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April 28, 2003
I'm glad Amy mentioned the
I'm glad Amy mentioned the Ashleigh Banfield story. So basically she charged MSNBC (her own network) with obscuring the reality of the war. But some of the coverage has pointed out a meta-story that is more interesting: NBC News is "concerned" with her remarks, but, as she points out, they recently hired Michael Savage, a controversial neo-conservative WHO CALLED BANFIELD A "SLUT" on his radio show and implied she was a traitor. MSNBC has, since they hired him, stood behind Savage and began sending Banfield out to pasture, even though they could not tout her enough when she was their hot shit reporter last year.
I'm not clever enough to create a succinct essay on gender politics about this -- maybe Amy is -- but it seems evident that MSNBC is, among other things, blind to their own hypocrisy. I never had a strong opinion of Banfield one way or the other, but I find it commendable that she has risked so much to stand up to her employer on both issues here. I feel like writing her a supportive email.
Update: Here's more backlash against Ashleigh, which has the same demeaning tone as Clinton calling Lewinsky "that woman".
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