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Washington Post Pulls "Mouthpiece Theater" Segment That Suggests Hillary Is "Wild Bitch"
Washington Post Communications Director Kris Coratti emails the following statement about today's controversial Mouthpiece Theater segment. "The video was a satirical piece that lampooned people of all stripes. There was a section of the video that went too far, so we have removed the piece from our website."
TPMDC first reported that, in today's post-"Beer Summit" edition of Mouthpiece Theater, Post reporter Dana Milbank suggested that "Wild Bitch" beer would best suit Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Late update: Here's the full clip, immortalized.
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Rethuglicans are running scared now. Health Care reform looks like its going to happen, although there is much more progress to be made. The economy is surely but slowly coming back. The rethugs have nothing to run on, but their usual lame ass scare tactics.
July 31, 2009 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Arrogant Bastard would be perfect for Milbank, and Double Bastard for Fred Hiatt.
July 31, 2009 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
How about they leave satire to the professionals.
August 1, 2009 12:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Are we all supposed to pretend that Dana Milbank is a reporter after this?
Sorry, I can't get there.
August 1, 2009 10:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
it's pretty pathetic when the Post has to fall back on the Ann Coulter defense, it was only satire? It is flat out inexcusable, this is no way to refer to a former First Lady, Senator and current Secretary of State.
Ironically there is a Mad Bitch beer, it's a triple strength beer brewed in Belgium. Maybe this is Milbanks' way of stating that Hillary has more intestinal fortitude that everyone else sitting at the table.
As for Millbank I got a beer for him, Moose Drool brewed in Idaho, that's the best I can come up although if there is a Pig's Snout beer that would be more fitting,
August 1, 2009 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is what I emailed the WaPo Ombudsman:
"Please save yourself further embarrassment by these juvenile, non-journalists, and fire both of them. I have never seen anything more offensive than this. They do not deserve to have jobs.
But please. After you fire them, in a few months, let them write about their struggle to find affordable health insurance as unemployed people. Now THAT would be interesting."
I hope it contributed to their decision, but it would have been better if they had removed the whole sorry video.
August 1, 2009 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
My favorite bit is the credits. "Accomplice" indeed. You can just se they all took pride in this.
And you know if they'd stuck purely to finding matches for all the sill/clever/outrageous/idiotic beer brand names that would be one thing. But they had to make a few up along the way and slip them in. Dickish, stupid snide things.
Bravo gentlemen. Self-referential mockery of snobs. And completely oblivious about it. Well done.
August 1, 2009 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
And they're so surprised it ended this way, because the first Moutherpiece wasn't obnoxious enough.
August 1, 2009 8:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gee, isn't Milbank just paraphrasing Barbara Bush?
During the Presidential primary campaign, MSNBC's David Shuster once said Hillary was pimping Chelsea for votes. He eventually apologized.
There are all too many in the MSM who have the mindset that says its OK to say anything about a Democrat, especially the Clintons, which they would never say about a Republican.
August 2, 2009 9:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
i think the outcry over these ridiculous "mouthpiece theaters", a title itself rich with irony coming from these two douchebags, but HRC is not entitled to any deference.
i completely agree that this piece was not funny, it's greatest crime in my view.
the humor is juvenile and flat in the same way that most republican attempts at humor flail about on tired witless cliches.
as supposed journalists, honestly i don't read them and don't know if they are gossipy dc beltway chatter types or they pretend to be more "serious" msm journalists. if the later, they aren't doing much for their credibility. court jester and court stenographer seems as if they should be mutually exclusive endeavors.
however, they have a complete first amendment right to mock public officials.
they shouldn't pretend they're being journalists when they're doing it, but, seriously did anyone watching this piece think they were anything other than two classless buffoons?
i'd lay off the PC Brew and criticise this piece for what it is; ie. further proof that republicans truly lack a sense of humor, irony or even a basic level of self-awareness.
painful, pitiful, but still constitutionally protected. there's no need for calls of censorship or that HRC must be shown respect.
August 2, 2009 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink