Does it get much lower than this?
After first extolling the "F--- Bush" headline, MSNBC's David Shuster, substituting for Tucker Carlson today, later engaged in a grotesque game of "gotcha," exploiting an Amercan soldier killed in Iraq to make his partisan point.
Chatting with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe and MSNBC analyst Craig Crawford, talk turned to the controversy surrounding the editorial in the Colorado State student newspaper headlined "Taser This: F--- Bush" [f-word spelled out in headline].
Wolffe went first, and was patently delighted by the incident. With a hearty grin, he observed . . .
RICHARD WOLFFE: I love free speech! I actually think "taser this" is a great headline, they didn't need to have the second half of it. Look, it was a gross overreaction from the police and a terrible event [the reaction, not the headline]. Student newspapers, college newspapers, like to get attention. They did a great job.
Crawford had a more traditional take.
CRAIG CRAWFORD: I think both sides really undercut their arguments when they engage in these sort of ad hominem things, insulting and cursing. What does that add? And unfortunately, the big boys and girls, here in Washington, the way they argue and bicker back and forth and call each other names, really invites this sort of thing around the country and I think it's sick and has poisoned our public politics in so many ways and it's not surprising to see some university kids doing this.
That's when Shuster lamented that the angry students didn't take things further.
DAVID SHUSTER: The issue that I have is -- I think it's great, I think they should say whatever they want in their editorials -- but likewise if they feel that passionately about it, if college students are that passionate about it, well, what sort of demonstrations and protests are they having at a place like Colorado State University? Because if all they're doing are a bunch of kids that work in the newspaper coming up with some funny things they can put in the editorial and they're not out there carrying signs -- for or against President Bush, regardless of what their politics are [yeah right] - that to me is a hollowness in college students which I think is very different with this war then of course what we saw in Vietnam.
Wolffe evinced a similar nostalgia for the protests of yore.
WOLFFE: A big difference. The passions are clearly there, but blogging, writing college paper headlines is not the same as a street protest. you're absolutely right.
SHUSTER: Richard Wolffe, I love it when you agree with me!
The official MSNBC entry for Shuster describes him as a "correspondent." Perhaps the network should amend it to add "agent provocateur."
Later, Shuster engaged in a particularly despicable game of "gotcha" with Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. The ostensible topic was Move.on's "General Betray Us" ad, but out of nowhere, Shuster sprung this.
SHUSTER: Let's talk about the public trust. You represent of course a district in western Tennessee. What was the name of the last soldier from your district who was killed in Iraq?
MARSHA BLACKBURN: The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq from my district? I do not know.SHUSTER: OK, his name was Jeremy Bohannon. He was killed August the ninth, 2007. How come you didn't know the name?
BLACKBURN: You know, I do not know why I did not know the name. We make contact with the families that are in our district, and when you have a major military post you are very sensitive to this and sensitive to working with those families and that is something that my staff and I do daily. Our district director is a gentleman who has served in the U.S. Army and currently serves in the National Guard, and we do everything that we possibly can do to assist those families. We are very appreciative of the sacrifice --
SHUSTER: Well, you weren't appreciative enough to know the name of this young man, he was 18 years old who was killed, yet you can say chapter and verse what goes on with the New York Times and MoveOn.org.
Blackburn went on to detail the extensive outreach efforts she makes to the military people and their families in her district, but Shuster was implacable.
SHUSTER: You do stay in touch with these military families, but again, I still think it's a little bit surprising that you didn't know the name of this last soldier killed in Iraq who's only 18 years old yet you do know so much about the MoveOn.org ad and the tactics you didn't like.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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The big difference is the terrorists
September 24, 2007 - 18:54 ET by SportPoliticsand the cussing kosso collegiates know it, deep down in their traitorous chicken hearts, so they can only take their "protesting" so far.
Now that is funny.
The dhimmy dems have also abandoned their cause - and have been beaten into the dirt by their own, and here comes another 200 billion dollar bill.
