Thursday, March 18, 2010

CNN Hires Conservative and Media Matters Wets Itself


Waaahhhh!!! Sissy liberals are always whining about something....

Politico
Andy Barr

The liberal media watchdog group Media Matters is fuming over CNN’s hiring of conservative RedState blogger Erick Erickson.

In a document provided POLITICO that Media Matters plans to post on its blog Tuesday, the group accuses Erickson of having a “long history of incendiary, sexist and racially charged statements.”

“If you need any further proof that the liberal media bias is a myth, CNN just hired someone who called David Souter a goat——ing child molester,” Media Matters Vice President of Research and Communication Ari Rabin-Havt told POLITICO.

The document includes many other profane Erickson statements, including the vulgar phrase highlighted about the former Supreme Court justice by Rabin-Havt.

The document cites 10 statements by the RedState founder that Media Matters says are guilty of invoking violence against progressives or are sexist or racist.

Among Erickson’s controversial comments is his assertion the Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate race because the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) wanted to die a “martyr for the cause” of health care.

Additionally, the liberal group points out that Erickson defended Fox News host Glenn Beck’s calling President Barack Obama a “racist” and declared that first lady Michelle Obama was a “Marxist harpy wife.”

Noting the Nobel Peace Prize won by the president, Erickson wrote on RedState: “I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota.”

In a statement, CNN Political Director Sam Feist called Erickson a “perfect fit” for the network’s new show “John King USA” that debuts Monday.

“Not only is he an agenda-setter whose words are closely watched in Washington but as a person who still lives in small-town America, Erick is in touch with the very people John hopes to reach,” Feist said. “With Erick’s exceptional knowledge of politics as well as his role as a conservative opinion leader, he will add an important voice to CNN’s ideologically diverse group of political contributors.”

Erickson explained on RedState that CNN “made an offer I couldn’t refuse.”

“I’m very excited by the opportunity,” he wrote. “Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. This is the path God put me on, and it was totally unexpected, but I go where the good Lord leads.”


NOTE- Media Matters is a dishonest 'hate site' run by America's biggest anti-American scumbag George Soros. Anyone who is a fan of Media Matters is an idiot anyway. Why would someone intentionally choose to read so much content that isn't true? Because they're idiots...

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