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.

[MJY1288]

BRWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA, Was he Auditioning for Broke Back Mountain?

[misterrob]

I didn't see it but frankly I think that is kind of funny.

[oceanview]

CNN has a guy on tonight with anderson cooper, test firing a shotgun into a target, noting the pellet pattern it would make. I guess they are anxiously awaiting photos of the man cheney hit.

[italianquaker]

i could care if he chops his head off

[Mojave]

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.

Maybe for their job interview.

[PilloryHillary]

Ridiculous! Almost comical if it weren't so malicious and pathetic.

[Conservative Firster]

[BigSkyFreeper]

The interview with Alan Simpson on Hardball was funny as hell too. These northeastern elitist bozo's haven't one clue about hunting, it's protocol, much less the difference between a 22 gauge and a 28 gauge shotgun.

Simpson pounded Matthews into mulch.

[frankjr]

The outfit itself is kind of funny, but that makes sense, Milbank is a comdian, not a reporter.

[w1andsodidwe]

Actally the clip was hilarious. He sais he was wearing the orange outfit because he is in a studio near the Vice President's residence.

[John Lenin]

[F16Fighter]

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.

Three-dollar bill Olbermann and a Washington Post Reporter?

What is this -- a gay vaudeville act?

[Howlin]

It is malicious. And it's frightening how they feel so empowered to openly mock this situation.

[BigSkyFreeper]

PING

[John Lenin]

Mary Mahoney
White House Intern
died 7/97

An attractive 25 year old woman, Mary was a former White House Intern for Bill Clinton working as the Assistant Manager at a Starbuck's Coffee shop in Georgetown.

In the pre-trial publicity surrounding Paula Jones lawsuit, and mere days after Newsweek's Mike Isikoff had dropped hints that a "former White House staffer" with the initial "M" was about to go public with her story of sexual harassment at 1600 Pennsylvania, gunmen entered the Starbuck's while the crew was cleaning up after closing.

Mary's two associates, Aaron Goodrich, 18 and Emory Evans, 25, were taken to a room and shot. Mary herself had five bullets in her, from at least two different guns, most likely with silencers. A total of ten shots were fired; none of them heard by neighbors in the densely populated Georgetown section. Mary was shot in the chest, her face, and in the back of the head. Someone wanted her very dead. Or to send a message.

One report is that the Starbuck's was still locked when the bodies were found the next morning. Robbers don't bother locking doors. George Stephenopolis, Monica Lewinsky, and Chelsea Clinton were all regulars at the Starbuck's.

The Washington Weekly continues to investigate this case. Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to contact the Washington Weekly by email at editor@dolphin.gulf.net . Confidentiality is assured.

[Mo1]

He looks more like a Penn Dot worker fixing the pot holes ... FOFL

[BigSkyFreeper]

And it's frightening how they feel so empowered to openly mock this situation.

I agree. That's the most disgusting part. The most idiotic part of this whole story is the media hoping for a Congressional investigation, and resignation of the VP.

Sorry about the earlier ping. I see you found your way over here. :)

[AmishDude]

Dana Milbank being the media reporter for the WaPo is such a joke.

[roses of sharon]

Milbank is not biased, never has been.

He is a political operative working for a political organization, running a 24/7 campaign.

A faux journalist.