David Shuster was right! UPDATED
By John Amato Thursday Sep 27, 2007 4:05pm
Shuster asked the right question of Rep. Blackburn and predictably the attacks followed. (Newsbusters) Whenever someone leaks info to right wing blogs---red flags should go up. Via Blue Texan:
Shuster's apology [re: Marsha Blackburn] may have been premature. The tiny hamlet of Bon Aqua, Tenn., is where Bohannon lived in the months immediately prior to entering the Army. The Census Bureau places his home in Blackburn's 7th Congressional District.
Media Bistro asks a good question:
Why did MSNBC rush Shuster to apologize? And, more importantly, who made him do so? Or did Shuster and MSNBC just not have the info (or didn't do the research) that Scripps dug up?
We know that Scooter Libby isn't around anymore to call NBC and complain to the Russert's of the world---so who is the new contact from the WH that's putting the heat on?
UPDATE: Oye:
FishbowlDC hears that MSNBC General Manager Dan Abrams asked David Shuster to apologize for Wednesday's Rep. Marsha Blackburn incident and even wrote the bulk of Shuster's on-air apology...read on
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Abrams!
Shuster apologized???? Why? When did this happen!!!!???? Since when should ANY reporter apologize for asking the right fucking questions?
Funny thing about black eye Blackburn's answer to the question, "What was the name of the last soldier in your district killed in the war?" I don't think she could name any soldier killed. Had I been sitting in that seat with that question asked to me my response certainly would not be, "I don't know."
Jack f**king Welch. Our own homegrown Murdoch.
The good people need to not be so quick to concede. I understand that it's an admirable trait to think critically and admit when you're wrong, but Al Gore, Dan Rather, and now Schuster should've hung in there for a little bit.
Do you think Shuster will apologize for apologizing?
I like Shuster but, really, we're so f*cked at this point thanks to the media working with the Bush administration that I have to ask: Does it matter? The media has sunk to such an all time low in journalism and reporting, I don't think it matters one way or the other.
A quick fyi. Chris Matthews is going to talk about what Rush said about the phony soldiers tonight during the round table part of his show.
I thought the apology was about his giving the name of the wrong soldier to be the last to die from her state.
Dan Abrams will probably issue a statement suggesting that there was something suspicious with the "kerning" of David Shuster's report.
Seriously, though, according to several sites, apparently Dan Abrams rushed to cover MSNBC's ass by demanding, over Shuster's objections, that he issue an apology/'correction', even though, as those silly things known as "facts" seem to indicate, Shuster was correct.
But what do you expect? GE is a defense contractor. End of conversation.
I was SO disappointed to hear that Shuster had to issue an apology.
Still, he got his point across, so thumbs up, David!
The point remains she didn't know. Even if she had named the soldier who died before Bohannon, or the one before that, there might be some saving grace for her.
She didn't know anything.
It's way past time to bust the monopolies in the United States.
GE, defense contractor, should not be allowed to own media outlets, plain and simple.
Monopoly.
And this is what you get with a monopoly.
he never should have apologized....
it isnt like she has a huge district, she couldnt name even one solidier who had died
and the town is tiny, but has lost 2 soldiers...and she didnt name either
she is just another chicken hawk bitch
I guess I've been on another planet. I didn't know he apologized.
There should be no apologies for putting the screws to the rights-wingers, especially when people are dying in THEIR war.
She's a complete idiot...but I'd lay a whole lot of money that most every representative (Dem or GOP) would be hard pressed to answer that question.
Not only because there are so many dying every day...But because they just don't give a damn.
when Dem appear on these talk shows they get hammered jest like this but they don.t complain, grow some balls Reps.
hate2haggle @ 3:
My point exactly. She didn't get the name wrong, shw couldn't answer it.
Robert @ 14:
Woah... be careful, they'll start groping each other.
