MSNBC's Shuster to Offer On-Air Apology to Clinton

[goldcanyonaz]

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"The comment was completely inappropriate, and we have called the Clinton campaign to apologize," network spokesman Jeremy Gaines said today.

This is the second apology to Clinton by an MSNBC journalist. "Hardball" host Chris Matthews expressed regret last month for suggesting that her political success can be traced to sympathy stemming from her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/08/msnbcs_shuster_to_offer_onair_1.html

[lisa58]

1. good...

...I'm glad they are seeing the error of their ways (with alot of encouragment, of course).

[russian33]

2. wonder if MSNBC will go for 3 times is a charm?

idiots

[SaveOurDemocracy]

3. Very good ... the apology was due.

:kick:

Now maybe they can work on being less biased, more objective in their reporting.

[realFedUp]

4. Maybe those messynbc guys should get some manners.

Do they speak of their sisters that way?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. That comment really crossed the line, and I was very surprised it came from Schuster.

He should have apologized sooner.

[UALRBSofL]

8. Good to see

I suppose he got a lot of heat for his choice of words towards Chelsea.

[rodeodance]

65. yes. it was odd--

[blogslut]

6. good

That was a majorly oral/pedal thing to say.

[Cameron27]

7. Someone pushed him:

"When Hillary Clinton's spokesman, Phillippe Reines, contacted Shuster and told him the comment was offensive, the reporter e-mailed back that he was referring to the fact that Chelsea is making calls to convention superdelegates but refusing to talk to the press. Shuster did make that point on the air -- after his pimped out comment, which was not delivered as a joke.

Reines was incredulous at the lack of an apology, but Shuster stood his ground.

Until this morning, that is. Shuster plans to apologize tonight on "Tucker," the 6 p.m. show on which he was filling in for host Tucker Carlson yesterday."

How big of him. :eyes:

[goldcanyonaz]

10. Only reason for doing this is the fact that our letters to the media are working.

Write more letters telling them that their coverage, in regards to Clinton SUCKS!

[Cameron27]

14. I've been sending letters every single week,

because I can't use Outlook Ex, which is all that MSNBC uses. It might actually make more of an impact, who knows.

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Good

they should be called on stuff like this.

[cboy4]

11. ****Here's the clip****

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2St8qoXx1g

[Marie26]

12. MSNBC is like a frat-house.

I swear. All these "guys" - Matthews, Tucker, Scarborough, Olbermann, etc. get together & talk about how much they can't stand Hillary. They need to have at least one female host.

[cboy4]

13. Rachel!!

:bounce:

[gaspee]

31. Up until

I stopped watching, she's been Clinton bashing right along with them - at least she's not being sexist about it, though.

And it really tears me apart because I have a huge crush on her. Olbermann too - and they're both joining in on the Clinton bashing. I stopped watching rather than hate them forever. once the primaries are over, I can go back to watching them.

I just hate seeing two people I respect so much being so biased.

[juajen]

52. Same here. I don't know why they can't be neutral

NT

[Unsane]

15. They do, Maddow.

[Marie26]

16. Does she have her own show? nt

[Unsane]

21. Rumors abound that she will soon.

Bye Tucker.

[Marie26]

24. I'll believe it

when I see it. Tucker's been lame forever, probably gets bad ratings, & he's still hanging around. Maddow's been there awhile & still doesn't have a show. IMO it's not going to happen. There is a "boys only" mentality there IMO.

[VotesForWomen]

54. i'm sure she knows what the ground rules are. nt

[CK_John]

18. Why just one? n/t

[mondo joe]

19. It's true. They let Rachel visit the frat every now and then, but she has

to go along enough if she wants to keep coming back.

I don't mean that's she's lying or insincere - on;y that I think if she had her own strong foundation there she might cut loose more often.

[Marie26]

23. Yeah, I agree

I like Rachel Maddow, but definitely feel like you can't go too far off the reservation there. If she ever commented on the sexism, would they still let her into the clubhouse?

[DURHAM D]

39. I refer to it as the "Circle Jerk". n/t

[VotesForWomen]

53. correct. nt

[flpoljunkie]

17. Good, as Schuster's metaphor was truly crass and totally inappropriate!

[JimGinPA]

27. The "Remark" didn't offend me

They put her out for Photo-ops but she's off limits for interviews. I heard they have her doing phone banks as well. I find thin-skinned "language police" offensive.

I said months ago I thought little Bindi Irwin was being "pimped out" too.

[joeybee12]

32. Have someone say that about your daughter and then respond...

...people like you will defend anything said against the Clintons as fair play. And you wonder why there's so many comparisons to the cult status.,

[gaspee]

34. Exactly

[gaspee]

33. Of course you don't.

So, is Michelle Obama being pimped out? How about the Mittens boys?

[HughMoran]

41. Implying the daughter of a former President is a prostitute isn't offensive?

Please defend the remark - tell me why implying that Chelsea is a hooker isn't offensive.

