David Shuster ain't nuthin' but a worthless piece of Republican filth.

[Jim Sagle]

From MSNBC'S bio:

David Shuster
MSNBC correspondent

MSNBC
updated 5:27 p.m. CT, Fri., Aug. 25, 2006

From 1996 - 2002, Shuster was a Washington, D.C. based correspondent for the Fox News Channel. He was at the Pentagon on 9-11 and led Fox’s coverage of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. During the Clinton administration, Shuster led Fox’s coverage of the Clinton investigations including “Whitewater,” the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Starr report and the Senate impeachment trial.

Shuster was also a member of Fox’s “You Decide 2000” political team. He spent four months on John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” bus and was Fox’s lead correspondent for McCain’s presidential campaign.

From 1994 - 1996, Mr. Shuster was a political reporter for KATV (ABC) Little Rock, Arkansas. He led the station’s coverage of “Whitewater,” including the indictments, trial, and convictions of Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Shuster’s reporting on a manufactured housing scandal earned him a regional Emmy Award for investigative journalism.

Fox's lead fuckface is more like it. Every piece of diseased meat fed to an unsuspecting public by the Scaife / Limbaugh /Hitchens / Matthews crowd was evidently amplified to the max by this scumbag. Yet we hear from the Obama faction and other gullibles about how liberal he is and how much he's on our side. Are they that dumb or are they stealth freepers just like Shuster?

[AX10]

1. K & R!

I will let others decide for themselves.
I just want to make sure that they see this.

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[emilyg]

3. K

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. He swore to god that Rove was going to be indicted. He had the

"inside scoop". He didn't have shit. He's a worthless nitwit.

[VolcanoJen]

20. He "swore to god" that Rove was going to be indicted?

Link?

I think he said something like, "Signs point to..." He didn't get nearly caught up in it as folks here at DU did, following those godawful bogus Jason Leopold spewings.

[The_Casual_Observer]

25. He was on KO every night with it. It was all going to come down

in the next day or so. This went on for weeks.

[VolcanoJen]

27. I don't remember it that way, but if I cede the argument....

... that David Schuster was a giddy cheerleader for the indictment of Karl Rove, that makes him, as the OP suggests, "Republican filth"?

:shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

29. No, just a nitwit in need of a paycheck.

[VolcanoJen]

31. He's not a nitwit, and he's not Republican filth, either.

Ever watched him go after Joe Scarborough? I really miss that balance on MSNBC in the mornings, actually.

Oh, and there's this:

"With the change of administration in Washington, I wanted to do the same kind of reporting, holding the (Bush) administration accountable, and that was not something that Fox was interested in doing," he said.

"Editorially, I had issues with story selection," Shuster went on. "But the bigger issue was that there wasn't a tradition or track record of honoring journalistic integrity. I found some reporters at Fox would cut corners or steal information from other sources or in some cases, just make things up. Management would either look the other way or just wouldn't care to take a closer look. I had serious issues with that."

Hack. :eyes:

[Garbo 2004]

39. My recollection is that the WaPo and other MSM in May 2006 published reports that

suggested Rove's indictment was imminent. It wasn't just Shuster.

[The_Casual_Observer]

42. Who cares? He was there night after night pushing a bogus story.

[Whisp]

5. he was Rather Shustered, imho. nt

[VolcanoJen]

16. "Shustered."

I think we'll all remember that one.

[babylonsister]

6. Fer cryin' out loud, that's all you've got? Bwhahaha!

Shuster was a political reporter in Arkansas 94-96 and covered the Clintons? Quelle horror! :eyes:

[Jim Sagle]

8. He covered them for FOX, ace.

And if he'd been a REAL reporter, he'd have reported that the Whitewater scandal was a HOAX!

[babylonsister]

19. Ace, according to your OP, he worked for ABC when he covered the

Clintons in Arkansas. You know something? Stop smearing people and try defending your candidate. If she's so great, what's the downside?

[mmonk]

21. Calling everybody ace might be considered demeaning.

Carry on.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

44. You inferred that Obama Supporters were "stealth freepers"

Jim, in the end of your OP, you state:

"Yet we hear from the Obama faction and other gullibles about how liberal he is and how much he's on our side. Are they that dumb or are they stealth freepers just like Shuster?"