Maybe the kookballs should ask their congressional reps if they think the terrorists will "follow us home" as the wise and Prescient GWB has pointed out, and if their lying leaders feel threatened by that, since they occupy DC, not exactly a place one could call "untargeted".
Congratulations libtards, you're in essence asking your liberal service shirker reps to put their lives on the line, and they aren't about to do it anymore than you are.
Have fun with your wilted ranting. :-)
ps- Schuster and his leftist msm cohorts have shown just as much testicular fortitude with their missing jihad cartoons. That's what separated the men from the boys, and there sure were a lot of boys.
I am glad I turned it when
September 24, 2007 - 18:57 ET by bigtimerI am glad I turned it when I did today.
Shuster has always made me ill....Wolfe is no better.
Crawford is just there.
Why don't they all go put on some headbands, beads, bell-bottoms and tie-dyed tee shirts and lead the way for a protest against Pres. Bush and see how many followers they get.
These fools make me sick to my stomach...I bet they give big group hugs after these leftist/commie shows and say what a great job they all did.
And granny glasses. You
September 24, 2007 - 19:05 ET by MikeBAnd granny glasses. You forgot the granny glasses, bt. No hippy outfit is complete without the granny glasses.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
LOL MikeB... So right you
September 24, 2007 - 19:09 ET by bigtimerLOL MikeB...
So right you are...may as well throw in the leather sandals too.
if all they're doing are a
September 24, 2007 - 19:02 ET by motherbeltif all they're doing are a bunch of kids that work in the newspaper coming up with some funny things they can put in the editorial and
they're not out there carrying signs -- for or against President Bush,
regardless of what their politics are [yeah right] - that to me is a
hollowness in college students which I think is very different with this war then of course what we saw in Vietnam. - Shuster
Right, David, instead of just putting it in the paper, they should be out in the streets carrying SIGNS that say "F***Bush!" Now THAT would be really great free speech, and the faculty advisor couldn't censor it, either!!
Of course, out in the real
September 24, 2007 - 19:07 ET by MikeBOf course, out in the real world, they just might come up against someone who disagrees with them and exercises their free speech rights by shoving that sign right up their skinny lib-tard *sses.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
YES DAVID!!! IT'S A GREAT
September 24, 2007 - 19:18 ET by wiwfYES DAVID!!! IT'S A GREAT THING WHEN I LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE MY PAPER MAKES A SELFISH HATE FILLED ATTACK ON MY PRESIDENT!!!! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!
SINCE THIS IS NOT A NEWSPAPER, I HAVE FULL RIGHT TO SAY FUCK YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER.
Go to hell and die.
How's that for freedom of speech, you dick.
Yep, I was laid off today from the Collegian because of $30k+ of funds lost because advertisers used their freedom of choice to pull their ads! To cut costs, the Collegian has laid off all non-essential employees. So myself and 20 other employees paid the price for a selfish, tasteless, bumper sticker trash editorial that only 4 people agreed to put in the paper.
On a positive note, our petition went nicely, and got over 500 signatures in favor of firing David McSWINE.
Noel, if you'd be so gracious, I'd love to begin blogging for this site! :D
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage
morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested,
exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
wiwf - Gosh, the libs who voted for it didn't fire themselves?
September 24, 2007 - 19:44 ET by SportPoliticsHow does that work ? The slime that made the $30,000 mistake didn't take responsibility, they fired 20 other part timers instead ?
Well, I'd say that goes to show what irresponsible losers and shirkers of responsibility they are. That's wonderful, their big fat mistake, so they cut gumshoes, and ride their cut money train stuffing their own pockets.
I thought it was said the evil greedy people at the top were right wing pigs... I guess they lied to me about that as well.
This should be news. They should be held to account, since it is clear it "goes all the way to the top". There's not one of them that has the decency to do the right thing ? Tell me it ain't so. Tell me one of the foul libs actually stood on their own professed principles for once, and took the ax in some fashion or form.
Tell me one of the foul
September 24, 2007 - 20:58 ET by motherbeltTell me one of the foul libs actually stood on their own professed principles for once, and took the ax in some fashion or form.
