Friday, September 28, 2007
Mullings on Marsha
Rich Galen has an excellent take on Bud Shuster's sandbagging of Rep. Marsha Blackburn:
"I will not impugn Shuster's motives because I don't know what they were - although I am willing to speculate that the words 'Guest host for Keith Olbermann' enter into it.
"What I will do, though, is suggest most strongly that Shuster is guilty of practicing faux journalism at its worst. This isn't 'gotchya' journalism. This is on the level of a grossly unprofessional and ugly Three-Stooges-Whoop-Whoop-Nyuk-Nyuk fraternity prank.
"It has nothing to do with attempting to enlighten or inform viewers. It has everything to do with embarrassing someone to score a cheap political point or worse yet, score even cheaper news-room points."
"I will not impugn Shuster's motives because I don't know what they were - although I am willing to speculate that the words 'Guest host for Keith Olbermann' enter into it.
"What I will do, though, is suggest most strongly that Shuster is guilty of practicing faux journalism at its worst. This isn't 'gotchya' journalism. This is on the level of a grossly unprofessional and ugly Three-Stooges-Whoop-Whoop-Nyuk-Nyuk fraternity prank.
"It has nothing to do with attempting to enlighten or inform viewers. It has everything to do with embarrassing someone to score a cheap political point or worse yet, score even cheaper news-room points."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Friday, September 28, 2007 