Last I heard, Obama is running as a democrat, is even accused of being the MOST LIBERAL democrat,
and we as democrats have the right to vote for him.

I am sorry for anyone whose candidate is not winning, but it is against the rules at DU to accuse fellow democrats of being "freepers".

[robbedvoter]

7. But, but, but...our freedom of speech? I want to be able to say pimp ...on teevee

How can I be deprived of this??? Noooo! I need to say pinp on teevee - it's my constitutional right I tellsya!

[Jim Sagle]

10. Just so long as you say it about a Democrat.

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[Ian David]

9. David Shuster is pimping himself out. n/t

[Tennessee Gal]

11. Schuster left Fox because they would not let him report honestly about Bush.

He is a brilliant reporter who went to far with his remarks this time.

I hope he has learned a great lesson.

[Jim Sagle]

13. I'd like to believe that. I'm just not seeing it.

[robbedvoter]

23. I read Fox only hires GOP-ers - from CEOs to cleaning lady - so having been there

kinda proves where he stands - even if for a moment he became grossed out by their sewer level.

[vssmith]

71. I agree with you.

He was very wrong in what he said but he is no Republican. Other than KO he is one of the most liberal commentators on MSNBC.

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[Patsy Stone]

14. Who recommended this?

And why?

[Jim Sagle]

18. Democrats. Just because.

[Patsy Stone]

22. I'd like proof of that.

Just because.

[babylonsister]

34. ...

:loveya: Hi, Patsy, and me, too!

[Patsy Stone]

36. Hey!

Where ya been? :loveya:

Funny we should meet here in this dusty, nasty place, huh?

[babylonsister]

40. One day, we shall actually share a 'place' for awhile, I hope!

I've been to Mexico, with sis and hubs for a b'day. FUN! Super Bowl Sunday and my GIANTS won! That's my only sport, only team. We were all in heaven considering the trip was planned when the Giants were losing.
That's my story! :hug:

[VolcanoJen]

15. Remember when he was the only reporter on the Plame/Libby beat?

I do.

So suddenly Fox News -----> David Schuster -----> MSNBC ----> Limbaugh and Scaiffe -----> Barack Obama????

Over an unfortunate and offensive one-time comment he apologized twice for and is now serving a suspension for?

[mmonk]

26. That's the logic (or lack thereof).

[Mojorabbit]

17. You might want to read this

http://newsbusters.org/node/1976
He is no fox stooge.

[Tennessee Gal]

24. That's what I thought.

[itsrobert]

28. Thanks for setting the record straight

good job!

[bleever]

69. Thanks for posting that.

Shuster is a credit to the news business. I hate to see slander like this on DU.

[lordsummerisle]

30. If he's being attacked like this from both sides

then I'd say he's doing his job...he's a reporter, not a commentator.

[OzarkDem]

32. Of course he is, why else would he not go after Obama, too?

Why else would he be attacking Clinton while giving Obama and McCain a free ride? Attacking the Clintons is reflexive for someone of his caliber and background.

Did the Obama supporters who gave her a hard time for standing up to him really think people were so dumb as to believe he was a fair and honest reporter?

[Garbo 2004]

33. Shuster schools neocon who compares Scooter Libby to American troops killed in Iraq...

From TPM:

A month ago, Fouad Ajami, a prominent neocon at Johns Hopkins, wrote a bizarre op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in Scooter Libby's defense. "In 'The Soldier's Creed,'" Ajami wrote, "there is a particularly compelling principle: 'I will never leave a fallen comrade.' ... can't be left behind as a casualty of a war our country had once proudly claimed as its own."

Yesterday, David Shuster, guest hosting MSNBC's Hardball, took Ajami to task for comparing Libby to American troops

Ideally, this should be routine. A marginal neocon appeared on MSNBC to talk about a column he wrote a month ago. A professional broadcaster, who knew what he was talking about, pointed out the guest's errors of fact and judgment for the benefit of the television audience. At the risk of sounding ridiculous, this is what TV shows are supposed to do.

