Objectivity? Reporter Dana Milbank Wears a Hunter's Outfit For MSNBC Interview

Newsbusters.org ^ | 13 February 2006 | Dave Pierre

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On tonight's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on MSNBC (Monday, February 13, 2006), Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank appeared for an interview wearing a bright-orange hunter's vest and hat. Michelle Malkin has the photo and video.

How on earth is anyone supposed to believe that the Washington Post can maintain any objectivity on the Cheney hunting story when one of their most veteran and prominent reporters shows up for an interview dressed like this?

Think back to 1998. Imagine a female newspaper reporter (not an opinion columnist, but a reporter, mind you) showing up for a television interview dressed in a beret and looking like Monica Lewinsky. Or a male columnist wearing a Clinton wig and holding a cigar. It never would have happened, because these people would have lost their jobs. Their employer's credibility would have been shot.

It's astonishing: It appears Milbank wasn't even trying to hide his bias!

HT: Michelle Malkin.

[finnman69]

What an ass

link here:

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004550.htm

[finnman69]

Dana, reset your credibility dial further down to negative 100.

[dinasour]

I see your pic and raise you one.

 

 

This is a brand new one, from CPAC.

 

Jesse must be a saint among men. I wonder if he could have known that he'd marry a Vast Right Wing Supermodel. As least in her case, I actually do read the articles.

 

 

[cgk]

That is one fantastic pic of a BEAUTIFUL brilliant woman. May I use it in future pings for the Malkin list? I'll always credit you as the photographer. :)

[knightshadow]

This is the media many Americans still trust to give them accurate "news"???? This stunt is even beyond abject bias. It crosses far into the realm of the tasteless, deliberately malevolent and gauche. Anyone with even basic intelligence can't place any credibility in the so-called MSM.

[knightshadow]

"What an ass."

And that's being kind.

[dinasour]

May I use it in future pings for the Malkin list?

Absolutely. I consider it public domain and I don't need a credit.

I wish I had more, but didn't want to pester her. It was a book signing, after all, not a photo shoot.

She is every bit as lovely and gracious in person, but I'm sure everyone here knows that.

[potlatch]

LOL, that's a good one!

[Intolerant in NJ]

The good thing about Olbermann's "Countout" is that it only has 28 viewers nationally...which helps explain why some of the networks are in an absolute panic over the suggestions being floated that in the future cable customers might be able to select the specific channels they want to receive rather than being forced to pay for a "bundle" of channels selected by the cable companies - if CNN and MSNBC start getting compensated for the actual value people find in their programming, they won't be around for long........

[Harrius Magnus]

He looks like a stumpy penis with an orange condom. Maybe he was shilling for safe sex in our public grade schools.

[Harrius Magnus]

great work! taxes, death, and Leftist hypocrisy --- the only three you can absolutely bank on.