[HughMoran]

46. C'mon, defend calling Chelsea a hooker

Why aren't you defending your bullshit?

[HughMoran]

56. Still waiting for an answer...

??

[JimGinPA]

61. He didn't imply she was a prostitute, moron

According to Merriam-Webster;

Main Entry: pimp
Function: verb
Date: 1636
transitive verb: to make use of often dishonorably for one's own gain or benefit

Get a life!

:eyes:

[rodeodance]

66. HEY little Obamababy--as you can the majority out here do need a DICTIONARY

to understand what pimp means. I see you had to look it up and you still have comprehension problems


He didn't imply she was a prostitute, moron
Posted by JimGinPA


According to Merriam-Webster;

Main Entry: pimp
Function: verb
Date: 1636
transitive verb: to make use of often dishonorably for one's own gain or benefit

Get a life!

:eyes:

[JimGinPA]

72. "as you can the majority out here do need a DICTIONARY"

Was this supposed to have a meaning?

:crazy:

[HughMoran]

58. MSNBC's David Shuster has been temporarily suspended

Now what have you to say for yourself?

[flpoljunkie]

60. I understand younger people use the term loosely, not literally, but Schuster should have a higher

journalistic standard. That said, having Chelsea call the members of "The View" and Superdelegates seems somehow inappropriate to me, as well.

[rodeodance]

67. gues what --YOU offend me!

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27. The "Remark" didn't offend me

They put her out for Photo-ops but she's off limits for interviews. I heard they have her doing phone banks as well. I find thin-skinned "language police" offensive.

I said months ago I thought little Bindi Irwin was being "pimped out" too.

[JimGinPA]

74. A stalker who can't spell

:dunce:

[Jamastiene]

73. Here, we have a classic attitude that any young

woman who does something for herself is somehow a whore because of it.

Attitudes like this are the reason why women are never able to break the glass ceiling. We have to listen to insults like these throughout our twenties and early thirties then other types of insults later. Meanwhile, we have to work twice as hard, be twice as good, and only get half the credit we deserve for our work.

But, you got your rights though, don't you? Must be fucking nice. Thanks for getting in the way and making our lives twice as hard as they would normally be if we actually had equal rights, prick. :thumbsdown:

[frazzled]

20. He damn well should ... we've got a problem in journalism, folks

And we'd better realize it. The kind of free-wheeling gutter talk the right developed so well in the 90s and which found its way onto the cable airwaves, has infected ALL television talkers, not just the right-wing ones. I found myself even developing a distaste for Keith Olberman more than a year ago--not because I disagree with him, but because I do not like the tone, the animus, the the shoot-from-the-mouth style. When he (or Schuster) stick to reporting the facts, it's okay ... when they start with acid commentary--be it directed against our own or against the side we oppose--it's wrong. The banter (and attendant apologies) has to stop. Journalism needs to look itself in the face, and we need to think about what kind of journalism we on the left want. I know I do not want cheap banter or oppositional cheerleading. I want reporting that allows us to make up our minds.

Chelsea Clinton did not deserve this. Hillary and Bill didn't deserve such a horrid comment. I'm not sure an apology really erases the fact that he felt able to comment in such a way on television. Shame.

[Zueda]

22. delete

delete

[Beacool]

25. I think that NBC executives should have a meeting

with their so called "journalists" and send them to sensitivity classes. MSNBC has gone so overboard in their idolatry of Obama and bashing of Hillary that I now would rather watch political coverage on Fox. At least I know where they're coming from and they have actually been more even handed in their reporting of Hillary. I have even heard O'Reilly defend Clinton several times. For example, when Tweety made his now infamous remark about why he thought Hillary won her senate seat, O'Reilly lashed out against him and called him sexist.

I'm totally disgusted with the political coverage on MSNBC and can only tolerate Dan Abrams, who at least tries to be impartial.

[publicatlarge]

26. KO has been 'turned' $$$

Sadly, Keith Obermann has changed. Everyone has a price it seems. Rachel Maddow is teetering on the edge as well. :-(

Very good analysis, Beacool.

[elehhhhna]

28. ya know, he started to suck right after he got the botox in his forehead.

I'm not kidding here. He got a botox which evidently anesthetized his brain.

[gaspee]

37. Did he really?

How sad. Botox - I know his profession requires good looks, but hasn't anyone told him men are allowed to grow old?

Isn't Botox really bad for you? I think I saw that on the news.

[Political Heretic]

45. Oh puh-leeze.

:eyes:

[incapsulated]

29. Good. n/t

[SIMPLYB1980]

30. K&R!

[in_cog_ni_to]

35. Good. He should be ashamed.

:grr:

[SeattleGirl]

36. Good to hear.

I like Shuster, but he really crossed the line with that comment.

[HughMoran]

38. Glad I sent the email

Their reporters get out of hand at times.

