For years, NewsBusters has not only pointed out liberal bias in traditional media outlets, but also when it occurs in sports coverage.
In a fine example of why this is so important, ABC sportscaster Suzy Shuster on Tuesday published a letter at the Huffington Post begging actress Tina Fey to make weekly appearances as Gov. Sarah Palin on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in order to get Barack Obama elected president.
I kid you not.
Here are some of the lowlights of this disgraceful piece (emphasis added, photo courtesy Boston Herald):
Dear Ms. Fey,
We, the people, need you.
We need you to be Sarah Palin each and every Saturday night, live from New York.
How else to explain the sudden about face of Governor Palin's popularity in the polls just days after your brilliant spot-on impersonation on one of the highest rated Saturday Night Live's in the show's history? [...]
From the Friday before the skit on SNL aired to the following Tuesday, Palin's approval rating dropped ten points. Coincidence? I think not. After all, people in this country are tending to be more influenced by who or what they see on entertainment television, more so than on broadcast news or in print. Americans tune into Jon Stewart for their political appetites more than ever ( and why not). So when you, Ms. Fey, don your Palin wig, you influence millions of voters more than Charles ("Charlie") Gibson or Brian Williams, Paul Begala or that anorexic blond McCain spokeswoman ever could.And I think its your responsibility to do so, or else we face the consequence of a woman in the White House who would strive to take away your daughter Frances's right to choose along with every other woman's in this country. [...]
Save us, Tina Fey. You may be our only hope.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Is this dingbat related to
September 23, 2008 - 12:07 ET by TEIs this dingbat related to David "Karl Rove will in fact be indicted" Shuster?
You're right, Noel, that IS
September 23, 2008 - 12:09 ET by motherbeltYou're right, Noel, that IS disgraceful. It's also apparent that, in their panic, the mask is off, and there isn't even a pretense of impartiality.
Maybe Shuster could organize a "candlelight vigil" the night before election day.
No more hiding
September 23, 2008 - 12:29 ET by KC MulvilleYeah, they're not even bothering to hide it any more. They invite liberals and Democrats on TV shows (like the View) to take free shots, then they invite Republicans only to embarrass them, and yet they call it balanced because both parties were invited on.
When there was no one around to call them on it, the media was casually irresponsible. Now they're being called on it, but they're still acting the same way -- they're being defiantly irresponsible.
You want change? Start in the media.
"choose" what?
September 23, 2008 - 12:53 ET by lotrAnd I am taking particular note at the fact that they are becoming more vocal about just what precisely it is they detest most about her: Her pro-life stance. For all the posturing about her "lack of experience," her "book-burning," her "bridge-to-nowhere," etc., in in the end, it's all about abortion. Unlike McCain, however, it is much more of a stretch to portay her as "anti-woman." And they despise her for it.
In
September 23, 2008 - 12:11 ET by cvgbuckeyeIn other words, Suzy, you believe the American public to be as shallow and subjective as do the rest of your MSM colleagues.
I agree with you in as far as the circles that you travel but I DO NOT believe that Sarah Palin's appeal has dropped any 10 points in your imaginary polls. Further, I beleive that every attack by small people like you, big or small, has an equal and opposite reaction to the fair--minded people of theis nation.
Anyone shallow enough to be influenced by this trash from SNL or the trash like John whats-his-name and the prostitutes on The View, would not have the character to be a Palin supporter anyway, by their very natures.
Just confirms...
September 23, 2008 - 12:13 ET by killbill2that Rich Eisen only seems to attract nutjobs...
Background
September 23, 2008 - 12:55 ET by pearlA graduate of Columbia University in New York, Shuster is married to
NFL Network and CBS Sports anchor and veteran sportscaster Rich Eisen.
"From the Friday before the
September 23, 2008 - 12:14 ET by TruthMonger"From the Friday before the skit on SNL aired to the following Tuesday, Palin's approval rating dropped ten points. Coincidence? I think not. After all, people in this country are tending to be more influenced by who or what they see on entertainment television, more so than on broadcast news or in print."
can someone lend me some pity for these people?
I'm all out
10 points in the polls
September 23, 2008 - 12:19 ET by ricklailIf she has dropped 10 points in a poll I believe we would have heard it from the MSM. That was the first time I heard that.
Suzi crawl back under your rock, please.
If pro is the opposite of con what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
That's because she hasn't
September 23, 2008 - 12:58 ET by lotrThat's because she hasn't "dropped 10 points" (whatever that means...)
It means.......
September 24, 2008 - 02:34 ET by old croThat she has dropped ten points on her own personal poll, Sarah is now in negative numbers with ms. shuster.
Suzy Who?
September 23, 2008 - 12:23 ET by sjohnflAnd her opinion is important because.....?!
I think I'm just going to
September 23, 2008 - 12:34 ET by Indiana JoeI think I'm just going to c&p the following when appropriate:
"They really don't even bother to hide it anymore."
"... smells like... victory." - Robert Duvall
I hope Fey does it.
September 23, 2008 - 12:42 ET by BlondeAdvantage: Palin.