But exchanges like the one between Shuster and Ajami are so rare, that some of us see them and can barely contain our excitement. What should be routine has become extraordinary. Digby said the segment made her "almost feel like the world is setting itself back on its axis -- at least for today."...

Full text and video at http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/159949.php Video also at Crooks & Liars: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/06/david-shuster-dismantles-another-libby-supporter/

[femrap]

35. I love studying history and

reading bios.

[McCamy Taylor]

37. Oh hush! This is too much. Shuster is a smart journalist. NBC treated him shabbily.

They over reacted to him to make up for the fact that they did not do enough about Tweety.

People attempting to fight the Obama vs. Hillary War over Shuster's journalistic career look like a bunch of idiots. He is neither a martyr nor a devil. He is just a reporter.

I am ashamed of both camps.

[gmudem]

38. Shuster made a dumb comment.

But this is far from the truth. He did some great work reporting on Plame-Gate and I think some other DU'ers will agree with me that they see him as a good reporter, certainly much better than most of the actual filth out there.

[MagickMuffin]

41. So, now any DUer here is automatically not of the ONE MIND SET is now a STEALTH FREEPER.

What an asinine thing to imply. I will not get outraged by someone's unfortunate remark. Shuster apologized twice for his dumb-ass remark. Management took control of the situation.

I am a Liberal first and foremost. I love being able to think for myself and analyze situations. I have been an observer all my life, and that's what makes me unique. That I have the ability to be a critical thinker and not submit to One Mind Set.

When I saw him saying that, I thought he's going to pay dearly for that.

Did I get outraged?
No, because I knew the situation would be dealt with by management.

Do I think he should have been fired?
No, I think he is getting some time off to think about what an ass he was for what he said.

Should I have rallied behind the Clinton's?
No. They know how to take control of the situation better than I could. Which they did, BTW.

Did they ask for Shuster to be dismissed?
No. They asked the networks to consider the implications and actions of their words and deeds.


If you think me being a liberal is equivalent to a Freeper, then I guess I have no choice but to vote for McCain, after all McCain is being labeled a democrat and a liberal:crazy:

I think you need to learn the ART OF PERCEPTION. Because right now you are very crafted in the ART OF DECEPTION.

[Garbo 2004]

43. 2005 Shuster interview: Fox was not interested in holding Bush Administration accountable.

Excerpt:

Shuster will return to Bloomington this week to speak on the topic, "TV News Rediscovers Its Critical Voice: A Look at the Way That Coverage of the Bush Administration Has Changed Since 9/11." The talk will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday in the atrium of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs on the Indiana University campus.

The University of Michigan graduate said the gist of his address will focus on how the changing mood of the country has driven news coverage to be more critical of the administration. "I don't want to say the media always follow the weather vane of public opinion, but in any administration there is an accumulative effect and the particular circumstances of the past five years have driven the media to examine issues more critically than was the case early on," he said.

When asked whether he would have had that opportunity while working at Fox, Shuster laughed, remained silent for a pregnant pause and said, "No. The answer is no."

He went on to recount his six-year tenure at Fox. "At the time I started at Fox, I thought, this is a great news organization to let me be very aggressive with a sitting president of the United States (Bill Clinton)," Shuster said. "I started having issues when others in the organization would take my carefully scripted and nuanced reporting and pull out bits and pieces to support their agenda on their shows.

"With the change of administration in Washington, I wanted to do the same kind of reporting, holding the (Bush) administration accountable, and that was not something that Fox was interested in doing," he said. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2005/10/02/column.1002-SH-A3_CMK35541.sto ;/div]

[Garbo 2004]

49. Mediabistro/DC Fishbowl: "Shuster battles Fox, Evil"

If you're not a regular TVNewser reader, MSNBC's David Shuster has gotten into quite the little pissing match with Fox News' horde of damage control experts.

It all started when Shuster explained to his hometown paper, The Herald-Times, why he left Fox, and, in the process, criticized the network. It wasn't the first time he'd said such things, but this time Fox hit back--hard, as they are prone to do.

Fox execs decided to publicize details out of his confidential HR file.