Are you kidding?? The people that did this still think they were right. They are not going to stand up and take the rap. I'll bet they won't even offer a mild protest over the fired staff.
wiwf sorry to here that, SP
September 24, 2007 - 21:14 ET by general companywiwf sorry to here that, SP about covered my sentiments
McSwine will probably end
September 25, 2007 - 00:48 ET by wiwfMcSwine will probably end up being fired, but the damage he's caused this university is enough to run him out of town (he's only 19!).
Maybe someday in the future the Collegian will be able to save themselves, the hiring freeze will end, and the Bloggers and all the laid off staff can come back to work (you know, before they hire anybody new). But for the time being I'm going to enjoy watching this piece of outhouse toilet paper they call a student newspaper rot for all eternity and cease being called the "voice" of anyone but the liberal elites that run it.
Whenever something runs in the Collegian, you have to fact check it with a real news source, because it's VERY likely it never happened in the first place.
Thanks for the kind words, gang :)
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage
morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested,
exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
What? Ya'll think someone
September 24, 2007 - 19:13 ET by badSHREKgoodWhat? Ya'll think someone might take him seriously and march or something? He definitely should not have said that.
They're all talking head punks who make money because too many people watch them.
That headline went from upset to down right anger. It's getting that bad?
You know how the
September 24, 2007 - 19:39 ET by drillanwrYou know how the ACTOR/ACTIVIST title is planted under those mouthy actors given way too much time and attention on TV?
Time for the title REPORTER/ACTIVIST to be put under many, many of these MSM-news-types ...
Mark, that cold cock of a
September 24, 2007 - 19:45 ET by Conservative in the ArtsMark, that cold cock of a last question really deserves more than a footnote. I'm also a little perterbed that a Rebuplican couldn't fire both barrels at such a blatent biased question.
Conservative in the arts:
September 24, 2007 - 19:57 ET by Mark FinkelsteinConservative in the arts: You're absolutely right. What happened was that I reviewed the video, saw the segment on "F--- Bush," and wrote about it. I later saw the "gotcha" segment, and added the footnote. But in some ways, it's an even more significant story, and I've now revised the item to give it more of the attention it deserves. Thanks for making the point.
Great Mark!
September 24, 2007 - 20:05 ET by MrShyand funny, I just wrote a little idea below... cuz I, too, was immeditately offended by his last-minute curve ball... I was clenching my fist, in fact, wishing I was in that studio... what a piece of shi- shuster, that guy is. UGH !!
Absolutely right. She
September 24, 2007 - 21:01 ET by motherbeltAbsolutely right. She should have said: No, I don't have his name on the tip of my tongue, and neither would you, if you hadn't planned this little ambush. Which one of your staff members researched that for you?
Another Shuster Special
September 24, 2007 - 23:22 ET by KC MulvilleYes, the acronym fits, doesn't it?
Shuster has no class or integrity. His reports are outrageously slanted. Last week he turned the Taser Boy story into an attack on Karl Rove. But I don't blame Shuster alone. I blame the network that employs him. This is the network that promotes Keith Olbermann as a deep thinker.
And at this very moment, this is the network that rewards Dennis Kucinich with a spot on the Tonight Show, after he popped off on Syrian television with an anti-Bush rant.
Mark, Noel, Bozell & Co.
September 24, 2007 - 20:06 ET by MrShyBtw, "Mark, Noel, Bozell & Co." can be like a chant :p
Okay, I have an idea. Can your site have a new section? One where otherwise civil Republican (or centrist, as I consider myself -- still a registered Demo -- I know, what's my problem? Just haven't officially changed my registration) bloggers can really just let it rip and vent, like the LibBabies? Where we can have a moment to join the low-life, lefttard liberal level of discourse and just curse and say "f- you" and "piece of sh*t", etc., to all the Shusters, Shilleries, Keithies, Gories, libtard college students, and so on... just to get it out of our systems?
