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.

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!!! You're absolutely right!!! Great observation Mo! LMAO!

[Mo1]

"The interview with Alan Simpson on Hardball was funny as hell too"


Alan Simpson Chastises Press Coverage of Cheney Hunting Incident (VIDEO)
http://exposetheleft.com/2006/02/13/simpsoncheneyhunting/

[PilloryHillary]

That pic is a photoshopped joke, right?

[Anti-Bubba182]

Keith Olbermann should be doing Sports at a local outlet somewhere. He has the worst case of O'Reilly penis envy ratings envy on cable.

[Holicheese]

"showing up for a television interview dressed in a beret and looking like Monica Lewinsky."
And wearing a blue dress covered in Presi-dew!

[Denver Ditdat]

much less the difference between a 22 gauge and a 28 gauge shotgun.

Oops. One too many twos. ;-)

[BigSkyFreeper]

That pic is a photoshopped joke, right?

Nope, it's legit. The joke is the one in the orange toque and DOT vest.

[Richard Kimball]

How about if somebody showed up to interview Ted Kennedy soaking wet with seaweed in their hair? Or interviewed John Kerry wearing a ski jacket with a daisy pull chain?

[AmishDude]

Penn Dot? Nah, he looks like he might have a trickle of sweat on his forehead from the lights.

That would never happen to a Penn Dot employee.

[llevrok]

CNN has a guy on tonight with anderson cooper, test firing a shotgun into a target, noting the pellet pattern it would make.

The difference between us and "them" is that the 78 year old Cheney buddy is laughing it off - not calling and ambulance chaser and Sara Brady.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yep. You're right. Matthews was under the impression they were using shotguns used for deer hunting, and Simpson said if you did that, the dogs would be bringing back a mouthful of feathers.

[hipaatwo]

Slaps knees while laughing LOUDLY out loud!

[Mo1]

LOL!!! You're absolutely right!!! Great observation Mo! LMAO

My husband is a hunter .. and though yes I do make fun of his hunting outfit at times ... it's my job as a good wife :0)

He doesn't looks like a fool like Dana does

[LowNslow]

Hunting Vest - NOT!!!

How about NYC school crossing guard vest.

[Mo1]

Penn Dot? Nah, he looks like he might have a trickle of sweat on his forehead from the lights.

LOL .. I have to disagree

Put a Stop/Slow sign in his hand and he would without a doubt as a Penn Dot worker

[Carolinamom]

Ignorant and malicious fools....all of them, and they're making themselves the story.

[BigSkyFreeper]

My brother and father went deer hunting one time many years ago, after my brother got his hunter safety course certification at the age of 12. They drove up to the top of a hill to stake out a spot down below and were met with bullets zinging over their heads because from a distance, the brown pickup truck they were driving in looked like a deer. They ducked down and got the heck out of there real quick.

Scary situation, but they laugh about it nowadays.

[BigSkyFreeper]

He could easily pass as the orange cone in road construction areas.

[llevrok]

This dope in the touque (Canadian for stocking cap) reminds me of the old MacKenzie Bros. from SCTV

[Sir Gawain]

How about if somebody showed up to interview Ted Kennedy soaking wet with seaweed in their hair?

bwahahahahahahaha...

I'd do it for a Michelob!