Think about it. The SNL writers are such a bunch of leftwing moonbats that they don't understand the sensibilities of the rest of us.
Witness their extremely poor judgement in suggesting incest last week. It wasn't funny at all...in fact, it makes people much more sympathetic to McCain/Palin. Now Balboa can blather on all he wants about how it was a "hit" on the NYT. No one but a lib apologist would think that way.
So, SNL continues the nasty, nasty jabs at Palin in Fey skits. This is just fraught with danger for them. Sarah Palin is such a normal person, that there's really not much for them to lampoon (unlike the pompous windbag Gore and the luoooockbox...that was hillarious, BTW).
The more over-the-top their partisanship, the more McCain/Palin can merely say "rediculous" and let their surrogates pound on the liberal treatment of their candidates.
And of course, if it's actually funny, Palin laughs and says, "yeah, that was great".
Win/win.
This piece, however, truly points out how in-the-tank the media is for the One....and should be used to point it out.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Blather! Blather-blather!
September 23, 2008 - 16:31 ET by balboaBlather! Blather-blather! Blather...Blah-blah-blather. Blath? Blathe? Blather!
(Oh, and, you're still wrong.)
Bal?
September 23, 2008 - 16:36 ET by MrShyThat's Blonde you're talking to you, you know.
High Priestess of NB (and no, no sarc on that one.) You don't want a B-slappin', do you?
NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun
Whatever.
September 23, 2008 - 16:41 ET by balboaWhatever.
Bal
September 23, 2008 - 16:43 ET by MrShyHaving a bad day? You don't seem to be yourself.
NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun
Not necessarily bad, just
September 23, 2008 - 16:53 ET by balboaNot necessarily bad, just really, really...annoying couple of days.
boa...I hope you get
September 23, 2008 - 17:10 ET by bigtimerboa...I hope you get cheered up before the next 5 weeks or so...things aren't going so well for your side of the aisle...the msm can play with the polls all they want, this is going to be a great day for the right side of life in a lot of ways, the msm are going to be committing Harri-Kari by the fourth, they are about there now...
I knew it was going to be bad, but this is like nothing I've ever seen seen since Sarah came on the scene.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I'm fine with whomever wins
September 23, 2008 - 17:18 ET by balboaI'm fine with whomever wins the election. I think I'd like it to be Obama, but if it's McCain, so be it.
Either way, the world will keep spinning, Natalie Portman will still be smart and gorgeous, and so will Tina Fey.
As long as I have those things, and an ice cold Coca-Cola, I'm good. :-)
boa...You are so
September 23, 2008 - 17:30 ET by bigtimerboa...
You are so right..the good ol' world will keep on a spinnin' and I 'm not happy as I am sure you know about McCain being President either...but it is what it is....
Like you say...we keep on truckin'...
...plus if we all don't keep humor in life and a smile on our face against all that we have to deal with daily and fight against who we think are enemies within..then we may as well crawl into a hole...
I'm not there yet...and I'm still smiling, even with the bad days.
Glad you're doing the same...even though we may not agree on much. ;-)
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Really?
September 23, 2008 - 16:45 ET by BlondeWrong how, exactly?
The SNL skit wasn't funny, it wasn't aimed at the NYT, although I did think your blather was pretty funny.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I didn't think it was
September 23, 2008 - 16:49 ET by balboaI didn't think it was funny, but I thought it was a shot at the reporters of the NYT, not at Palin. The whole skit was spent eliminating reporters who could go to Alaska because they were afraid, couldn't deal with not being pampered, they wouldn't have access to their analyst, or were clueless about what Alaska's really like. The Palin thing was an example of a reporter's way over-the-top zeal to write something inflammatory about her and her family.
Oh....so the incest allusion
September 23, 2008 - 17:06 ET by BlondeWas aimed at the NYT? And not the Palins?
Blather on, bal.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Edit!
September 23, 2008 - 17:11 ET by balboaThe incest reference wasn't _aimed_ at the NYT, it was aimed at the Palin's as an example of how bizarre NYT reporters were willing to be.
Once again, hoist upon your own petard, balboa
September 23, 2008 - 17:16 ET by Blondebut I thought it was a shot at the reporters of the NYT, not at Palin.
vs.
The incest reference wasn't _aimed_ at the NYT, it was aimed at the Palin's as an example of how bizarre NYT reporters were willing to be.
Flip flop.
You need to work on your blathering there, fella.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
You know what I meant.
September 23, 2008 - 17:19 ET by balboaYou know what I meant.
No bal,
September 23, 2008 - 17:40 ET by BlondeThat is pathetically weak and a sorry excuse.
I know what I read.
Too bad for you.
You need to think before you open your mouth (in this instance, that means type).
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
The point is that the skit
September 23, 2008 - 18:30 ET by balboaThe point is that the skit was trying to portray NYT reporters as woefully out of touch. The incest remark was used to demonstrate that.
"Logic: It's what's for dinner."
bal, it's you...."woefully out of touch"
September 23, 2008 - 19:35 ET by BlondeYou wouldn't recognize logic if it jumped up and smacked you in the forehead.
You can't have it both ways, balboa. Nice try though.
Flip.....flop......flip.....flop.
