'Fox News Watch' Cites NewsBusters Piece About MSNBC, Murdoch and 'PieGate'
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC contributor Michael Smerconish on Thursday, while substitute hosting for Chris Matthews on "Hardball," actually floated the absurd conspiracy theory that Rupert Murdoch had staged the pie throwing event during his hearing before Parliament Tuesday in order to distract from his testimony.
On Saturday's "Fox News Watch," Jim Pinkerton referenced this piece (video follows with transcript and commentary):
RICK FOLBAUM, HOST: Jim, there are a lot of people out there who would have loved to have seen some type of gotcha moment. Did that happen, and how was it covered?
JIM PINKERTON: A gotcha moment defined as something dramatic and vile on television, and I guess the pie guy with the foam was…
RICH LOWRY, NATIONAL REVIEW: Yeah, the Wendi punch.
PINKERTON: I was getting to that.
FOLBAUM: Punch out the pie.
PINKERTON: As Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters pointed out, it was somebody, some nitwit at MSNBC thought obligated to say, “It must have been a conspiracy theory. The Murdochs must be behind the pie thrower heaping sympathy for them,” which just shows what passes for journalism these days.
Indeed it does.
Thanks for the plug, Jim.
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Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 9:51pm.
High five!
NB is a "go to" site for many
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NB is a "go to" site for many
Submitted by MikeB on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 11:00pm.
NB is a "go to" site for many of those who are actually journalists. For propaganda hacks for the DNC, not so much.
Smerkonish
Submitted by creekrat on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 5:32pm.
This guy, Smerkonish went left during the 08 campaighn...turned him off then and have not listened since. Hear he spends a lot of air time defending his descision to support Ears and Errs.
Hyped
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 9:48pm.
Could be mistaken but was Smerconehead hyped as the Conservative radio host that the Messiah agreed to let interview him?
Here's my conspiracy theory...
Submitted by mang on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 10:49pm.
How in the world could a guy get in to this hearing and FILL A PLATE FULL OF SHAVING CREAM without anyone noticing before he walked up to Murdoch??? That's what I haven't seen about this story. Where's the security?
Did someone say piegate?
Submitted by SLUGGO on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:04am.
As if this even compares to "throw a shoe at the president-gate."
Sluggo