David Shuster: Exonerated? Was the soldier from Blackburn's district after all?

[DeepModem Mom]

Media Bistro: Thursday, Sep 27
Shuster: Exonerated?


Shuster's on-air apology.

FishbowlDC hears that Scripps Howard has a piece set for publication tomorrow detailing how, despite MSNBC's David Shuster's Wednesday apology that he mistakenly accused Rep. Marsha Blackburn of failing to know the identity of the last person from her district to die in Iraq, Jeremy Bohannon was in fact from Blackburn's district, exonerating Shuster from any error.

Developing...

Questions for tomorrow: Why did MSNBC rush Shuster to apologize? And, more importantly, who made him do so? Or did Shuster and MSNBC just not have the info (or didn't do the research) that Scripps dug up? Either way this is an interesting 'Right-Wrong-Right' back and forth not frequently seen and certainly shows the potential pitfalls of our instant news cycle.

>UPDATE: The story continues to evolve. TVNewser posts a note, regarding Bohannon's death, from the U.S. Army addressed to Rep. Tanner's district.

Does Scripps Howard still have a way to explain this away? Or will the Scripps piece not totally exonerate Shuster? Or -- more shocking still -- did the U.S. Army get it wrong? (read: doubtful)

UPDATE: Are we missing the point here? Conservatives are arguing that Shuster pulled a fast one on Blackburn and would not do the same to a Democrat. No one knows the answer to that hypothetical. But what we do know is this: Whether or not Bohannon is or isn't from Blackburn's district, the fact remains that Blackburn failed to recall the name of the last person to die in Iraq from her district. Big Bad Liberal Media conspiracies aside, Blackburn failed that basic test.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

(NOTE: To quote the dreadful Drudge, this story is clearly still "developing.")

[spanone]

1. K&r

[indepat]

2. Marsha, imo, doesn't give a rat's ass who or how many soldiers were killed/maimed implementing

junior's PNAC agenda. Let's all get real for Marsha obviously, also imo, doesn't give a rat's ass how many children in her congressional district die from lack of proper medical attention/care. A real winner this Marsha, the embodiment of everything wholly rotten, no putrid, about 'puke values and priorities. Other than that, I don't care for Marsha, :puke:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm Confused

Was Schuster wrong about the soldier's district and even if he was wrong the congresswoman didn't know either...

[blondeatlast]

6. What I know of it: apparently it's a gerrymandered district (big surprise, eh?)

that splits Bohnnon's hometown fairly neatly in half. Bohannon LIVED (I think that's an important word) near the border and the MSNBC news intern got it off.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. The matter, I don't think, is settled. It sounds like info is still being uncovered. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Salient Point -----> " .....the fact remains that Blackburn failed to recall the name ......... "

This is like the Dan Rather thing. The underlying FACT here is that Blackburn did not know the name of the last soldier from HER district to Die For The Lie.

As for Drudge .... I hope the hole in the end of his dick heals over and he explodes from the back pressure.

[blondeatlast]

7. Agree on all points, especially the last. nt

[blondeatlast]

5. Blackburn made the egregious mistake right there for all to see.

We're ebing played yet again by the lazy, complicit lapdogs.

[lateo]

8. OMG he got Rather'd.

Surprised?

[blondeatlast]

10. I smelled it from the start and called foul when it was posted here.

Pardon my boast...

[orleans]

11. i guess msnbc got too many "yeah! way to go david!" emails

sending congrats w/the interview with marsha.

they couldn't take it.
they had to suicide david.
the praise was too fucking much for them.

i haven't heard there was a question about this kid's district, i hadn't heard shuster apologized. ugh.

[garybeck]

12. It's not his job to know the name. It's her's.