Public Displays of Clinton Affection
Check out my special column in the NYPost on Team Hillary journalism professor Carole Simpson:
Hide your children! Another journalist is engaging in PDCA - Public Display of Clinton Affection.
Not since 1998 - when women’s magazine writer Nina Burleigh told The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz that she’d be happy to give President Bill Clinton oral sex to “thank him for keeping abortion legal” - have we seen such open and obsequious Clinton worship as ex-ABC newswoman Carole Simpson gave to Hillary last month.
At a Clinton campaign stop in New Hampshire, Simpson stood up and declared: “I want to tell you tonight, because I happen to be here with my students, that I endorse you for president of the United States. It’s very freeing now that I’m not a journalist and I can speak my mind. I think you are the woman, and I think this is the time.” The crowd erupted in applause.
Sen. Clinton immediately issued a press release about the “eloquent,” unsolicited endorsement and featured the audio clip of Simpson’s grandstanding on her campaign Web site.
Geez, Professor Simpson, get a room already.
Yes, Professor Simpson. You see, Simpson felt free to gush because she’s “not a journalist” anymore. But, as a faculty member at Emerson College’s School of Communications in Boston, she is training the next generation of Serious Media Professionals.
Weeks after joining the Hillary bandwagon, Simpson admitted to The Boston Globe that she “made a mistake.” But there will be no repercussions. Despite telling BlackAmericaWeb.com earlier this year that “I still think of myself as a reporter who is now teaching about reporting,” Simpson is now “considering an offer from the Clinton campaign to stump for the candidate” in front of black Southern audiences. In exchange, the college asked her not to teach “political journalism courses.”
But what journalism lessons wouldn’t be political in Simpson’s hands? “I anchored for 15 years,” Simpson snorted, “and I defy anyone to have determined my political feelings from that.” Oh, Professor Simpson, you make this too easy…
With Oprah headed across America to campaign for Barack Obama, look for Carole Simpson to start stumping for her beloved Hillary.
Can the journalism profession get any more nakedly biased?
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The New York Sun refuses to kiss up. Josh Gerstein has a fascinating piece today on Hillary’s “Radical Summer” clerking for the far Left law firm, Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein.
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Just 1 more reason to keep these “educators” away from your kids.
Great article! You have laid out in aces reason #987,453 why I no longer view network television. Thanks.
I don’t know which is more vomit-inducing: a main stream media type claiming to be an objective journalist/editorialist who professes that after examining all the issues and giving careful consideration to all of the candidates positions, supports (fill in the name), the Democrat (usually accompanied by a look of concern like they were passing a watermelon); or the one who comes out of the liberal closet and confesses their biased predilections.
You already know the answer to that question, Michelle, so I assume you’re asking it in the rhetorical sense.
Of course they’re going to become more biased. And soon. Does anyone seriously doubt this? Especially once the Republicans identify their presidential nominee, the “mainstream” media libs will go into open, full-throttle “Drag-Hillary-across-the-finish-line” mode that will make Simpson’s lack of professionalism seem like a drop in a rainstorm.
She must have forgotten about her interview with Bill where she just gushed and fawned over him for the entire segment.
Time to remove the roseate glasses from thine eyes…
Excellent article, Michelle.
Unfortunately, when it comes to media bias, the left can only see Fox News in that category and haven’t looked in a mirror for decades.
I get the feeling that fair minded people could document scores of times when Ms. Simpson yapped her biased trap, or wore her politics on her face, and she would still stoically reply, “I defy anyone to have determined my political feelings from that.”
Sort of the liberal version of, “I know you are but what am I?”
MM asks
While the officially unbiased media (newspapers excluding the Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, NY Post, TV excluding FOX) have to remain unbiased, the officially biased media is openly Republican.
The MSM has a strong pro Republican bias in the way it covers issues. By pretending to be even handed - quoting people on both sides of an issue - they in fact fail to perform their function, which is to give the facts.
For example, one person says Social Security is about to collapse and someone else says it’s good for a while. The MSM invariably fails to report who is correct, which in this case would mean simply quoting official statistics and projections.
All she should be teaching in a journalism class is the basics-who, what, where, when, & how.
Opinion should not be in the curriculum.
Just more proof that our colleges and universities are populated not by “educators” but rather by “indoctrinators” … the only path to thinking they teach and allow is their liberally biased view of the world and their hatred of this country
If Carole Simpson seriously wants to challenge people to find bias in her reportage, would somebody please find and put on youtube the infamous “interview” with President Bill Clinton in which Simpson genuflects to Mr. Clinton in such a cloying way that it nuaseated even liberal journalism professors. Ms. Simpson loved Mr. Clinton almost as much as she loves herself. After genuflecting to Mr. Clinton, Simpson then begins babbling about herself and how both she and Mr. Clinton grew up amid the worst poverty imaginable yet both became such great successes. Ms. Simpson reaches the heights of self-absorption when she looks dewy eyed into the eyes of the President of the United States and says: “How does it feel interviewing me?”. Mr. Clinton even seems embarrassed by this public display of selfabsorption. All he can say is: “It’s a great country”.
