Can one discern a pattern in the behavior taking place on MSNBC?

[Karmadillo]

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh021108.shtml

PART ONE—A VERY GOOD QUESTION: In the past year, MSNBC has begun assembling quite an impressive track record. Three high points stand out:

April 2007: Dim-witted morning man Don Imus is forced to apologize—and is later fired—for saying that an impressive group of young women look like a bunch of “nappy-headed hos.” (In this case, Imus plainly messed with the wrong person—Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer.)

January 2008: Hardball host Chris Matthews is forced to apologize for reams of gender-based insults aimed at Hillary Clinton. (A string of colleagues bellow and wail—about how badly Matthews has been treated.)

February 2008: Matthews apologist David Shuster is forced to apologize—then is suspended—for saying that Chelsea Clinton was “being pimped out in a weird way.” (Honoring his network’s overall credo, Shuster makes several inaccurate statements in his forced mea culpa.)

Gee. Does anyone see any possible patterns emerging from this conduct? Let’s see: The Rutgers women were “hos.” Hillary Clinton is an “uppity” “strip-teaser” who has a “shrill” voice and a laugh that’s a “cackle.” And of course, she’s been “pimping out” her daughter. Can anyone see any possible pattern in the conduct at this broken-souled channel?

Clearly, one of this network’s patterns involves kooky gender disorder. As has been clear for many years, this dumbest of all the cable networks (oh yes—even dumber than Fox) has been packed with knuckle-dragging, white male throw-backs—the sorts of fellows who are “reminded of strip-teasers” (Matthews) when a woman runs for the White House. Matthews has been a visible gender nut for a long time. Only now, after many years, libs and Dems have begun to fight back.

But another pattern is evident here—and this one involves party politics. More particularly, it involves the mainstream press corps’ sixteen-year war against both Clintons and Gore. This brings us around to a very good question posed by a Digby commenter.

On Friday, Digby offered this sensible post about this network’s long-standing gender disorder. One of her commenters—a sensible person named Ellie—offered this perfectly sensible question about a public crackpot, Chris Matthews:

DIGBY COMMENTER (2/8/08): How does this on-camera stalker continue to have a forum for his years and years of Clinton-hatred?

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[Avalux]

1. Why are the Clintons always victims?

Honestly - I can't take 4 more years of victimization. So very tired of it.

[libertee]

2. good point...they can handle it..they always do!!!