David Shuster’s House of Glass
In February of 2008, MSNBC talking head David Shuster was suspended by his network for making disgusting remarks about Chelsea Clinton, daughter of then Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Specifically, Shuster accused the Clintons of “pimping out” their daughter for political purposes.
Shuster was ultimately suspended by MSNBC for two weeks, but not before he defended his comments while refusing to apologize..
“Before MSNBC’s David Shuster was suspended by the network Friday for on-air comments he made about Chelsea Clinton, the television reporter engaged in a heated correspondence with a spokesman for Hillary Rodham Clinton in which he defended his appearance and refused demands to apologize.”
Here’s the video of David Shuster’s forced apology shortly thereafter:
Recently, David Shuster decided to report on a supposed attack on President Obama’s daughter Malia from posters at the conservative internet community Free Republic.
Shuster’s accusation is that a member of Free Republic posted a photo of Malia Obama on the site and used derogatory terms to describe the teenage girl.
In fact, it all started when the British publication “The Daily Mail” ran a piece about Malia Obama wearing a peace sign t-shirt during the Obamas’ G8 Summit trip.
Someone, presumably a liberal Obama supporter, created an account at Free Republic and posted a filthy message about Malia Obama in the hopes of creating a situation they could then point to and scream racism.
Yet even left leaning blogs like Gawker have acknowledged that this was likely the work of a “reporter” from the Vancouver Sun named Chris Parry.
Chris Parry is a member and regular poster at the far left site Daily KOS and blogs there under the name “hollywoodoz” where he has frequently tried to instigate hateful astroturf style campaigns against conservatives.
Has Mr. “pimped out” David Shuster learned his lesson? Not at all.
Here he is on MSDNC MSNBC asking for an apology from a spokesperson at Free Republic:
Apparently, David Shuster takes great umbrage to offensive speech about the children of American politicians if the words are faked like this case, but not when the words are real like his own disgraceful offense.
President Obama’s children are regarded by conservatives as off limits and rightly so. It is only the vicious left, in partnership with the media, which is comfortable declaring open season on the children of conservative politicians.
Which raises a few questions… Where was David Shuster while Sarah Palin’s children were being attacked repeatedly for months?
Furthermore, how does David Shuster feel about Andrew Sullivan’s continued attack on Sarah Palin’s baby “Trig” who has Down Syndrome?
What would happen to David Shuster if he ever suggested the Obamas were “pimping out” their daughters?
The result would not be a mere two week suspension. It would involve tar, feathers and permanent exile from the American media establishment.
It would happen quickly and it would be long overdue.
