NPR's Totenberg: 'We Shouldn't Care About Weinergate - It's a Great Lark of a Diversion'
One of the really enjoyable aspects of this week's scandal involving Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has been watching the perilously liberal and devoted media shills tell America how unimportant the whole thing is.
A fine example was Nina Totenberg who said on Friday's "Inside Washington" that we really shouldn't care about this because " it's a great lark of a diversion" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
GORDON PETERSON, HOST: For several days this week we’ve been treated to questions about how a picture of a man’s crotch ended up on Congressman Weiner’s Twitter account. Was it the Congressman’s crotch or wasn’t it? Why should we care, Nina?
NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: Well, we probably shouldn’t care a lot. It’s a great, it’s sort of a great lark of a diversion.
Can you imagine Nina saying this if Weiner had an "R" next to his name?
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Ha, Ha, Ha Buffington, oh yes, Smithington.....
Submitted by Tomorama on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 9:24am.
Really simple, NO I can't.
Imagine if it was sent to her 21 year old grandaughter by Paul Ryan?
I am sure she would think it was just a "lark".
Just her using the term lark says all I need to know about her.
Do you think she knows?
Submitted by desert3030 on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 9:27am.
The only thing Nina knows or controls is staying within the party line. As long as the scripts are released the kool aid fresh, she will provide :"her " opionin. What a sorry state of affairs that you can't say...that was wrong, why would a "grown" man be taking shots of his crotch? Then maybe, just maybe sending them to a 22 year old woman? She must have missed that day in biology.
Investigate now
Submitted by nkviking75 on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 9:44am.
As many others have said, this situation needs to be investigated. If Weiner's Twitter account has been hacked (yeah, right), we need to know how. On the other hand, if a sitting Congressman and New York mayor wannabe is engaging in this behavior, he needs to be exposed... OK, maybe not exposed, but his perverted behavior needs to be dealt with. Whether it's hacking or sexting, it's our business.
“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.
For Comparison
Submitted by Thunder Lizard on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:05am.
I wish someone with a little more time would look up Ms. Totenberg's remarks about Republicans who were caught in moral turpitude and she what she had to say about it. I'll bet those comments are out there.
It didn't take long for every
Submitted by celator on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:11am.
It didn't take long for every single lefty radical media person/commentator to line up behind Weiner and sing in chorus that "It's a diversion, it's a lark, it's nothing, it's a prank, it's no big deal."
These shameless political media hacks would have been like piranhas attacking a ham sandwich if Weiner had been a conservative.
NPR
Submitted by jessieH on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:36am.
It's the same spin they did with that whore, Bill Clinton. They have no honor, no morals, at NPR. Why are we funding these fools?
Because the GOP
Submitted by JustAl on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 11:44am.
Has no stones to follow through on what needs to be done.
One more reason NPR doesn't
Submitted by AngryInOhio on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:36am.
One more reason NPR doesn't deserve federal funding.
Dear Nina Totebag:
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:53am.
Assuming you do not mean lark/songbird:
lark: informal noun something done for fun, esp. something mischievous or daring;
an amusing adventure or escapade : I only went along for a lark;
enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way
None of which is related to the depravity of this.
I had to wonder about the
Submitted by ant on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 12:26am.
I had to wonder about the grammatical accuracy of her phrase, as well. Many on the left are declaring it a 'diversion', something akin to a distraction that many on the left would like to see gone, as it paints the whole re-election movement in a bad light. So if it's a 'joking escapade' type of distraction, who's supposed to be making the mischievous joke? Is the incident itself a lark, is the diversion it's creating a lark, are the people's concerns a lark? Please, Nina, elaborate.
She's right you know....
Submitted by wizardjr on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 11:56am.
The Make Believe Media have latched onto this like a cat with a mouse. It is a forced distraction for the economic Armegeddon going on right this minute. "Pay no attention to the melt-down behind the curtain!"
Of course Nina, he's a
Submitted by rbosque on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 12:45pm.
Of course Nina, he's a Democrat after all. You won't criticize him because that means you'll be leaving the reservation and you'll get demonized by your fellow Democrats. Too bad your party doesn't allow for independent thinking or opinions, must stay with the official party line otherwise you might lose your job!
Is that what journalism is all about? And all this time I thought it was in search of the truth? You have been reduced to nothing more than a mouthpiece for an inflexible and intolerant behemoth that punishes those that stray beyond the official party line. You're nothing but a drone to an evil monster.
A predictable Totenberg response
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 12:58pm.
Apparently many of Weiner's Democratic allies don't see it the same way, and are distancing themselves from the narcissist.
On a related note, I heard last night that the woman who received the image says that she thinks it was intended to go to a porn star with a similar name. Has anyone else heard this?
poor old ,,very old nina
Submitted by scarletandgold on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:32pm.
that old lady is so yesterday...who cares what she thinks...old old has been...
Nina TitanicBerg needs to come clean
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 7:14pm.
and disclose her political leanings don't yah think?
the show me state
Submitted by malthus on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 12:27am.
That was Mr. Weiner's brain on drugs.
STUPID TO CONCENTRATE ON WIENERGATE
Submitted by cbeyer on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 2:13am.
Republicans, talk radio and conservative pundits denegrate themselves by making an issue of WienerGate. These kinds of people exist in BOTH parties..... ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID....HIT IT AND HIT IT HARD. Wiener is not a big fish...the sad state of the economy IS. This whole story bores me. Who cares what Wiener does. This is not where the voters are...those who have lost jobs, have friends who have lost their homes. A STUPID DISTRACTION for conservatives
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