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| brother-trucker | Posted – 9/26/2007 11:49:45 PM | show profile One of the most slimy and despicable people in the TV news business, MSNBC's David Shuster, got caught red-handed sandbagging a Republican representative yesterday. Shuster despises conservatives and his hate is all on the record from his "Shuster's corner" blog. Now, MSNBC and Shuster have been forced to apologize for this gaffe. Of course, Shuster did not apologize for his despicable, biased approach to the story, as he never would have asked a Democrat on the spot for the name of the last soldier killed in his or her district. He then mocked the Republican when she did not know the answer, but then gave her the name of a soldier that was not from her district! The fact that Shuster couldn't even do his research correctly when trying to embarrass someone is hilarious, but also sad. How do unethical political idealogues with clear agendas get these sorts of jobs in journalism? David Shuster should be ashamed of himself. And so should former MSNBC'er-turned-TVNewser Chris Ariens, who intentionally omitted the party affiliation of the congresswoman and refused to address the media bias issue. |
| CoolHankPuke | Posted – 9/27/2007 12:04:38 AM | show profile True I give Shuster some respect for owning up to his error but he buried the lead. What kind of jerk asks that unfair question to someone on live television? We get it Dave, you want a show on the liberal network. Try to do it with some dignity. |
| noname1234 | Posted – 9/27/2007 12:22:36 AM | show profile hey brother trucker! long time no hear from. I was waiting for someone to catch on to this story. However, your summary of this story wasn't quite right. Shuster's attack wasn't about Blackburn party affiliation -- it was her war position and her position re: the moveon ad. Shuster's point was that she spent so much time worrying about a one-day ad in a newspaper, and thinks the war is right-on, but doesn't even take the time to learn the name of her constituents who've given their lives for the war she backs (and the number is pretty small, so every fatality from her district should have been big news). Whether the incident reaches the level of humiliation, well, that's in the eye of the beholder, I guess. As far as TV Newser's coverage: TV Newser DOES mention Blackburn's party affiliation -- the "R" in parentheses after her name. The TV Newser summary seems to be a pretty straightforward recap-- if anything, his phrase "playing gotcha" is a criticism of Shuster's technique, not a defense of it. And at the end of his post TV Newser links to the blog of conservative media critic Ian Schwartz (it's the link for the video, which is hosted on Schwartz's blog). What exactly about TV Newser's post offended you? From TV Newser: "FishbowlDC has the story about the on-air apology Hardball's David Shuster gave today. Shuster apologized for an earlier report, in which he asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to name the last person from her district who was killed in Iraq. After playing gotcha with her, Shuster gave the name Jeremy Bohannon, who was killed in Iraq August 9. But it turns out, Bohannon did not live in Blackburn's district. "For that, I apologize," said Shuster. Here's the video..." |
| Newzaroo | Posted – 9/27/2007 2:23:12 AM | show profile The Creep also Crawls... Shuster's arrogant ambush was a low blow, and by apologizing only for screwing up his facts instead of launching the attack to begin with, he sank lower still. Note the Beltway big man victimized a twangy southern belle. Shuster is obviously unaware of his own unimportance and is frequently overwhelmed by feeble attempts to make his mark on the network with the understandably limited face time his handlers have alotted. I confess to watching MSNBC regularly. The newscasts, Matthews, Tucker, Olbermann, mostly for the smarmy attitudes. But I have grown exceedingly tired of the hosts tedious tilt. Olbermann invites only guests who parrot his political views, which offers nothing unexpected and eliminates any anticipation for the show. At least O'Reilly challenges himself with point-counter-point, which is why he's infinately more watchable and the ratings are proof. Matthews is an insufferable sycophant when he agrees and an abnoxious annoyance when he doesn't. Tucker's format is stymied by sameness in every segment. Scarborough is utterly unwatchable and Abrams is to cute by half minus 5. And there is little commitment to weekend news coverage as evidence by the latest O.J. Simpson story and many other breaking events that got short shriff while anchors enjoyed long weekends. FOX owns that frontier. To sum it up, MSNBC is unexceptional, without exception. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 9/27/2007 5:46:13 AM | show profile More liberal bias from MSNBC. You are right in saying he would have never ask a demorat the same question. He also said Karl Rove was gonna be indicted. |
| noname1234 | Posted – 9/27/2007 9:52:56 AM | show profile Olby, i know you enjoy dwelling in the hypotheticals -- "if" x happened then i just KNOW y would happen!!!!!" That's just meaningless fantasy -- if you can find actual examples of specific incidents, not just things conjured from your imagination, then it would be easier to take your posts seriously. |
