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-Election 2012
Anti-Romney joke gets editor fired
2012-08-30
[Washington Post] David Chalian, the Yahoo News Washington Bureau chief, has been fired after getting caught claiming that "they" -- Willard Mitt Romney
...former governor of Massachussetts, currently the presumptive Publican nominee for president. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field. On the plus side, he isn't President B.O...
 and his fellow Republicans -- "are happy to have a party with black people drowning."

The implication: that Republicans' decision to continue with their convention despite the hurricane hitting New Orleans means they don't care about black people.

Chalian's comment was first caught by the conservative media criticism site Newsbusters. Yahoo! has released a statement apologizing for the comment and announcing that Chalian had been terminated.
Unlike Chalian, whoever's actually in charge at Yahoo realizes that at least fifty percent of the electorate is made up of Publicans (the other half being Sinners).
"David Chalian's statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!. He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended."
I'll accept their apology, but it'll be tentative. Having a jerk like that as Yahoo News Washington bureau chief sez a lot about the degree of political correctitude -- and the party affiliation -- of Yahoo's news staff. I'm not getting and "fair and balanced" vibes from them.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Thanks EU. ROFLMAO! That did my heart good. Almost lost my keyboard to coffee being spewed out.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-08-30 18:08  

#8  Here's a joke for you:

MSM Preview of Romney's Speech
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-08-30 17:41  

#7  Gwen Ifill makes Charlene Hunter Gault look like Madame Curie...
Posted by: tu3031   2012-08-30 15:35  

#6  #4 When ugliness happens outside the Left...

Ordinarily, the ugliness is so commonplace in the left it doesn't get noticed. You have to really get bizarre to get noticed.

BTW, saw 2016 Obama the other day. The theater was filled. There was the bit in the movie where Nancy Pelosi said "You've got to pass the bill before you can read it." Some guy yelled from the audience "Moron." Spontaneous applause erupted.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-08-30 08:56  

#5  One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid

Gwen Ifill, didn't she host a debate last time around?
Posted by: Beavis   2012-08-30 08:55  

#4  When ugliness happens outside the Left, it's always a the institutional culture that's to blame. However, when it's exposed in the Left. it's always an individual failure, no matter how many times and how strong the pattern is.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-08-30 08:41  

#3  Lots of similarities with NBC's handling of the Trayvon Martin story. Mid-level employees caught and fired for their actions. Both of them were blatant enough to get themselves fired. And likely both of them are or will be quietly hired by another news organization.

One difference is that the Miami editor is unknown.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-08-30 07:51  

#2  "David Chalian's statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!.

Classic liberal half-truth. "Inappropriate" yes. Not "representing the views of Yahoo"... WRONG!
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-30 06:57  

#1  Actually it was the left (when the hurricane was heading towards the GOP convention) than was happy to see people drown.

Projection, hate, envy and narcissism. The core features of leftist disorder.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-08-30 04:36  

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