Posted on 10/14/2022 4:23:59 PM PDT by simpson96
On her podcast, Fast Politics, author and journalist Molly Jong-Fast asked Gisele Barreto Fetterman, wife of Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate, John Fetterman, about an interview of her husband that resulted in controversy and accusations of ableism this week. Mrs. Fetterman expressed outrage that the reporter has not faced any “consequences” for it.
When NBC News reporter Dasha Burns interviewed the Pennsylvania candidate, he relied on a closed-caption display as a visual aid, due to what he and his campaign have characterized as “audio processing” issues he’s experienced following a stroke this year.
While talking about the interview, Burns noted that he did indeed seem to have issues processing conversation that was strictly based on processing audio, without the aid of closed-captioning, as he had stated. But her confirmation of Fetterman’s description of his situation was met with widespread outrage from fellow journalists and liberal media figures after it was shared and discussed in the conservative media.
Jong-Fast brought up the interview by claiming that Burns “took some liberties” with her supposition of his health.
“How did you feel?” she asked.
“I don’t like saying rage because I think that’s a really unhealthy feeling, and when you feel those things, it only harms yourself,” said Fetterman. “But I just, you know, what a disservice that she did to not only my husband, but to anyone facing a disability and working through it.”
Fetterman made it clear she felt there should have been punishment and shared her consternation that there hasn’t been.
“I don’t know how there were not consequences, right?” she said. “I mean, there are consequences for folks in these positions who are any of the -isms. I mean, she was ablest and that’s what she was in her interview.”
She also took direct aim at NBC News and other media outlets for not reporting about her husband in the way she feels would be appropriate.
“It just shows there’s so much work to do. But these networks have to take accountability, right? Like, where is your training, right?” Fetterman said. “It was appalling to see and you see that in schools. You see that with young children. You don’t expect to see it at this level.”
By custom the reporter should be kneecapped for breaking the code of professional journalists...../S
Report the facts, get punished.
A truly monumental sense of entitlement on display here.
OFF WITH HER HEAD!
No one questions our SUPERIORS!
Amazing isn’t it? We see a reporter actually does a halfway responsible interview, not a puff piece interview, and the response isthat she should be punished somehow for conducting said interview.
gisele
is it pronounced jill?
another climber abusing their husband
To put it another way, when people speak to John Fetterman, what he hears is the adult trombone voice that responds to the Peanuts characters questions. While it is easy to feel compassion for anyone in Fetterman’s condition, it is also easy to suggest that the Senate is not Charlie Brown’s third grade class and that we might expect a little bit more from our members in the exclusive Senate club.
Mrs Quasimodo is angry.
how dare she report the news
instead of covering up for a dem
What exactly is the objectionable reporting?
For reporting the fact that he is using a closed caption device, his wife wants this reporter fired or face so called consequences? What exactly is the crime that was committed here?
Did she complain before or after she changed her husbands diaper? Does she believe that her and jill have a great rapport because they both know the diaper drill well? Inquiring minds want to know.
How do you cover up that big ugly tumor on his neck?
Evidently, he’s not up to the job and his wife whining about it should not make one whit of difference. She sounds like a spoiled brat who didn’t get her way.
Leftists lie.
Democrats will cheat.
Fetterman will win.
Fetterman will die.
Wifey will take his seat.
Wifey will be a good little Stalinist and ensure there are Consequences for all enemies of the Party.
Fascists gonna Fasce.
not a problem if it was just auditory
but it is difficult for him to speak in complete sentences
and the sentences he does complete do not make sense
Send me back to NJ?
The wife of the Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, and wife of a possible future Senator is calling for punishment and persecution of a reporter...
um... yeah... if someone isn’t ABLE to do the job... no one should vote for them!
if that makes me an abilist... then HECK YEAH! I ALWAYS want the most ABLE person to serve in any position!
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