It would be a sort of "time out" take-the-low-road section/page, away from an otherwise high-road blogging site. Maybe it could go after "Forum" or "Chats", and look like this:
Home | Blogs | Forum | Chats | Rant Like a KosKid | About | Search | Videos
or this:
Home | Blogs | Forum | Chats | Spit Like Chrissy | About | Search | Videos
or this:
Home | Blogs | Forum | Chats | Curse Like an 8 Yr Old | About | Search | Videos
Okay, maybe it can just be given a one-word link name... hmm.... I know, maybe "open thread" serves this purpose, sort of :p
I just feel like we're all boiling over, with all the MSM, celebrity and Demo party insanity...
- monsieur shy
Matt / MrShy
September 24, 2007 - 20:10 ET by BlondeI like it...."Rant like a KosKid".....
Maybe on the forums.
Okay, MrShy....you better hie on down to the registrar's office and fix this little, um, error.
Funny stuff.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
The Woodshed
September 24, 2007 - 20:14 ET by Free StinkerThey have a forum section called The Woodshed.
Maybe you can try it there . . . within reason . . . ;-)
FS & Blonde...
September 24, 2007 - 20:22 ET by MrShyOkay, yeah, I sort of guessed that there was something lke this in the Forum section... I checked it out, thanks. But it seems to be geared more to 1-on-1 debates, or debates/arguments between a few ppl.
I just want to be able to respond to new postings on NB, but curse like a mother f- er, like a real S.O.B. .... hmm, guess I'll have to join HuffPo then, and keep my registered Dem status! (JOKE, Blonde! ;))
As for that, Blonde, yeah I guess I need to change it eventually, when the election roles around. Although, I'm still able to pull any little lever behind the curtain that I choose, in the meantime :) (but I know there are benifits to eventually getting my party affiliation straight, officially... but I'm just not sure yet, too.)
it's time to take over the
September 24, 2007 - 22:10 ET by ConservativeRexit's time to take over the telegraph offices...so to speak ..
I will take #3
September 24, 2007 - 20:31 ET by well99I personally think Shuster needs some military training.Maybe a class in wall to wall couseling.Since this pimple on a hogs a@@ seems to think he so smart.I think maybe a tour of wall locker would give him insight.It is a Cav thing.God I hate these yutts that use the death of a servicemen as a political ploy.Yutts like this tick me off to no end.
"Rant Like a Kos Kid" is a
September 24, 2007 - 21:44 ET by motherbelt"Rant Like a Kos Kid" is a good one. LOL
Earlier today, Ken Shepherd referred to
That great liberal electronic short bus that is the Daily Kos
Gave me a good chuckle.
I do not know why Marsha
September 24, 2007 - 20:08 ET by bigtimerI do not know why Marsha Blackburn goes on these shows with Matthews/Shuster...
What I do know is you cannot find a finer congresswoman or patriot.
She does do excellent against Matthews when she gets a word in that is...I just do not know how she has the patience and stamina...without losing control at times.
For instance if Shuster dared to say anything like his last paragraph I would of been afraid I would of slapped him across the face.
Good for you Marsha, I just feel these so-called human beings are not worthy of your time.
BT...
September 24, 2007 - 20:24 ET by MrShya SLAP ?? I had my fingers all curled up, ready to rumble :) (read above)
and I hate punching or fighting, believe me.... I'm Mr. Love, Not War.
LOL MrShy...I was just
September 24, 2007 - 20:41 ET by bigtimerLOL MrShy...
I was just being nice for now.
I have wanted to punch Shuster square in the big mile wide lying mouth of his for years now.
I detest the pathetic POS.
My kids call him...
September 24, 2007 - 23:50 ET by rx4music...Clutch Cargo Mouth! Do you remember that old cartoon where they superimposed a real-looking mouth talking on a cartoon face? It was kinda creepy and disturbing to a little kid. Anyway, my kids saw him on TV one night and dubbed him forever more...Clutch Cargo Mouth! I don't think his upper lip moves. Maybe somebody beat you to the punch BT! ;-)
"I used to be disgusted, but now, I try to be amused..."- E. Costello
Shuster & Wolffe are the
September 24, 2007 - 20:50 ET by nicksmith112Shuster & Wolffe are the masters of...