I just posted a link to a similar article backing up Shuster in the original thread. Some redstate rejects came near the end of that thread demanding apologies. I bet those punks won't show up admitting they were wrong AGAIN. Dumb sons of bitches.
I couldn't answer the question I asked myself of who was the last soldier to die from my own city. I felt ashamed, I wonder what a Representative would feel.
I am SO effing confused. When did he apologize? What did he get wrong? And what did he now get right? Was he right in the first place?
Abrams is a sniveling conservative apologist and no better than a Faux News asslick. It's outrageous that merely performing the interviewer's minimal duty to ask these questions now requires apology when the FACTS inconvenience the most corrupt, lying administration in history. Disgusting.
Working in broadcast or print news must be terribly degrading. What a nasty way to make a living.
Dan bleeping Abrams. What a guy. Jumping when the right wing bloggers cry foul.
I think Shuster was wrong to use this stunt to sandbag Blackburn. Bohannon was a human being and someone who took an oath to our country and died for it. He should not be used in any political attack.
And I think Hope Solo should have vented her frustrations in private, not to the media.
These are errors in judgement and discretion. Neither of them resulted in anyone's death.
Shusters point was that MoveOn's ad is nothing of consequence when compared to Blackburn's war.
Shuster should be careful to treat all fallen soldiers (especially one so recent) more gracefully.
Blackburn should be careful to stop killing Iraqis by the dozen.
The wimpy woman couldn't remember whoever it was that had been killed in her god-forsaken war.
Mario Cuomo was just on Hardball where Chris Matthews thankfully allowed him to speak. Cuomo justifiably blistered the Democrats for abrogating their responsibility by granting Bush the authority to wage war, first in Iraq and now in Iran, a power that states in a document in the U.S. Constitution [Article 1 Section 8] is theirs and theirs alone. If only Congress were able to find leaders who have half the caliber and integrity of Mario Cuomo.
Old Billy @ 23:
What a bizarre spin on this. A reporter confronting a representative by asking her who the latest person to die from her district was isn't "using" soldiers in a "political attack". He was making a salient point about this woman's disingenuous attack on MoveOn.org.
Naturally, when right-wingers are put on the defensive, their primary tactic is to switch to the offensive. It's just a matter of waiting for the mouthpieces and spin doctors -- the Frank Luntz Army -- to put out the official RNC spin and talking points, and suddenly, everybody on the right has something to get all up in arms about that a Democrat or liberal did.
When Republicans start apologizing for USING our soldiers as props to get themselves elected, then maybe you'd have a point...
Isn't there a precedent for this? Oh yeah -- Dan Rather. Sue the bastards for $70 million then drag their Republican-apologist butts through the courts.
I'm waiting for MSNBC to get rid of Tucker and give David Shuster his own show.
monopoly AND conflict of interest. This country is owned by the corporation. Suddenly, all the ILLEGAL is LEGAL !
patthemonkey @ 18:
In your case, the government is actively taking steps to keep you unaware, so there is no reason to expect you to know. Meanwhile, Rep. Blackburn has the luxury of official notification from the Pentagon/DoD, AND a staff who should make sure all of the names of the fallen servicepeople from her district are readily available to her.
But again, the b.s. obfuscates THE WHOLE POINT!! The point Schuster was trying to make was a valid one- that she didn't know the name of the last serviceperson from her district to lose his/her life in overseas!! So unless she said: "Nu-uh! It was so-and-so!", it doesn't matter WHO Schuster said it was!! The fact remains, SHE DIDN'T KNOW!!
The newsbusters response is exactly why this fox style tactic of calling someone out on not knowing a random fact was a stupid idea. The guy could have made a thousand other examples of how Blackburn is a tool/moron/ape/braindeadbuttleech of the conservative bullshit artists that are destroying everything that love about America.
By stooping to their level he allowed everyone to dismiss the important message. Like I said in the original thread we can't give them a stone to step on in this argument because they will use any excuse to turn even the slightest underhanded move into the focus of the debate. Force them to face the issues, force everyone else to acknowledge their hypocrisy.
