhaps you need to re-examine yourself?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 7:37pm.
Maybe the other "networks" don't want to hire you, because they've seen your character?
Maybe they feel that, if you'd do this to your employer once, you'll do it again, whenever presented with the opportunity?
He is suffering the fate of
Submitted by robert108 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:21pm.
He is suffering the fate of all traitors; no one will ever trust him again, on either side.
I wonder if he is the one
Submitted by stan25 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:29pm.
I wonder if he is the one that sent out the rumor that Bill O'Reilly allegedly was sexually harassing his female staff? This fits into the M O of the DemocRATs
I wish Fox News was not so "fair and balanced." With almost
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:31pm.
every issue that is discussed, Fox News brings on both a Republican and a Democrat.
So if I want to listen to the discussion, whether it's the debt, gas prices, jobs and job growth, I have to listen to the Democrat's banal propaganda and lies. It's the same propaganda and lies that are plentiful on any of the other Leftist agenda-driven networks.
That's why I enjoy listening to Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin. They don't have stupid, tiresome Leftist guests who treat truthfulness with reckless abandonment. Hopefully, a true Conservative network will be formed one day.
Yeah, M.S.S.R. (M-BS-NBC) is a pure beacon of truth!!!!
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:34pm.
Al Sharpton introduced a Romney Bashing Segment, played an SNL clip of some idiot impersonating Romney as if it were real, then played a clip of Debbie Blubbermouth Shultz-for-brains criticizing Romney in accordance to that clip as if it were real, then Sharpton proceeded to Trash Romney with some Left Wing Hack!
RF
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:53pm.
The Mute button is there for a purpose, use it! We never listen to the Dems anymore.
Whenever they have two talking heads that we've never seen before we mute the TV and guess which one is the liberal. It's not that hard to tell. They usually look miserable.
I agree Phil
Submitted by FireChief on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 8:30pm.
I agree Phil, i do the same thing. I mute the sound and then try to guess the liberal. I have about a 90% record.:)
The Mute button! Why didn't I think of that? ♥♥ :-) ♥♥
Submitted by Rush Fan on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 2:29am.
I still am hopeful for a Conservative network where Leftist guests are excluded!
It seems that Fox News, in an effort to rid itself of the unwarranted Conservative label, has been hiring even more stupid Leftist. Some days it's difficult to hit the mute button or change channels in time.
He kind of looks like a mole!
Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:35pm.
He kind of looks like a mole! And one that hasn't bathed recently, which makes him a perfect fit for MSNBC.
Actually,
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:37pm.
He looks like Bud Bundy.
Looks more
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:11am.
like a rat.
Uh, Weasel Boy
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:35pm.
Maybe you should look inward for your inability to get hired. You know, like you are a dishonest, lying little turd with questionable talent? But of course, it's because you worked at FNC.
What a Scandal
Submitted by Beresford on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:37pm.
The scandal is not how this guy got himself fired...
the scandal is how he ever got himself hired.
Fox should be ashamed for ever hiring such an inarticulate idiot in the first place.
~What this guy is saying
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 3:46pm.
is that all the other 'news' outlets are so far Left, that they are incapable of even admitting there could possibly be any validity to any ideology other than their own.
mystery
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:04pm.
wow... someone who has shown themselves as being capable of backstabbing their employer is have difficulty getting hired to a new job. I wonder what the problem is?
Boo f------ hoo
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:08pm.
I'd think that if I put on my resume that I was the mole at Fox, they'd throw parties for me, money, babes like I was in the Secret Service, and special Congressional faux-hearings for me.
But nooooo. I'm screwed.
Suck it up, a-----e. Even Spiro Agnew got a job after he resigned.
Oops
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:16pm.
I am sure he misspoke
"I think there is a lot of --
Submitted by Bettendor on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:25pm.
"I think there is a lot of -- as has obviously been stated repeatedly in the media -- there’s a lot of right wing bias at Fox, and the way they’re slanting the news, I just couldn’t take one more election cycle where they’re on complete attack mode against the Democratic candidate.”
"As opposed to the most of the other networks, which are on complete attack mode against the Republican candidate?
Back Balled?
Submitted by bmac32 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:30pm.
By the left stream media and that's a problem? Maybe just a little common sense might have saved the guy from himself. Poor Bud, he has a mole that sort of looks like him.
Now just why was it John Stossel left ABC?
Because,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:34pm.
" it sucked" I believe thats a direct quote!
➚Here's the scoop
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:52pm.
Joe Puto, or whatever his name is, is a rat! Even the most depraved Democrat can't trust him.
It would be like the Democrat Party embracing a Nazi collaborator.
OK, maybe that's not a very good analogy.
And that last part , Cool, easily gets a pass, because ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 5:02pm.
tagging him as Jose Puto Rata is a winner !
MD
Fact
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:13am.
There is no honor among rats.
