(falling down stairs laughing)
Posted on 04/09/2012 2:32:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Barbara Walters on Journalists: You 'Don't Know Whether We're Republicans or Democrats' By Scott Whitlock Created 04/09/2012 - 5:10pm
What world does she live in? According to veteran journalist Barbara Walters on Monday, the American public doesn't know whether "most" reporters are "Republicans or Democrats." The unbelievable claim came during a View segment on the passing of 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace.
Walters, who once recoiled at the prospect of the "scary" Sarah Palin becoming President, insisted, "But, most of us...you don't know whether we're Republicans or Democrats or exhibitionists." (Exhibitionists?) The comment came after comedienne Whoopi Goldberg insisted, "And also, the journalists today don't do what journalists did, which was keep their opinions to ourselves." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Without naming names, Walters, who once cooed to Michelle Obama, "You love" Barack, "don't you," continued, "There are journalists where the whole thing is how opinionated can you be?
Maybe Walters, who once lamented that Scott Brown replaced the "beloved" Ted Kennedy, was thinking of herself?
[Thanks to MRC intern Jeff Meyer for the video.]
A transcript of the exchange, which aired at 11:07am EDT, follows:
[On the passing of Mike Wallace]
JOY BEHAR: I don't think we're going to see the Walter Cronkite era again, which is what it was. Which is- There were only a couple channels at that time, too, right, Barbara?
BARBARA WALTERS: Three.
BEHAR: Right. Now, you've got so many outlets that everybody's competing with everybody.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: And also, the journalists today don't do what journalists did, which was keep their opinions to ourselves. You always tell us about that.
BEHAR: Yeah, they don't do that.
GOLDBERG: We only saw Cronkite break once and that was at the death of Kennedy. That's the only time I remember him sort of stepping out and you seeing who he is.
WALTERS: There are journalists where the whole thing is how opinionated can you be?
GOLDBERG: Right.
BEHAR: There are others. Wolf Blitzer, for instance.
WALTERS: I will give my opinion here.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, occasionally.
WALTERS: But, most of us, do not- you don't know whether we're Republicans or Democrats or exhibitionists.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK [Deadpan]: I know you're a Republican.
I can’t laugh hard enough.
I’d call Barbara Walters an idiot but that would be an insult to idiots
Yep - we’re that stupid. :)
Don’t worry, We can tell by the B/S you spew!
Let’s just say I assumed all of them are Democrats. I’d be 95%-98% correct.
Only 99% are Dems. The other 1% is Pubbie RINOs.
Baba is the Judith Bunker of journalism.
(falling down stairs laughing)
Treat em all like Democrats. Let God sort em out! If they run, they’re Democrats. If they don’t run, they’re well-disciplined Democrats.
And which Democrat did she ever find scary? None? ‘nuff said .
And which Democrat did she ever find scary? None? ‘nuff said .
Right.
>>GOLDBERG: We only saw Cronkite break once and that was at the death of Kennedy. That’s the only time I remember him sort of stepping out and you seeing who he is.
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HAH! That liberal traitor was more opinionated than chrissy “tingle” matthews and ed I “know nothink” schultz.
Thousands of lost american lives are at the feet of cronkite, who used his “most respected man in America” rep to talk down a war, started by his liberal buddies, we were actually winning.
The one thing cronkite was NOT was objective. If there is a just God, he is rotting in hell.
LOL!! Hasselbeck got off a good one!
Journalist = Democrat. Period. Extremely few journalists will self-identify as a Republican and only on Fox News and many of them have liberal leanings.
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