-Peace
Why is it that the people who have been correct about virtually everything for the last 6 years must apologize for every (correct)critique they make,yet those who have been wrong about everything get a free pass?When is the last time you heard a republican make a sincere apology about a remark they made?Is there anyone?
I would say there would be something to apologize for if she actually said a name and he said she was wrong. But the question was: What was the name of the last person from your district...? And she didn't know. Whether it was poor Mr. Bohannon or someone before him doesn't matter, she couldn't name anyone.
I know it would be crossing networks, but, for the sake of "serious" journalism, couldn't Katie Couric help?
Aw, did we kick the republicans in the c*nt? What a bunch of wussies. The MSM has to be sure not to make Bush and/or Boehner cry.
God I'm sick of hearing apologies from "liberal" reporters and politicians: Dick Durbin, Dan Rather, now Shuster -- all of them eventually saying they shouldn't have apologized. How about NOT APOLOGIZING IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!
Do we really think that she knows any of the names of the soldiers from her district who have been killed? Don't let them change the focus! Shuster pwned her and she can't stand it.
GET SHUSTER HIS OWN SHOW!!!!!
Do what I did. Write the Tucker show and request more of Shuster. FLOOD THE INBOX
Cancel your cable subscription. They'll get the message.
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shuster. keep up the good work. sometimes you have to give up some ground to stay in the game. shuster knows what's going on. he's not going to all of the sudden turn into a dumbass.
Dan Abrams is a loser. Always trying to prove he's "not a liberal"
STICK A FORK IN MARSHA BLACKBURN!
SHE'S DONE!
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Marsha couldn't remember because she was too busy getting her hair coiffed and dyed. She is a political tool. I'll bet she cries a river over the lost sons and daughters! Keep asking the questions, David. Dan, I guess a general manager position gets paid too much by corporate America to care about the people of America or the truth!
Stirfry has it right. These crybaby conservatives always complain to the boss when they get their cards pulled. They're nothing but punks.
hate2haggle @ 3:
Exactly. She could've have said any number of SPECIFIC things she does to console the bereaved in her district. Instead, she portrayed her true self, which is a cold calculating political player who cares more about national political battles than the people in her district. Shame on her and on Abrams. Why apologize to this stone cold ice queen.
You see this is the kind of shit national media is pulling on the American people and this is the kind of shit we need to be all over the FCC about. Truth
This was a moment in time for all to see exactly what the republican party is really all about with their so called trumped up support for our troops.
They don't recall the names of any of them because they don't mean a dame thing to any of them because none of their kids are going into that hell, which pisses me off to know end with the democratic party and their willingness to continue funding this blood bath that is soley owned, operated and controlled by the republican party.
I was so pissed at them this morning I wrote all of them to say the following:
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Dear: All Democratic Congress/Senate Members,,
Democrats need to learn how to follow the instructions of their employer who are the American people who put them in office to get a specific job done, not what you want to do but what your employer tells you to do.
Now I know many of you are not used to that and neither are we used to guiding you, but nothing going on in today's political arena is normal and that is all because many of you made a fatal error, by trusting George W Bush, which woke up the entire world.
Now if you want to get back to leading this country without intervention from what you all see as the little people that you make decisions for, then you need to start making decisions that make us feel comfortable about you and know that we don't have to worry about what you are doing. We personally do not have time to supervise you. We have enough to deal with without this crap.
Right now is not the case when we have many of our trusted Democrats voting on issues, that actually disrespect and hurt the party on issues that we depend on them to do the right things. They just will not do it,and this is clearly wrong that you are doing exactly what Bush himself is doing to you buy totally disrespecting the constitution and the laws of this country.Well, so are you to us, and we are here to tell you in record numbers, that we are not going to stand for it. You work for us.