Carole Simpson reminded me of the character on the Seinfeld episode who keeps calling himself “Jimmy”.
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IMHO, with Oprah supporting BO, it will be hard for Shrillary to win. I mean, all Oprah has to do is say vote for BO and she will have hundreds of thousands (not hundreds AND thousands) of women doing as she asks just because. Just look at what happens when Oprah endorses a book.
Who is Carole Simpson anyhow? Every woman on earth knows who Oprah is.
Media, education and indoctrination: the triumvirate of modern-day bureaucratic enslavement.
lgm,
How does not presenting the facts indicate a pro-Republican bias? 8 out 10 MSM reporters are Democrats. They vote and donate to Democrats. Where does that pro-Republican bias come from? Perhaps a better explanation would be they aren’t as far left as you.
I am so glad we are now an empty nest otherwise we would resort to home schooling. You only have a couple of hours a day with your kid between work and other responsibilities. The brain washers of the NEA get way too much time with your kids trying to turn them against you and any rational thought.
Hillary and Huma
Hillary and Huma, I have been reading the Drudge story a couple of places does this mean the English, don’t like Hillary Clinton?
Hillary & Huma, Bill & Hummers
Things that make you go hmmmmm
Shouldn’t Carole Simpson be able to endorse whomever she wants? She’s not an active journalist on the news every week, and even if she was so long as she recused herself from covering the election it would be fine. Are we now advocating that people in certain professions can’t make their feelings public on something as big as a presidential election?
Boston Globe:
Huma better watch out. Being Hill’s “friend” is no walk in the park. Right Vince? Vince?
Well, isn’t that what she is doing? Just showing what she is teaching?
I am confused because of the Nina Burleigh quote “she would be happy to give President Clinton Oral Sex… Is Carole Simpson going to be stumping or humping for Clinton?
Speaking of love fest, Katie Curic is going to interview Hillary Clinton. I wonder what they will talk about?
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2007/11/katie-nails-hillary.html
Awesome article, Michelle!
News2Use, yes but she isn’t supposed to come right out and say it. Lies and deception - well, those are staples of the Left. There is supposed to be an air of objectivity somewhere inside of her…
Michelle, what about almost all of Fox News shilling for Rudy?
Hey Mookie, all the rest of the media shills for the democrats don’t you agree outside of Fox that is so does that mean you want all the TV media to shill for demos now?
Mookie:
First of all, stop parroting the talking points you find on liberal blogs. We can read them ourselves thank you.
Second, the idea that “almost all of Fox” is behind Rudy is absurd on its face. The Weekly Standard crew of Kristol and Barnes may be obvious about their support but I find no inherent bias FOR Rudy in their coverage.
He’s the frontrunner so he’s going to get a lot of coverage anyway. Plus, the idea that Murdoch or Ailes are actually reaching down to the reporter level and telling these guys what to write and say is ludicrous. It plays into the ridiculous “corporate media” narrative of the left and is just silly.
I thought Fox liked Huckabee? I think they all get a turn on Fox if they ask for it? Then it is up to them how they come off to the public? The Dems could do the samething but their chicken!! to go on any network, that isn’t provided with talking points from Media Matters…who took credit for establishing Media Matters, why Hillary Clinton at at Kos Convention. Tucker Carlson pointed it out and now the word is Tucker’s neck is on the block…oh BIG SUPRISE.
….but they’er chicken, sorry typing too fast but when the Democrats do go on Fox, they have so many ground rules for appearing, you would think they were visiting Syria or something…oh I forgot Nancy Pelosi, likes to visit Syria…the enemy of her enemy GRIN.
Supposedly Tucker is being axed for low ratings but this is MSNBC, he hardly has the only low rated show on this Network so why does the only Conservative voice on MSNBC have to go right now? We are getting close to the primarys and MSNBC is feeling the love for Hillary. Hillary’s poll numbers are dragging. I am sure many of you watched the video of Tucker Carlson calling out Waldman about Hillary’s taking credit for establishing Media Matters. We are all supposed to think that Media Matters, doesn’t have anything to do with Tucker getting the axe at MSNBC? yeah right!
http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/11/26/save-tucker/
#28 & 29, relax, would you? It was a joke referencing Fred’s interview with Chris Wallace where he complained about Fox cheering on Rudy.
Perhaps Oprah decided to campaign as a counter to Simpleton shilling for cHillary. So who’s got the badder mama jama vote getter?
Plus, here’s my Dennis Miller impersonation: “Speaking of cajones; cHillary may have Blitzer’s testicles in her lockbox, but apparently Oprah helped Obama find his. Meanwhile, Edwards has blue one in each America.”
Hehe, this is too funny watching the Dems duke it out.
Carole Simpson was the moderator of the 1992 presidential debate where the guy with the pony tail asked an idiotic question about looking to the president as a father who would take care of us like we’re his children. At the time, there was a lot of commentary that Bush I got sandbagged in that debate. How did Bush I’s team ever go along with Simpson being the moderator?