Now Shuster has hit back again: "If I want to do a hit job on Fox News, everybody at that organization knows that I could tear them apart," he tells TVNewser. "Everybody there also knows that it would be a severe mistake to try to start a battle with me. Roger Ailes, John Moody, and the rest of management knows that I would do far more damage to them than they could ever do to me."

In classic form, Fox has officially wished him well.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/teapot_tempests/david_shuster_battles_fox_evil_26663.asp

[bagimin]

70. Please, no facts for those on my ignore list...

they'll be overwhelmed

[Norwood]

45. Garbage thread

Nothing informative just a lot of name calling and baseless accusation. OMG Shuster reported on Clinton when he was the president! For shame! In the end you're just looking for another way to smear supporters of your candidates opponent.

Shuster has apologized, which is what he needed to do. He was suspended, case closed let it the hell go.

[Alizaryn]

46. Huh?

Have you listened to any of his reporting in regards to the Plame case or torture or the attorney scandal? That's just a SAMPLE of some of the work he has done that as far as I am concerned was the most in depth and pure that I heard anywhere.

So .... he blew it. He said something that would not have even caused a blink in a real life conversation in MOST places and got suspended as a punishment. I can't and don't blame MSNBC or Clinton for their reactions, I just hope that the punishment has an end point and he can get back to doing the work that many of us appreciate.

[jlake]

47. Kick so the Obamabots can see that they are blinded by partisanship.

[rodeodance]

50. Blindfaith mentality will prevent many from seeing the light!

[Forkboy]

56. LOL

The irony is thick.

[Political Heretic]

48. lol wut?

[mojowork_n]

52. I was surprised to see his history.

But who knows, David Brock (the Media Matters guy) was once on their team, too. I think he actually named it, 'the Republican Noise Machine.' (?)

More recently, on the morning program, whenever Mika and Joe have been getting all swoony and kissy face with how wonderful each of them is, he's been like the bucket of cold water, doing the actual reporting with a straight face, usually with something good to contribute.

[madfloridian]

53. Wasn't Keith with Fox News as well? If so throw him off the air, too.

I think I have it somewhere.

This really has turned me against Hillary, and the fact that people here at DU think it is ok scare me.

Let me look that up about Keith.

[madfloridian]

55. Ok, I found this.

Will have to find the original link to Bozell's site.
I posted this in December.

This is from a right wing site from 1998...so not sure all the details are right.

"On the bright side, we won’t have Olbermann to lecture us must longer. That evil conservative Rupert Murdoch has bought out the last two years of Olbermann’s $600,000 a year MSNBC deal. In December Olbermann will jump to Fox Sports where he’s expected to anchor the 11pm ET highlights show for the Fox Sports News show on cable. Just how much did Monicagate annoy Olbermann? In the November 10 New York Post Michael Starr relayed:
"Insiders say Olbermann was so angry at the constant Sexgate coverage that he demanded to be let out of his contract, ripped his nameplate off his door in frustration and often showed up for work just minutes before airtime."

I think this is Brent Bozell's site, so I won't link.

Keith will be very cautious about taking up for Shuster.

Shuster is a scapegoat for the Hillary campaign.

[livetohike]

54. This explains the love affair with Huckabee on MSNBC

He's received more free air time than all the other candidates combined.

[IsItJustMe]

57. And yet we have posters wanting up to contact MSNBC to tell them to put him back to work.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4541644

This place is getting nuttier by the minute.

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. I *heart* Jim Sagle! This explains so much! I didn't know he was a FAUX news has been!

THANK YOU!

Have one of my hearts! You deserve it! GREAT POST!:hi:

K & R!

[ProSense]

59. Scaife? Bill Clinton and Richard Mellon Scaife "So Happy Together"

POLITICS

So Happy Together

Bill archenemy Richard Mellon Scaife now has 'admiration' for him. Huh?

By Mark Hosenball | NEWSWEEK
Nov 19, 2007 Issue

Bill Clinton is never at a loss for company. When he's not globe-trotting or charming audiences for as much as $400,000 a speech, he's often schmoozing visitors in his suite of offices in Harlem. Last July, the former president sat down with a billionaire impressed with the William J. Clinton Foundation's campaign against AIDS in Africa. The two men chatted amiably over lunch for more than two hours, and the visitor pledged to write Clinton's foundation a generous check. But there was something unusual, if not plain weird, about the meeting. NEWSWEEK has learned that the billionaire so eager to endear himself to the former president was Richard Mellon Scaife—once the Clintons' archenemy and best-known as the man behind a "vast, right-wing conspiracy" that Hillary Clinton said was out to destroy them.