MoveOn, is an organization apprised of average American citizens and we are standing up to do the jobs that our employee's refuse to do. We are not going to allow a President nor his hand picked Generals or anybody else stand up before the entire world and spew false information and Lie's about something as serious as this illegal invasion of Iraq, that have murdered up to four thousand of our kids and over a million Innocent people of that country and you all have to be out of your minds if you think we will.and stop wasting time with trivial litigation that means nothing but is pissing off your employer and turning them against you, which will mean a whole lot of people not voting at all, which is a good thing for republicans and it plays right into their stinking hands.
It is not acceptable for ANY, democrat to vote wrongly on any important issue, especially as this disastrous, illegal invasion into Iraq,and especially knowing now what you ALL know, for the reasons that you are in a so called RED,state.
Like the troops that you so call support, you should be willing to sacrifice your political positions to save the lives of these young people , just as they are expected to do for their country. You are not doing the party any good when you vote against the very issues we all stand for and we just assume you were not in the job, because you are violating your oath of office.The very people that you are posturing for,are not going to vote for you anyhow and if you don't know it, you should.
You know you all need to discontinue funding this illegal disaster in Iraq and you aught to know if you don't, that American people do know that you can do it if you want to,and you do not need the sixty votes, you continue to falsely promote, as you have other avenues and yes it is a very difficult decision and it will take guts and the knowledge that you have the American people, (your employer), supporting your very difficult decision, all the way. It is not possible for you to do any more harm to the troops then you already have and you better believe that we have your backs, when you stand up straight and refuse to allow the right wing to ride it as you have.
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, as he once said that a man can't ride your back if it's not bent and these are words of encouragement, that all of you need at this trying time.
You should all know that we are not in favor of any candidates running for the office of President especially , that are not willing to commit, to bringing ALL OF THE TROOPS HOME. We do not give a dame about this illegal EMBASSY, it belongs to the people of Iraq, like everything else we invaded in that country. They don't want us there for obvious reasons and we need to pack up our troops and just get the hell out like they want and yes we need to provide them with the billions of dollars you all should be willing to vote against giving to Bush in this next presidential handout, because you can no longer justify giving him one more dime, other then enough to bring our kids home.
I know I have been really tough on all of you lately and it is because of my frustration and I intend to continue on with my rants, as long as I do not see progress in the party I dedicated my life to supporting and I do that because it can and should be a party that is dedicated to ALL the people, unlike the republicans who are solely for a selected group and they sealed that in the refusal to debate people of color and support issues that have clearly devastated our people in the last six plus years. They simply do not give a dame and neither do we about them and we can show them better then we can tell them.
Peace
StCyrlyMe
Old Billy @ 24:
Shuster was right to sandbag this windbag. We need journalists to question the motives of our political leaders. This was a simple question and he used it to give Blackburn an opportunity to show some sign of concern and fighting spirit for the people of her district. Shuster was fighting for the soldiers by reminding Blackburn that she's supposed to be fighting for them, too, and not fighting for one political party in a time of war.
Does Blackburn have to apologize for being a clueless reich wing talking point reciting shill who undermines America?
I'm surprised Abrams caved. I actually thought he had a backbone. I guess I was wrong
Anyone have Abram's email address?
Time to let Dan know that he needs to apologise on air to Shuster for his cowardly caving in to the Repubs.
What a load of crap. I want to know if he had to apologize because the right-wingnuts made up a story about the soldier not being in her district, or much worse if he had to apologize because he dared use tough questions against one of the "special people", one of the anointed aristocracy.
Good guys/gals always have to apologize. Republicans never do.
Unless no one from her district has died in Iraq, she still wasn't able to name them. That sucks that he apologized, I thought he nailed her ass to the wall.
Marsha Blackburn is the one who needs to apologize. I live in her district, she's awful.
WTF?! Why does he have to apologize? He should be commended for good journalism. OUTRAGEOUS.
