Okay, this is simply hilarious. Some enterprising James O’Keefe wannabe found a picture of Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist, hugging Sen. Sherrod Brown and probably thought he finally had proof of the “elite media” being in bed with liberal politicians. So he emailed Schultz seeking comment:
Dear Ms. Shultz,
We are doing an expose on journalists in the elite media who socialize with elected officials they are assigned to cover. We have found numerous photos of you with Sen. Sherrod Brown. In one of them, you appear to be hugging him.
Care to comment?
Schultz’ response is perfectly understated:
Dear Mr. [Name Deleted]:
I am surprised you did not find a photo of me kissing U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown so hard he passes out from lack of oxygen. He’s really cute.
He’s also my husband.
You know that, right?
Connie Schultz
This guy has a bright future at Breitbart.com.
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Gregory in Seattle
July 23, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Gives a new new twist to “being in bed with.”
eric
July 23, 2012 at 11:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Prediction: some conservative pundit will pick up this guy’s story idea and run with it, absent of any mention of the two individuals being married. Maybe said pundit will apologize a month from airing it, in footnote or the credit roll of their show, but maybe not.
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
July 23, 2012 at 11:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He’s got a dull future at breitbart.com. There’s nothing bright about breitbart (outside of the phonetic resemblance, of course).
Pierce R. Butler
July 23, 2012 at 11:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Will somebody please drop Mr. Deleted a hot tip about then-Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan shacking up for years with “news” person Andrea Mitchell before Baby Jesus finally shamed them into performing the mystical/legal ritual that made it tolerable to decent Amurkyns?
valhar2000
July 23, 2012 at 11:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Doesn’t this “prove” his point, though? Not only is the Media bias in favor of liberal politicians, it is actually married to them!
jerthebarbarian
July 23, 2012 at 12:01 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
valhar2000 @5
Mr. Andrea Mitchell would object.
To be honest there IS a problem with media/political/business elite entanglements. But it is less a conservative/liberal one and more an elite/everyone else one – it’s classism not ideology. But of course we can’t discuss classism in this country because to even mention the topic is Class Warfare.
The Lorax
July 23, 2012 at 12:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
investigativereportingGvlgeologist, FCD
July 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m much nastier than she is. I would have replied, “no comment”, then waited for the twerpblogger to post his/her article before busting it.
slc1
July 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
valhar2000 @ #5
Alan Greenspan, one time acolyte of Ayn Rand, a liberal politician?
Michael Heath
July 23, 2012 at 3:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
slc1 writes:
IIRC he’s a reformed acolyte of libertarianism, at least somewhat reformed given his concession that he was wrong to assume the Street was capable of self-regulation. Self-regulation in terms of sufficiently reserving liquid assets to hedge against devaluations of riskier illiquid assets such as securitized bundled home loans. He’s a classic illustration of someone who was able to fool moderates, including this one.
Since the rise of the Internet, fooling the relatively well-informed is now far harder to do now given blogs like Andrew Sullivan’s, watchdogs like Media Matters, and even some mainstream media outlets leveraging the work of bloggers and watchdogs. “Classic” because I doubt hardly any moderates knew Mr. Greenspan was so anti-regulation. I only remember the reports after the crash, where Frontline’s report stands out on his, Rubin, and Summer’s successful opposition to regulating the investment banks during the Clinton Administration.
Robert M.
July 23, 2012 at 3:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s an extra marital affair occurring between two people who are married to each other, do you see what liberals are doing to marriage?
Childermass
July 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
No. No. No. Who cares about embarrassing some no-name twerpblogger? Wait until Fox News picks it up.
And say something a bit stronger than “no comment.” How about “It is none of your business how often I hug Sen. Brown. What gives you the right to ask about a private matter?”
dan4
July 23, 2012 at 8:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Schultz is a columnist, not a reporter, for pete’s sake. She’s ALLOWED to be biased. Jeez.
kennypo65
July 23, 2012 at 8:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I just did a spit take with my orange crush. That’s hilarious.
raven
July 23, 2012 at 8:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I would have just pointed out that they were both consenting adults and his wife knew all about it.
And then wait until Fox News, Limbaugh, Hannity, and O’Reilly pick up on it.
bad Jim
July 23, 2012 at 9:23 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Not quite as good as Frances McDormand on how she got her part in Fargo: “The fact that I’m sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.”
Chris Hallquist
July 24, 2012 at 1:56 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@valhar2000 Exactly. Didn’t she get the memo that when you become a journalist, you sign away your right to normal human relationships?
Pieter B, FCD
July 24, 2012 at 1:59 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That’s just another reason I love that woman. And even with her snarky sense of humor, she still withholds the guys name in the hopes that he’ll learn something from it. I wouldn’t have been so nice.