Scaife was no run-of-the-mill Clinton hater. In the 1990s, the heir to the Mellon banking fortune contributed millions to efforts to dig up dirt on President Clinton. He backed the Clinton-bashing American Spectator magazine, whose muckrakers produced lurid stories about Clinton's alleged financial improprieties and trysts. Scaife also financed a probe called the Arkansas Project that tried, among other things, to show that Clinton, while Arkansas governor, protected drug runners.

The Arkansas Project largely came up empty, and most of the stories were ignored by all but the most avid Clinton antagonists. But one Scaife-backed conspiracy theory got widespread attention. In 1993, White House aide and Clinton friend Vince Foster was found dead of a gunshot wound in a park outside Washington, D.C. Three official investigations concluded the death was a suicide. Yet Scaife dollars helped promote assertions that Foster had been murdered—the not-so-subtle subtext being that the Clintons had something to do with it. Scaife hired Christopher Ruddy, a reporter who doggedly pursued the conspiracy theory in a Scaife newspaper, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Though discredited, the story resonated with people who believed Clinton was hiding dark secrets. Scaife and Ruddy later started Newsmax, a Web site and magazine that attacks their enemies and lauds their heroes.

<...>

What is going on here? Scaife declined to comment, but Ruddy tells NEWSWEEK he and Scaife believe Clinton's life since leaving office has been "very laudable," and that he is doing "very important work representing the country when the U.S. is widely resented in the world." He said they never suggested Clinton was involved in Foster's death, and insisted they were not among those hyping alleged Clinton sex scandals, though he acknowledged their work may have encouraged others.

more

Scaife also told the magazine: "I don't want people throwing rocks at me in the street. But I believe in open marriage."

Clinton gave Scaife an autographed copy of his book and Scaife said he later sent $100,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Forbes magazine has estimated Scaife's wealth at $1.3 billion.

link

[ProSense]

60. Let's not forget Hillary's buddy at Fox, Suzanne Estrich, writes for a Sciafe-funded wingnut rag

Suzanne Estrich is a writer for a Sciafe funded wingnut rag:

Estrich appears frequently on Fox News as a legal and political analyst, giving the liberal perspective. She has also substituted for Alan Colmes on the debate show Hannity & Colmes. Estrich writes regular articles for NewsMax for which she is a pundit.<1> and is also on the Board of Editorial Contributors for USA Today. On January 10, 2008, she joined the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges law firm, a litigation powerhouse based in Los Angeles.

More

[Garbo 2004]

61. Clinton: "independent study" seems to suggest Fox more fair...

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/hillary_slams_msnbcpraises_fox_77235.asp

Politico interview in which she refers to the study here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8453.html

The group that produced that "indpendent study" appears to be funded by conservative foundations:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/28/conservativefunded-study_n_78528.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Media_and_Public_Affairs#Funding

[dave29]

62. My parents know his parents.

He is liberal. He may have smeared Chelsea with a bad choice of words, but you have smeared him with this tripe.

[Bucky]

65. No, he insulted Chelsea with a bad choice of words.

"Smearing" would be concocting some bogus corruption charge to pin on her.

[dave29]

66. good point

I guess I just smeared myself ? :)

[Bucky]

67. Ha!! You're a DUINO!

Now I've smeared you too!

[Bucky]

63. Um, I think you forgot the sarcasm tag

wow, I may run out of popcorn on this one.

[yeswecan08]

64. David Shuster is a loyal progressive who made a minor mistake - move on

[LTR]

68. So, being assigned to cover certain stories makes him a Republican?

Obviously some people have no idea how journalism works.

[mod mom]

72. He made a mistake, but as a progressive woman, I believe he is a very good reporter

who has earned my respect. Who here among us has never erred? I certainly have. I think of the excellent coverage David provided during the Libby trial and how he was the lone reporter who included members of the new media into the mix. I look forward to his return!