Schuster is a rising star with a job to protect. He had two choices: follow instruction from the big boss or resign/get fired.
I'm betting he was tempted to go with option two - but where else is he gonna get a job? The MSM isn't exactly rolling out a welcome mat for reporters who trash fascist talking points.
I'm just wishing that he had followed up with the question "Can you tell me please, the name of the last Gold Star mother from your district you personally communicated with? Or for that matter, any Gold Star mother from your district? We would like to call her for an interview."
Or "Can you name ANY enlisted person from your district you have communicated with or his/her family? I mean somebody actually more in harms way than a Chaplin."
I love Schuster's hard-hitting style, but I have to admit that that particular interview was sort of nakedly agressive. I am not saying he should back off - at all - but he should work on not appearing to be looking exclusively for the "gotcha!"
Watch the interview again - he could have had follow-ups prepared that would appear to be giving her an out - but would further expose her as exactly what she is.
As it is, the aggression was a little too naked. For someone more "balanced" than myself or most of the folks here it would be easy to conclude that he was unfairly picking on her. Please understand that I am not suggesting that this potentially great reporter retire the iron fist - just that he learn the value of the velvet glove.
Shuster had to know he was right when he apologize. Didn't he?
Abrams annoys me even more than Joe Scarborough did. I used to leave MSNBC on after Keith Olbermann and watch Joe and Pat try to defend the indefensible. Now I channel surf, usually stopping on something entertaining like TWC or C-Span.
Apologize? Never!! Fuck Abrams!!
I wish CNN would wake up and replace Blitzer with Shuster. Maybe there was some Shuster-movement in the air and Abrams had to make him look less appealing to the competition.
There's way more than meets the eye on this one.
Damn. As soon as somebody speaks truth to corporate fascist power, as soon as one of us shows spine and gumption, the bastards shoot him down. The media was co-opted so long ago, it shouldn't be a surprise -- but, you know, it is. Everytime the media kowtows to the vile rich-power combine, it surprises me. Because I remember when it wasn't always so.
MoveOn.org gets vilified and pilloried for doing to a self-serving General what Limbaugh and Hannity and O'Reilly have done to soldiers who speak out against the carnage. Those three cowards have never served their country but enjoy the riches of Croesus by belittling those of us who did and then, to top it off, get even richer by hiding behind the flag they've shit on and by waxing superpatriotic when something like "General Betrayus" comes along.
Shuster calls one of them out and he gets dumped on. (Compare that with O'Reilly saying that the young kid who was kidnapped and repeatedly sodomized over a period of years "liked it." Or Asspimple calling 3 term Vietnam soldier and medal winner Chuck Hagel "Senator Betrayus" or or Coulter denigrating the survivors of the 9/11 catastrophe. Never once did the right wing turn on these sickening excuses for human beings. Yet Shuster calls out a lamer who can't even name the kid from her district who was killed and he's ordered to eat crow.
I don't watch much television news (except for KO, Stewart and Colbert) or read newspapers or listen to the radio (except for C-Span, and the weather and traffic station). Because it's all of it bullshit being forced through the media by the neocons and the corporate powers.
Dan Abrams has been replaced by Phil Griffin who is a VP at NBC/MSNBC in charge of programming. He is a (supposedly) fair and decent guy. Everyone should call or Email him and tell him they do not support Dan Abrams decision to make DS apologize.
Also, request that they get rid of Tucker and insist that Griffin retract the apology that DS was forced to give. Additionally, I understand that Matthews (the great grandstander and self-promoter) has spent practically every minute bashing the Clinton's and the Senator, specifically, all week long. His hatred toward them is visceral and it is really obsessive. I don't like her and have no intention of voting for her. That said, the last I checked there are quite a few others running on the Democratic ticket besides her.
I have been following this story very closely since Wednesday nights when it first broke over on www.TVNewser.
