CNN Names Walker Prank Caller 'Most Intriguing Person of the Day'
By Matthew Balan | February 24, 2011 | 14:32
On Thursday's Newsroom, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux announced that Ian Murphy, the blogger who prank-called Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker by pretending to be billionaire David Koch, was her network's "Most Intriguing Person of the Day." Murphy is the latest liberal hero to receive this designation from CNN.
Malveaux devoted a half-minute segment 21 minutes into the 11 am Eastern hour to the blogger from BuffaloBeast.com, a site co-founded by left-wing Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi:
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MALVEAUX: A blogger whose prank phone call landed a 20-minute conversation with the governor of Wisconsin is our 'Most Intriguing Person of the Day.' He is Ian Murphy, a political writer for the buffalobeast.com. Murphy was able to reach and record the governor by claiming to be billionaire David Koch, a major funder of conservative causes. The conversation is posted at buffalobeast.com.
Despite twice giving the address of Murphy's website, the CNN anchor didn't mention that the writer gave his article on the prank call a vulgar double entendre headline: "Koch Whore."
Just over a year earlier, on February 4, 2010, former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez named Air Force Tech Sgt. Brandon Longcrier his "most intriguing person" for his establishment of a pagan outdoor chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Three months later, on April 13, Sanchez gave this title to Father James Scahill of Massachusetts for his "outspoken [and] gutsy" for his criticism of Pope Benedict XVI, while omitting his dissension from Church teaching on marriage.
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Identity theft, anyone?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:45pm.
Can you imagine the liberal uproar that would occur if the caller was claiming to be George Soros? They would be screaming that the impersonator should be arrested for identity theft! I guess it's ok to impersonate a Conservative, which is actually a form of identity theft, if the "issue" is that important to the left, and has the additional benefit of embarrassing conservatives. Isn't that right, liberals?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Would never happen.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 11:15pm.
|The left is so untrusting, because they are untrustworthy themselves.
Sometimes people with morals are too trusting, and think that people are who they say they are. The wonderful part is that even in this conversation, Walker said the same things he said in public. It just proves that he isn't a two faced liar like a lot of the people bought by the Unions.
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I guess the prank caller is
Submitted by forest on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:14pm.
I guess the prank caller is kinda interesting, but I'd go with the communications union goon who smashed the girl in the face. Either that or the union goon who threatened to sodomize the tea partier at the Providence AFSCME rally. Fascinating people.
They sure didn't see it the same way
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:17pm.
when O'Keefe tampered with the phone lines with Sen. Landrieu. I guess faking (impersonation) of someone and illegally taping the conversation is different.
I am still waiting.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:42pm.
I have yet to see anything within this conversation that is damaging. OK, he has a little baseball bat in his office. Ok, he thinks Mika is hot (she is in a porn star sort of way). OK, he considered, but rejected, putting troublemakers in the crowd, (cuz he knew they would be there all on their own without "help").
Establishment Media is trying to latch onto this in order to make it into a James and Hannah moment. Maybe they should try just addressing SUBSTANCE for a change and see how it goes...................
Dead Issue
Submitted by rammingspeed on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:51pm.
This is ho-hum. People have heard the audio in its entirety, and all the air has left the tires. When you hear the discussion, in context with all the complexities of how a conversation works, you realized there's nothing to see here. See Walker's interview, and that slam-dunks it closed.
Yeah, that's about right - of the DAY.
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 11:07pm.
Warhol would have timed it at 15 minutes.
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Crank Calls
Submitted by blazermaniac on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 12:27pm.
Would I get the most intriguing person of the day, if I crank phone called the White House?