➚Jose Puto Rata gets blackballed?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 5:02pm.
This is going downhill quickly.
The Moron
Submitted by mmilesll on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 5:12pm.
This idiot had to go "underground" to find out that their is bias in the LSM. This clown can always get a job at the TSA, they hire ANYBODY.
"I just couldn’t take one
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 6:48pm.
"I just couldn’t take one more election cycle where they’re on complete attack mode against the Democratic candidate.”
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go call Mitt Romney a religious nutcase with a barefoot hillbilly wife shackled to the oven."
So let me get this
Submitted by crazywater on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 7:26pm.
So let me get this straight...this ass-wipe just confirmed what everyone already knows. The MSM has a liberal bias and only hires liberals because they are the smartest people in the world. Thanks Joe Moron!
➚That sums it up
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 7:36pm.
And now he's got the blues because he's blackballed.
(hope i didn't get those terms mixed up)
Blackballed?
Submitted by spallatial on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 7:51pm.
BS. You are a nobody and an idiot Mr Muto. If you didn't like your job why didn't you leave like a normal person? Why all the drama? No one likes a rat.
Aw, poor wittle baby. Live like a mole, die like a mole.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 8:14pm.
I suppose this idiot thinks the Soviets should've welcomed back the agents we turned during the Cold War. Or vicey versey.
Occupational hazards of being a mole are ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 10:48pm.
trench mouth, tunnel vision, and apparently, black balls.
Hoo noo?
MD
LOL!
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:25am.
Good one, matthewdean. :-)
“I was blackballed within the
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 8:16pm.
“I was blackballed within the industry, that people, hiring managers, see Fox News on your resume, and they say ‘this guy’s a conservative, this guy’s a nut, we don’t want him in our organization.’ I was completely blackballed within the cable news industry after working at Fox News.”
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Not only is he a back stabber, but he's a liar. E.D. Hill (Fox & Friends) now works for CNN. Nobody wants him because he's a back stabbing traitor. They know he could pull the same crap on them. Thats the thing with traitors/back stabbers. NOBODY trusts them.
So that's where
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:15am.
E.D. went.
Thanks for the update.
They hired another Fox babe too. Cant think of her name, Kirsten, Kristen something? Her husband was the weather guy on Fox. He left too. And didnt Laurie Duew go over there too?
20 resumes to CNN? More like they tagged him as OCD.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 8:19pm.
For regulatory purposes, most large employers scan resumes and upload them to a database with OCR software. The software is designed to point out OCD crackpots like him. Their system might bounce his resume after a year of inactivity, but if he is saying that he sent 20 resumes within the 9 years he worked for Fox, that makes just a little over 2 per year. Easily the software tagged him and his name went into the circular file. Unless he actually talked to anyone at CNN, which I highly doubt until he was outed as the puto loco that he is, they would never have informed him why they didn't call him. It's all bullcrap.
Joe...don't worry!!!!
Submitted by cbeyer on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 9:17pm.
If you hate Fox News...MSDNC will certainly have a place for you in their covey of leftists.
Being a mole got him blackballed
Submitted by nkviking75 on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 9:32pm.
There are a number of former Fox reporters who have made it on to CNN and MSNBC. For example, Kiran Chetry and
David Shuster. Heather Nauert was on ABC for a time, and this very morning I saw Rina Ninan (sp) on Good Morning
America. If this guy is blackballed, it's probably for being a mole.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Tell it to Shuster and Major Garrett
Submitted by ocbizlaw on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 11:43pm.
Both David Shuster and Major Garrett had no trouble getting work after leaving Fox News. Maybe nobody wants to hire a disloyal weasel.
Bingo!
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:10am.
Jer
Shuster was the original Fox News "mole". When I saw him...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:23am.
on MSNBC, I couldn't believe that a guy like that worked for Fox. BTW, where is he now?
Can he give one example where Fox has "slanted" the...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:20am.
news. I bet he can't. I can give many examples where the MSM slants the news including the one where they doctored the George Zimmerman tape.
"Yeah, you might as well turn
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 9:10am.
"Yeah, you might as well turn the chair on. I sent resumes to Russia, China, Cuba, and Yugoslavia. None of them would hire me because I worked for the United States. It's like you are blackballed, or something."
-Last words of Julius Rosenburg.
It may not be WHO you worked for...
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:06am.
but the fact you are a disloyal, traitorous little rat. You stabbed the people in the back who provided you with a paycheck for eight years. And all for 30 pieces of silver from the left. Another traitor did the same thing.
Why dont you give Van Jones a call? You're his type.
Know what's REALLY funny?
Submitted by chiefpayne on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:18am.
Muto stumbled onto the dirty secret that MOST televised newcasts are run by LIBERALS who want nothing to do with conservatives.
As such, he can no longer find work because he stuck it to Fox News so they dropped him...and all the other liberal outlets won't hire him.
Hope he starves!