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TPM's Sargent: It Was Not About Shuster, It Was About NBC And Tweety

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Good for Greg Sargent and good for TPM:

Anyway, this should settle it: As dumb and clueless as Shuster's "pimp" remark, this was never really about him. The Clinton campaign, while genuinely upset about what Shuster said, lashed out at the network because they were primarily irked by Matthews' conduct, and were sending a message to MSNBC that it's time that Matthews muzzle himself.

Of course Tweety was the biggest problem, but Shuster (who defended Matthews and has his own pattern of sexist comments), Joe Scarborough and the entire network have a sexism problem in their coverage. But the important thing is it was about NBC's pattern of behavior, not about David Shuster's one remark. Good to see TPM acknowledge this.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).