"My sources, unnamed sources, high ranking government officials, government insiders, my source at the Pentagon, etc...."
NBC news....We just make stuff up!
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
Shuster only knows the name
September 24, 2007 - 21:06 ET by Richard RomanoShuster only knows the name of one of our fallen because he intends to use it to suit his pathetically partisan purposes. Shame on you Shuster to broadcast the name of this soldier to pontificate on the war, a war you know nothing about, and a war you refuse to fight.
Leave our brave dead alone, you smarmy leftist!
RR... Smarmy. Perfect
September 24, 2007 - 21:10 ET by bigtimerRR...
Smarmy.
Perfect fit...absolutely perfect.
David Shuster...liberal
September 24, 2007 - 23:19 ET by gueinDavid Shuster...liberal partisan is thy MIDDLE name.
F--- Sh--ter
September 24, 2007 - 23:40 ET by BarkerDoes it get much lower than this?
No, it really doesn't get much lower. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, I would call David Shuster a scumbag, but that would be an insult to bags filled with scum.
Shame on Shuster
September 25, 2007 - 06:10 ET by King of the BritonsWhat exactly was the implication by Shuster? That because Congresswoman Blackburn supports the war, she should memorize the names of every soldier from her district who is killed? Does that mean that because Shuster does not support his country that he should memorize the names of all of the people killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001?
More people should be taken to task for the stupid things they say and do - Blackburn should have reached across the table and slapped Shuster across his ugly face, stood up, told him how disgusting and contemptible his question was, and left the set. Instead, she tried to make it seem like his question was not without merit as she scrambled and fumbled for some sort of answer to his bile. Shamefully, many R politicians are only a letter different than D politicians.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!´´
--Patrick Henry
I would love for someone to
September 25, 2007 - 09:51 ET by steviep831I would love for someone to take an ad out in the Times, that read, "Taser this: F--- Hillary" and see what happens.
Grotesque Shuster
September 25, 2007 - 17:06 ET by pocomocoJournalism in TV is dead as there is now a game of one-upmanship going on amongst the news readers as they vie to see who can be the most repugnant while the news takes a backseat.
As viewers leave in droves, the thinking in the ivory towers of the media is that the viewers can be brought back by turning their newscasts into a version of the Jerry Springer Show.
For example, Dan Abrams of MSNBC has turned his network into a TV edition of The National Enquirer as the network concentrates on the sleazy side of America.
But, the good news is – it ain’t gonna work as viewers, readers, advertisers, and Wall Street are saying sayonara at a precipitate rate!
So, let them be disgusting, nauseating, revolting, and vile, for within the next five years they will all cease to exist.
This wasn't merely a
September 25, 2007 - 12:12 ET by Chris NormanThis wasn't merely a "gotcha question", it was a hardcore method of attack, worthy of a member of MoveOn.org, itself. This is crossing the final line from "journalism" into sheer partisan politics. Shuster needs to be boycotted by Republicans (to pick up on a theme from yesterday), as surely as if he was Olbermann, himself.
Only on MSNBC would they
September 25, 2007 - 12:54 ET by greenfairieOnly on MSNBC would they have a flaming a-hole of a leftist sitting in for a conservative host. It's like having Amy Goodman sit in for Laura Ingraham on her radio show.
First off Shuster, you
September 25, 2007 - 13:38 ET by BeowulfFirst off Shuster, you despicable moron, Private Bohannon was killed on August FIFTH, not August NINTH! Secondly, would you have spewed such accusatory language at a Democrat Congress-Critter? And lastly, what does a congress-critter not knowing the life details of a soldier from their state have to do with some foul-mouthed college journalist wanna-be's? And why is it so surprising that Blackburn isn't up-to-the-minute on one person from one of the fourteen counties in her district? How about asking the same question of other politicians, on both sides of the aisle? See how many can answer such an ambush... Moron!
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