"Thank you F'ing." ~ Morticia Adams
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
boa... You cannot
September 23, 2008 - 16:46 ET by bigtimerboa...
You cannot seriously think that was one bit funny about the incest and the reference to people in Ak. about incest...it wasn't in the slightest bit funny...it was disgusting.
Why do you think it disappeared?
This was an intentional slam...from the lowest forms of life.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
SNL doing the job the MSM
September 23, 2008 - 12:50 ET by d1carterSNL doing the job the MSM can't do...
"...people in this country
September 23, 2008 - 13:08 ET by Chris Norman"...people in this country are tending to be more influenced by who or what they see on entertainment television, more so than on broadcast news or in print."
Yep, as the network news loses it's viewership, their "entertainment" shows will have to do more of the dirty work. The partial good news is, anyone who is "influenced" by the liberal politics inserted into "entertainment" (biastainment?) are probably a lost cause to us anyway. Conservatism requires the ability to think and reason - and hold strong convictions.
McNotObama '08
"Ms Fey... you influence
September 23, 2008 - 13:09 ET by Jerry"Ms Fey... you influence millions of voters more than Charles Gibson or Brian Williams, Paul Begala.."
That sure sounds like an admission that the MSM is in the tank for Obama, they're just not able to influence enough voters.
"Save us, Tina Fey. You may be our only hope."
Tina Fey, the democrat's Obi Wan Kenobi. If only Suzy had sent the message via hologram.
"more influenced by who or what they see on entertainment television, more so than on broadcast news".
Desperate appeal to the "smart", "informed" voters, ay? This is the mainstay of the (D) voter base, yet they constantly claim (R) voters are ignorant and un-informed. Riiiigggghhhttt.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
How many times do we have to
September 23, 2008 - 13:23 ET by greenfairieHow many times do we have to tell people that 1) Palin isn't running for president and 2) vice-presidents don't get to set abortion policy? Yet another blood god worshipper who probably feels guilty about some "indiscretions" in her past.
I Guess Names are Just Small Details, Eh Suzy?
September 23, 2008 - 14:01 ET by HoosierEm..."would strive to take away your daughter Frances's right to choose......."
Memo to Suzy Shuster: Tina Fey's daughter's name is not Frances. It's Alice.
Democrats never met a tax dollar they didn't like.
I think she just implied
September 23, 2008 - 14:05 ET by bassndudeI think she just implied that Tina Fey's daughter is a slut. But, thats just me...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Dead from New York
September 23, 2008 - 14:12 ET by Lee BoggsHmmm....People still watch Saturday Night Live?
Comedians More Influential? Then Why Go To Ivy League Schools?
September 23, 2008 - 16:28 ET by L.N. SmitheeComedians More Influential? Then Why Go To Ivy League Schools? If comedians influence Americans' politics more than TV news or newspapers, whyinell are people like Ms. Shuster going to Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton (Charlie Gibson's alma mater) and Cornell (Blowhardmann) so they can say "I got an IVY LEAGUE sheepskin!" when they can go to U. of Virginia (Fey) or the College of William & Mary (Jon Stewart) and make more impact after a few years of playing Jolly Joe's Ha-Ha Hut?
I like the way Shuster goes for Fey's heartstrings, referencing her daughter - 'Little Frances may not have the chance to someday have your grandchild sucked into a sink.' That is, if everything goes "right," of course -- but under Obama, if things go "wrong," the abortionist can just shove the breathing infant in a closet until it dies of neglect.
Reads like Shuster is echoing her man Barack Obama, who doesn't want his daughters "punished with a baby." And she just drips with condescension; "The American public won't listen to the smart people...so it's up to you hard-drinking, coke-snorting, joke-writing degenerates!"
"Well, I've got nothing against the press...they wouldn't print it if it wasn't true..." -- Joe Jackson, "Sunday Papers"
The Most Irrelevant Job in the World
September 23, 2008 - 15:26 ET by Captain Kirock. . . is a sideline reporter for football games. Suzy is a master at it.
Seriously, a guy who cleans the elephants off at the circus provides a more valuable service to society than a sideline reporter.
Personally I hope Suzy Q
September 23, 2008 - 15:33 ET by bigtimerPersonally I hope Suzy Q gets her wish...
Like the saying goes...be careful what you wish for.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Suspended
September 23, 2008 - 19:16 ET by DirjjSuzy will be suspended . . . if not fired. I'm sure she's hot, else she wouldn't have a job. As it is, I was thinking of opening a new restaurant, and calling it Cooters. She could work there.
Who the hell goes to an Ivy League school to be a sports reporter? Really.
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Is this Shuster woman woman...
September 23, 2008 - 23:22 ET by jawebster1related to David Shuster of MESSNBC? If so, it would explain a lot. I am vaguely familiar with her name. If she is one of those sideline reporters at football games, then that would explain why I don't know who she is. I DVR all the games I want to watch, (usually SNF and MNF) then start watching after it has been on for 45 minutes or so, so I can fast forward through the commercials and the female sideline reporters. Sorry, but I like my women either at home or in the White House, not on the football field. Jim Webster