| brother-trucker | Posted – 9/27/2007 11:52:38 PM | show profile Hey Chris Ariens, Your post titled "Did Shuster Get It Right?" is the most ridiculous thing you've written since leaving MSNBC and taking over for Brian Stelter. Why would it matter if Shuster turned out to be right? HE APOLOGIZED ALREADY ON-AIR AND SAID HE WAS WRONG, PROVING THAT HE CLEARLY DID NOT KNOW THE FACTS AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW. More troubling, however, is that you have not questioned his clearly biased line of questioning that he never, ever would have used with a member of the opposing party. For the prior poster who said noted that the Congresswoman's party was in Arien's post, he edited the original post more than 24 hours to include that she was a Republican from Tennessee, presumably after reading the criticism on here. Shameful. |
| slamp | Posted – 9/28/2007 5:14:00 AM | show profile Please people, try to get over David. Sean Hennesy is making a living over at Fox doing the same or even worse to Dems, and you consider him one of your heroes. |
| mscott_43 | Posted – 9/28/2007 7:07:40 AM | show profile Leave Olbermann Out this Newzaroo If David Shuster made a mistake, he owned up to it but don't bring Keith into it you "Musezaroo". Keith is the best!! |
| newsman | Posted – 9/28/2007 8:41:35 AM | show profile MSNBC and David Shuster should be embarrassed The debate over this dead soldier's former district does Pvt. Bohannon and his family an injustice. Regardless of where he was from, David Shuster should have let him rest in peace instead of using his dead body as a game of gotcha. MSNBC and David Shuster should be ashamed of himself and this tactic. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 9/28/2007 8:45:36 AM | show profile I'm still waiting for Karl Rove to be indicted. Olbermann and Shuster--BSNBC's batman and robin |
| m_ovies71 | Posted – 9/28/2007 9:41:51 AM | show profile Brotha-Trucka, it seems you've jumped to a radical conclusion...and all those who've jumped on this bandwagon. Just happens you all have the story wrong, those of you that is, who say the soldier wasn't in the district. It turns out, he was. So who is going to issue the apology now? This proves my point. Simple America. Red state, uneducated America. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Research, go to school, do something with yourself so that when you confront educated people on the internet, you don't come across so DUMB. |
| slamp | Posted – 9/28/2007 9:43:28 AM | show profile Newsman, you should be ashamed of yourself for dragging this man's family into this. David was standing up for him not put him or his family down. He said that our concern should be about those heroes that dying not about a stupid ad. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 9/28/2007 10:00:55 AM | show profile m_ovies71--- robin didnt have his facts --just like he didn't about Karl Rove. dumb blue state America okaforanthony --- didnt' you just drag my family into your rants ? |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 9/28/2007 11:58:39 AM | show profile FishbowlDC hears that MSNBC General Manager Dan Abrams asked David Shuster to apologize for [the] Rep. Marsha Blackburn incident and even wrote the bulk of Shuster's on-air apology. It has been reported that Abrams bent Shuster[robin] over his knee and spanked him ,sent him to bed with no dinner. |
| kevink868 | Posted – 9/28/2007 2:32:17 PM | show profile I fail to see what everyone's up in arms about here. It appears Shuster DID have his facts straight (despite Abrams' insistence on issuing an apology). And how was the original question a cheap shot? Blackburn eagerly appeared for the purpose of attacking opponents in the name of troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Why shouldn't she be expected to be able to name the one closest to home? The question was hardly unfair. Inconvenient for her that she came off like an idiot when she whiffed, but how's that Shuster's fault? It was relevant, and Shuster was accurate. What's the problem? |
| jazzy | Posted – 9/28/2007 2:56:11 PM | show profile its inexcusiable for anyone on any side to use a dead soldier as a whipping post in a stupid game of "gotcha". shuster and anyone else who chooses to do this is wrong and incredibly insensitive. scat shuster. |
| kevink868 | Posted – 9/28/2007 3:20:21 PM | show profile Nonsense. Since when are "dead soldiers" irrelevant to a debate about war? If Blackburn (or anyone else) isn't prepared to handle follow-up Qs about dead soldiers when defending the war or attacking war opponents, she should buy a :30. |
| jazzy | Posted – 9/28/2007 3:43:37 PM | show profile What's the problem? what about the parents feelings? and anyone else who new and loved this kid? he wasn't a stick to beat marsha blackburn with -- which IN CONTEXT -- was what shuster was doing. this young man was someone's world. as someone who currently has a brother in anbar province - on his 3rd tour - i find it simply appalling. |
| kevink868 | Posted – 9/28/2007 4:13:00 PM | show profile So the problem isn't that the kid in question was killed, but rather that a reporter noticed and thought it important enough to mention him by name to the Congresswoman who represented him? That's absurd. Policies have consequences. Choosing not to discuss them because they are unpleasant is not an option, particularly if you are in the news business. Again, Shuster's question was accurate and relevant. |
| jazzy | Posted – 9/28/2007 5:41:05 PM | show profile wrong. the problem IS that a kid was killed! with all due respect, you need to read the posts more carefully. |
| Olbypocrisy | Posted – 9/28/2007 9:05:49 PM | show profile Has Karl Rove been indicted yet?? |