I'd love to know what the ratings were for the debates because it was competing with a double header Red Sox game and with Ken Burns PBS documentary on WWII. For all the smoke that Fat Timmeh and Matthews blow I doubt their ratings were very good.
I just sent of an email to Abrams telling him to do the research before you make a host apologize. Maybe if lots of people do that.........
delores @ 64:
sconset, I didn't see you comment until after I posted mine. Your idea is good.
David Shuster reminds me of a young Dan Rather or Sam Donaldson...he's aggressive and doesn't allow his interview subjects to BS him. And I like that! As has been stated, this whole fiasco has been blown up to address a "possible" error on his part while removing the focus from his question, which was: how could this representative get so emotional about a newspaper ad and not know the name of the last soldier killed in her district. That was the point...and on that point, the dear representative failed miserably showing herself to be fraud...who was only interested in getting out the Republican talking points deriding Move-On for their truthful ad. Dan Abrams should be ashamed of himself for forcing this apology...no reporter is going to consistently bat 1.000...he sure doesn't. This was a cowardly act. David - Keep up the good work!
Also, Tweety is going to be on The View on Monday morning to peddle his latest fishwrap-a bullshit book about how great and wonderful he is and how he ran Tip O'Neill's office and how DC couldn't function without him. What he won't tell you is he had NO friends because he was so obnoxious, Mr. O'Neill's staff tolerated him and kept him in a back room and out of any and all policy making decisions because (1) he wasn't from Mr. O's district or Massachusetts and 2) he couldn't be trusted because of his big mouth. I know this because I was very close to that office and when Mr. O's AA became Assistant Clerk of the House she became my boss and to this day we are very close--we laugh like hell at Matthews reinvention of himself. We don't give a damn that he is finally making money, we're glad for him.
Don't buy his crappy book. It'll be one less thing he will be bragging about.
Recall that this fool woman said 'yes' that she could quote the moveon ad chapter and verse but she didnt know the name of this latest soldier who was killed in iraq that had lived in her district. she needs to get her priorities right but then maybe in her shallow mind she does have them right. how sad but not unexpected.
Marsha Blackhole gets newspapers clipping daily about occurences in her district. She got plenty of clippings about soldiers from her district that have been murdered by her in the Iraq War. She just didn't look at them. She is using the excuse that she wasn't informed by the Army. Why wasn't she doing an investigation to find out why she wasnt informed by the Army? She is negligent in doing her job as a Representative. She doesn't give a shit about soliders murdered by her from her district. She is all about Marsha. Marsha, marsha, marsha. Surely American is sick of women like Marsha. You could have asked if she knew the name of any of the soldiers killed by her from her district or anywhere else and she still wouldn't have known.
Maybe Shuster's mistake was trusting CNN. Their August 2007 casualty list plainly shows Jeremy Bohannon as being from Bon Aqua, TN.
It's hard to see how his error is relevant to anything. SHE didn't know. He didn't know himself, but he doesn't represent the fucking district either.
They're really just looking for some minor error to hang their hat on.
abrams should apologize to shuster
She should have known the name of the last soldier to die in her district, even if it wasn't the one Shuster mentioned.
Kay @ 29:
I agree
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Hey, I wonder if the Democratically controlled Congress will pass a resolution condemning David Shuster.
It seems their good at cowtowing to the faux outrage from the wingnuts.
Just like MSNBC.
So what anyway! She didn't know who was the last person to die in Iraq from her district. She wasn't even able to stumble out the name of the second-from-last soldier to die, or the third, and merely hadn't recieved entirely up to date information. She quite simply had no idea of the names of anyone from her district to die over there. She didn't hear the name Bohannon and say "wait, that's not right," or "oh yes, we have been in correspondance with his family." So instead of Blackburn walking away the fool for being called out for having no interest in even the names of these men and women, of course the GOP had to entirely obscure the point by claiming that Shuster made a mistake. Even if he had been wrong, it's atrocious that anyone could claim Blackburn should be in the clear for her ignorance and apathy because of a reporter's error.
