Former MSNBC journalist David Shuster, who used his position as a supposedly straight-forward journalist to slam "nutty," far-right" conservatives, will return to the airwaves Wednesday night, guest hosting the Jim Bohannon radio show.
Shuster was "suspended indefinitely" on April 06, 2010 after it was revealed that he was shooting a pilot for CNN, despite still being under contract at MSNBC. The ex-anchor used his Twitter page to announce the development and to inform that his guests for the day's program will include White House spokesman Bill Burton and a UFO expert.
During his time at MSNBC, Shuster repeatedly slammed Tea Party candidates, including on March 2, 2010, when he went after the "right-wing fringe." On another occasion, he sputtered, "Plus, the nutty rhetoric continues from Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele and Sarah Palin....How offensive can Rush Limbaugh be?"
In a December 29 interview with the hard left Daily Kos, "Sgary" assured readers that Shuster had a new project lined up for 2011 and that it would be of "major interest to progressive news junkies like myself."
Shuster’s "Hypocrisy Watch" segments are hardly a nonpartisan exercise in speaking truth to power, but rather a lazy regurgitation of Democratic talking points. Of the 48 "Hypocrisy Watch" segments since the near-daily feature began January 14, nearly all (86%) blasted Republicans, conservatives and corporations. A mere eight percent — one tenth as few — targeted Democrats or liberals.
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To make Shuster’s list, it helps to be a strong conservative detested by left-wing bloggers. Radio host Rush Limbaugh has made the list twice, as have Governors Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin, Representative Michele Bachmann, and Senator Jon Kyl, all Republicans. Ex-Bush advisor Karl Rove was named five times, more than all of the Democrats combined.
For more examples of Shuster's bias, see this NewsBusters post.
— Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
