Posted on 03/16/2010 7:05:17 PM PDT by neverdem
The liberal media watchdog group Media Matters is fuming over CNN’s hiring of conservative RedState blogger Erick Erickson.
In a document provided POLITICO that Media Matters plans to post on its blog Tuesday, the group accuses Erickson of having a “long history of incendiary, sexist and racially charged statements.”
“If you need any further proof that the liberal media bias is a myth, CNN just hired someone who called David Souter a goat——ing child molester,” Media Matters Vice President of Research and Communication Ari Rabin-Havt told POLITICO.
The document includes many other profane Erickson statements, including the vulgar phrase highlighted about the former Supreme Court justice by Rabin-Havt.
The document cites 10 statements by the RedState founder that Media Matters says are guilty of invoking violence against progressives or are sexist or racist.
Among Erickson’s controversial comments is his assertion the Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate race because the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) wanted to die a “martyr for the cause” of health care.
Additionally, the liberal group points out that Erickson defended Fox News host Glenn Beck’s calling President Barack Obama a “racist” and declared that first lady Michelle Obama was a “Marxist harpy wife.”
Noting the Nobel Peace Prize won by the president, Erickson wrote on RedState: “I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota.”
In a statement, CNN Political Director Sam Feist called Erickson a “perfect fit” for the network’s new show “John King USA” that debuts Monday.
“Not only is he an agenda-setter whose words are closely watched in Washington but as a person who still lives in small-town America, Erick is in touch with the very people John hopes to reach,” Feist said. “With Erick’s exceptional knowledge of politics as well as his role as a conservative opinion leader, he will add an important voice to CNN’s ideologically diverse group of political contributors.”
Erickson explained on RedState that CNN “made an offer I couldn’t refuse.”
“I’m very excited by the opportunity,” he wrote. “Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. This is the path God put me on, and it was totally unexpected, but I go where the good Lord leads.”
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He’s a rabid afterBirther. Bark away on CNN, Ericka.
Racist, sexist, xenophobe, yawn. Mediamatters.soros can do better than that.
Pray for America
Say what?
Well, if Media Mothers doesn’t like him he must be OK.
I don't believe I've ever seen a "goat-ing child molester". But, in absolute fairness to Erickson, I have to imagine that if I did, they'd look remarkably similar to David Souter.
It's an easy mistake for Erik to make.
"Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off
.hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney.""
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off
.hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"
Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker - UPDATED"
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
You mean Barack "typical white person" Obama, and Michelle "for the first time in my life, I'm proud of my country" Obama.
I can't imagine why anyone would call one a racist, and the other "harpy". On second thought, perhaps I can think of a couple reasons.
Only 10 anti-progressive statements? Heck, Keith Olberman makes 20 vicious, incendiary anti-conservative attacks per night, and he is still anchor on MSNBC. The Soros funded "Media Maters” might have a word with MSNBC about that. Oh wait..
You don’t realize how you marginalize yourself. Yeah people will make birth jokes, but anyone carrying a chip on their shoulders about it is written off. I write you off. You don’t show very good judgment to ruin your own credibility by persisting with such fervor about a BC, which will never change anything. Eric had the good sense to draw a great big fat line in the sand to PROTECT his credibility.
I hope “offer he couldn’t refuse” means a ton of money.
If you are going to compare birthers to truthers like Ericka did, then you are beyond imbecilic.
Just wonder'n...
5.56mm
Actually, Brock’s upset that EE pointed out that Souter’s horning in on Brock’s racket.
Pass the popcorn please!
Gay fascist smear group = media matters
What does this thread have to do with Romney?
Isn’t David Brock the homo who made his career by making shite up?
Redstate and Hot Air and the rest are in the tank for Romney and hate Palin.
Truth should be an absolute defense in this situation.
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