[rodeodance]

68. i think lots of did from du

[ShortnFiery]

40. This is Bullshit! The Clinton family is NOT ROYALTY! Chelsea is "of age" ... damn The Clintons!

Can't you see the flip side of all "the freepers" calling you BUSH-HATERS?

Nobody can say any DAMN thing negative about "A Clinton" ... well dammit, I'm sick of the Clintons being considered *royalty.*

Chelsea is a clueless GEEK, IMO, if she continues to campaign for her morally bankrupt parents and their morally bankrupt DLC SMEAR MACHINE which can *trash* anyone else ... but don't dare say anything negative about "The Queen" (Hillary) or "The Princess" (Chelsea).

Damn the POLITICAL SLIME-MEISTER'S and their cronies who elevate both "The Bush" and "The Clinton" family members as UNTOUCHABLE GODS AND GODDESSES. :grr: :puke: :nuke:

[Tom Rinaldo]

43. "Pimping out" their daughter?

You seriously believe that doesn't go over the line? I mean if you want to take free speech to the max than there is no such thing as going across any line. But do you really want to go there?

[Whisp]

48. it does go over the line and I'm glad he got called on it... but

sure was fast work compared to Imus and his idiot mouth. but I guess the royalty gets special treatment.

[BlackVelvet04]

51. If you think it's ok for Schuster

to call Chelsea a prostitute then you are a disgrace as a female and a Democrat.

You might want to try some Prozac for your anger and OCD.

[rodeodance]

69. IDIOTIC COMMENTS again from you. Can't you see how FOOLISH YOU ARE

ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Feb-08-08 01:53 PM
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40. This is Bullshit! The Clinton family is NOT ROYALTY! Chelsea is "of age" ... damn The Clintons!

Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 01:54 PM by ShortnFiery
Can't you see the flip side of all "the freepers" calling you BUSH-HATERS?

Nobody can say any DAMN thing negative about "A Clinton" ... well dammit, I'm sick of the Clintons being considered *royalty.*

Chelsea is a clueless GEEK, IMO, if she continues to campaign for her morally bankrupt parents and their morally bankrupt DLC SMEAR MACHINE which can *trash* anyone else ... but don't dare say anything negative about "The Queen" (Hillary) or "The Princess" (Chelsea).

Damn the POLITICAL SLIME-MEISTER'S and their cronies who elevate both "The Bush" and "The Clinton" family members as UNTOUCHABLE GODS AND GODDESSES. :grr: :puke: :nuke:

[Jamastiene]

75. Damn you, Obama and all the Republicans while we are at it.

That kind of cursing people can cut in all directions. :thumbsdown:

[anamandujano]

42. Will Brian Smarmfest Williams run the apology on his show?

.

[Political Heretic]

44. Good. This is what I think should happen.

Chris Matthews and Shuster certainly dislike Clinton. Of course, David Abrams is a pretty rabid defender. With KO it depends on the day.

[BlackVelvet04]

47. Shuster should have been fired. n/t

[judaspriestess]

49. Since he was covering for tucker carlson

I wonder if that was scripted. I can most certainly see that asshole making a comment like that.

[Bumblebee]

50. What is deeply ironic, is that Buchanan is the one most sympathetic to

Hillary there; probably for all the wrong reasons but I now catch myself wanting to hear what he has to say because he usually shows much more respect for her than others. I found myself writing a message to Olbermann a couple of weeks ago. I was shocked by how he interviewed Clinton, and when she laughed, he sternly said something like "Other than laughter, do you have an answer?" I cannot imagine him doing it to any other -- male -- candidate. I am very disappointed in Olbermann. Watching Countdown is not the same any more. It may get better once we have a nominee, but if it's Hillary versus McCain, all bets are off. Matthews will just switch his idol worshipping from Obama to McCain. But Olbermann may get better.


Abrams does balance it some, that's true. I now enjoy watching him more than Keith.

[gaspee]

55. Yup

I stopped watching Keith a couple of weeks ago. I've always thought he was a bit of a sexist ass, but I chalked it up to his age (over 50) and his background in sports.

As long as he didn't let his sexism show too often, I could handle it, but that Clinton interview was kind of the last straw for me. The utter lack of respect just threw me.

And I watched his show every single day, never fail. I even DVR'ed it.

[boston bean]

57. same here, exactly! nt

[avrdream]

59. Those guys are obsessed with sex.

This is absolutely disgusting.

[jillan]

62. Did you see Olbermann's apology? He seemed genuinely upset about

Schuster's remarks.

[rodeodance]

71. No, but glad to hear that. thanks

[mzmolly]

63. I adore Schuster, but I'm heartened to see Democrats "hit back" at the media.

Mixed feelings on this one I guess...

[rodeodance]

64. good. i hope we can all move on.

[robbedvoter]

70. Good. Now, keep Schuster, can Tweety.