David Schuster did not have anything to appoligize for. He asked this Republican mouthpiece If she knew the last soldier to die in her district and she could not answer. She proved her ignorance even before the soldier's name was mentioned. Whoever make him do this should be ashamed for getting sucked into the Bush regime propaganda before considering the facts.
Dan Abrams, if you read this, HIRE DAVID SCHUSTER FOR HIS OWN SHOW. DUMP THAT PINHEAD TUCKER. DAVID AND KEITH ARE AMONG THE FEW WITH THE BALLS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WITH REAL JOURNALISM. This Bush coup must be stopped before it is too late.
repubes cant take a good bitch slap without attacking the minor issue and ignoring the overal larger issue.
this repube congresswoman came on with a well rehearsed script to bash an ad without addressing the real issue of so many reports stating the complete opposite of the general's report. lets focus on that repubes. stop the smoke screens to cover your collective ass. your overconcern for self preservation is getting people killed every day.
so now repube will discuss the mistreatment of one of their own as she was protecting the honor of the general while once again the "liberal" media shows that it hates the troops.
this shit is way past predictable.
Please forgive the plagiarism, but in the interest of time, I bombastically reiterate these comments from previous Mattastic and Ann.
So what anyway! She didn’t know who was the last person to die in Iraq from her district. She wasn’t even able to stumble out the name of the second-from-last soldier to die, or the third, and merely hadn’t recieved entirely up to date information. She quite simply had no idea of the names of anyone from her district to die over there. She didn’t hear the name Bohannon and say “wait, that’s not right,” or “oh yes, we have been in correspondance with his family.” So instead of Blackburn walking away the fool for being called out for having no interest in even the names of these men and women, of course the GOP had to entirely obscure the point by claiming that Shuster made a mistake. Even if he had been wrong, it’s atrocious that anyone could claim Blackburn should be in the clear for her ignorance and apathy because of a reporter’s error.
Dan Abrams, if you read this, HIRE DAVID SCHUSTER FOR HIS OWN SHOW. DUMP THAT PINHEAD TUCKER. DAVID AND KEITH ARE AMONG THE FEW WITH THE BALLS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WITH REAL JOURNALISM. This Bush coup must be stopped before it is too late.
Love you David Schuster. The cornered, desperate hacks can piss off.
If you go to MSNBC's website, then click MSNBC TV, and scroll down to the bottom of the page to "contact us," you'll have several different options for directing email to them. You can send an email to the producers of "Tucker" where the Blackburn interview took place, or to MSNBC TV generally, etc. They also give a snail mail address. I hope others besides me will let MSNBC know that rushing to cave into right-wing bloggers who turn out -- surprise surprise -- to have totally incorrect facts is not serious or responsible journalism.
OMG! That is so sick and twisted! Why in the hell should he apologiZE for asking her an honest question?
"But Shuster's apology may have been premature. The tiny hamlet of Bon Aqua, Tenn., is where Bohannon lived in the months immediately prior to entering the Army. The Census Bureau places his home in Blackburn's 7th Congressional District."
Shuster for Prez. Abrams grow some balls. Olberman rocks. Tucker sucks his gay friend Will's ass. Money talks ditch Tucker. Give Shuster his own show. Oh right I forgot MSNBC is the military. Of course Shuster can't have his own show. That would mean the war might be exposed for the charade it and MSNBC would make less money. fucking gestapo.
It time to start a petition to as ask for an apology from Mr. Abrams
I watch Matthews and Shuster every night. In fact, I rely upon them to bring me up to date. Shuster is terrific and so was that interview. Blackburn is an embarrassment to her constituency and to the House of Representatives.
Now that the truth about this soldier's residence is known, it is Shuster who deserves the apology. He was doing his job and doing it well--better than most! You're right. He should get his own show--we need more journalists like Shuster.
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