Says Msnbc has apologized for D. Schuster's "pimping out" of Chelsea

[rodeodance]

I have not read any followup since this happened yeaterday and this all i could find.


08.02.2008
Clintons v. MSNBC

Interesting moment from the latest Clinton campaign conference call. Washington Post media reporter Howie Kurtz asked Howard Wolfson about a comment by MSNBC's David Shuster that the Clinton campaign had "pimped out" Chelsea on the campaign trail.

Wolfson went on a tear, saying the comment was "beneath contempt." Kurtz said MSNBC had apolgized, but Wolfson said he was unaware of any apology delivered personally to Chelsea. Then, in what I take as an implicit reference to Chris Matthews's recent apology for cracks he'd made about Hillary, Wolfson referred to "a pattern here at this particular network." He also added rhetorically: "Is this part of a pattern? Is there something that folks are encouraged to do or not do?"

Wolfson said Hillary might be done with MSNBC debates. "I at this point can't envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network," he said.

This is a long-running tension. Earlier this month a Clintonite told me he thought it an open question whether Fox is fairer than MSNBC to Hillary.

P.S. Wolfson remains undaunted on seating the Florida and Michigan delegations. "Florida and Michigan have voted and we think that those votes and those preferences matter."

--Michael Crowley
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/0...

[MadBadger]

1. That would be real rich of her if doesnt show up to the MSNBC debate.

[anamandujano]

2. Maybe if they slur Obama's children, you would understand better.

It would also give him another excuse to avoid debating Hillary.

[rodeodance]

17. You really do hit the bottom of the barrel with your slime posts/thoughts!

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. she is right. MSNBC have been openly attacking and hostile

about Clinton. I remember fondly the days when DU supported democrats who were standing up to the media who was so obviously unfair in their coverage.

[anamandujano]

4. If they said that over the airwaves, the apology needs to also be

a public affair.

[rodeodance]

18. Schuster did say it on the air. (i like the guy which really shocked me)--and yes, the apology

should be public!

[Saturday]

5. FIRE SHUSTER!!! n/t

[DainBramaged]

12. Shuster is not a Reich winger

An apology would be sufficient.


It's Tweety who needs to go.

[rodeodance]

21. Bingo

[Auntie Bush]

23. I'm all for that ! nt

[Political Heretic]

6. um...shuster himself needs to apologize, on television, exactly like the comment was made.

[sfam]

16. I agree with this...however...

Apologies on television for outrageous comments are warranted.

However, if we really want to get down to it, Fox commentators make outrageous comments on a regular basis - almost none of which ever lead to apologies - on air or off. So yeah, rightly knock MSNBC but I don't mean that Fox is now above criticism.

[rodeodance]

20. well, time for msnbc to do what is right--show Fox how it is done. Would be lovely.

[miceelf]

24. Shuster already apologized

On the air, this morning, on Morning Joe. He spent about five minutes doing so, which doesn't seem like much, until you actually watch someone apologize for five minutes.

[Political Heretic]

26. Cool. I read that wrong then.

[Catchawave]

7. I like shuster, but he must have gotten the meme to keep his job...

No?

[Xipe Totec]

8. Here's the video and the alleged apology

"I didn't think people would take it literally... to the extent that some people might find it pejorative, I apologize"



http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02...


To me, his comments are in the same league as IMUS, and he should resign.

[joshcryer]

10. That's not an apology.

[Xipe Totec]

11. And he called it "A house keeping matter" n/t

[Marie26]

22. OMG

Because that's where females are, right? Keeping house or being pimped. And he doesn't even have a clue about what that language & phrasing shows about his mindset.

[Marie26]

13. Oh, it's one of those sorry-you-were-offended things. nt

[rodeodance]

19. yeah

[DJ13]

9. I always said, if you hate the media (like the Clintons do) dont expect any love in return

Welcome back to those joyful 90's, a time of bitter divisiveness and partisan war all brought to you by the MSM, who feeds off the blood of the average Americans who are the true victims.

[dbackjon]

14. The Clintons don't hate the media, just the slimy journalists on some network

So you are surrendering to the right-wing hate machine that made the 90's divisive?

Will you surrender when that same hate machine turns on Obama, as they will if he wins the nomination?

[Xipe Totec]

15. Yea I already miss all the loving the Bush administration brought us n/t

[Beacool]

25. Disgusting remark!!!

MSNBC has become a cesspool, I can barely stand to watch it for 5 minutes before I change the channel.

Shuster's comment was disgusting, whether addressed at Chelsea or any other candidate's daughter.

Why is it that some in the media think that they can get away with saying any misogynist remark against Hillary and now even her daughter? Don't these pigs realize that the more they bash her, the more women end up supporting her to counteract the hate?

After the IA caucus she was pilloried by the media and it ended up outraging plenty of women who weren't even her supporters. At work 3 coworkers who are Republican told me separately that they wished she won in NH and congratulated me the following day when she actually DID pull a win in that primary. These 3 women wouldn't vote for a Democrat, but were nonetheless furious at the sexist comments directed at Hillary. Misogyny transcends party affiliation and it debases ALL women. When are some men going to get that through their heads????