Schlussel responds to Media Matters, Olbermann: Vegans, transsexuals, and "fake Holocaust survivors," oh my
In an April 18 weblog entry, right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel responded to a Media Matters for America item that highlighted her "speculat[ion]" in an April 16 post (since removed) that Cho Seung-Hui, identified as the Virginia Tech gunman, might have been a "Paki" Muslim and part of "a coordinated terrorist attack." As Media Matters pointed out, "Paki" is a disparaging term for a person of Pakistani descent. Schlussel attacked Media Matters, writing: "Media Matters bragged to the Wall Street Journal that it was responsible for taking down Don Imus. I suppose now that Don Imus is gone, they've assigned the vegan lesbian transsexual 'interspecies erotica' devotee they had monitoring the Imus show to monitor my site." She also attacked "nutty, angry" MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who awarded Schlussel third place in his April 17 "Worst Person in the World" segment for her "Paki" statement. In addition, Schlussel falsely claimed that billionaire philanthropist George Soros "is the funder of Media Matters."
Schlussel went on to attack Soros at length, writing that "the Jewish Soros is a fake Holocaust survivor, who--instead of 'surviving' the Holocuast [sic] --helped the Nazis perpetrate it" and that "Soros bragged on CBS' '60 Minutes' of helping his adopted father round up Jews to send them to their deaths at the camps and confiscate their property." Schlussel added: "Yes, this war criminal and proud Jewish Nazi is the money bags behind America's new self-anointed 'Media Watchdog.' " The only source Schlussel offered for these claims was David Horowitz and Richard Poe's thoroughly discredited book, The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party (Nelson Current, 2006). As Media Matters has noted, several conservative media figures have distorted Soros' experience as a 14-year-old boy in Nazi-controlled Hungary to suggest that he collaborated with the Nazis.
Schlussel went on to reprise three of her comments highlighted by Media Matters and Colorado Media Matters: her false statement on the June 14, 2006, edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country that "there wasn't a peep" from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) when Suha Arafat, wife of former Palestinian National Authority president Yasir Arafat, stated that Israelis "poison Palestinian water and air and cause cancer for them"; her argument in a December 18, 2006, column that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) "loyalties" must be called into question because his middle name is Hussein, his estranged father was of Muslim descent, and he has shown interest in his father's Kenyan heritage; and her claim during the February 16 broadcast of 630 KHOW-AM's The Caplis & Silverman Show that "[e]ven though some [Muslims] are nice and some may seem moderate, everybody is part of a religion where the dominant spokespeople ... are extremists who support terrorism."
From Schlussel's April 18 post:
Yesterday, Keith Olbermann--MSNBC resident uber-left crank and bizarro--picked me for the bronze for his daily "Worst Person in the World Award." Damn--Only bronze?
Yes, with all the terrorists, murderers, and assorted other malefactors in the world, I am the third worst person in the world. As usual, the nutty, angry Olby's got his priorities and sense of proportion straight. Well, at least, his puppet masters at the aprocryphally [sic] named, far-left "Media Matter for America" have their priorities straight. When they say jump, Olbermann asks "how low." (And FYI, in case you haven't heard, there are all kinds of rumors that Olbermann stalked then-WNBA player Rebecca Lobo, when she was no longer interested in him. Only a girlie-man would stalk a manly-girl.)
Media Matters bragged to the Wall Street Journal that it was responsible for taking down Don Imus. I suppose now that Don Imus is gone, they've assigned the vegan lesbian transsexual "interspecies erotica" devotee they had monitoring the Imus show to monitor my site.
For like the fourth time or so in the last year, yesterday, Media Matter decided to send out a mass conniption, er . . . e-mail attacking me. I'm quadruply honored. More on that later.
But first, a little note on who's behind Media Matters. It's run by David Brock--you know, the "journalist," who wrote a whole book attacking the Clintons and exposing Clintonesque free love, courtesy of the Arkansas State Troopers. Then, he said he lied and made the whole thing up. Hmmm . . . Interesting that this lying media member is now the self-anointed media watchdog. Hey, David Brock, you can't be a Pitbull, when you've always been a bitch. The same bitch tried to join my "friends" list at my Facebook account. (FYI, he's a close friend of pseudo-conservative Laura Ingraham. You can tell a lot about people by the company they keep.)
Then, there is the funder of Media Matters, billionaire George Soros. As my friend David Horowitz has painstakingly detailed in his book, "The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party," the Jewish Soros is a fake Holocaust survivor, who--instead of "surviving" the Holocuast--helped the Nazis perpetrate it.
Horowitz details how Soros bragged on CBS' "60 Minutes" of helping his adopted father round up Jews to send them to their deaths at the camps and confiscate their property. Before that, he enjoyed his job as a "courier" delivering notices to Jews instructing them to pack up food for a two-day retreat, which was really their round-up for the death camps. He found this "exhilarating."
Yes, this war criminal and proud Jewish Nazi is the money bags behind America's new self-anointed "Media Watchdog."
The first time they attacked me, the folks at Media Matters for attacking Hillary Clinton for doing nothing while Suha Arafat, then the Palestinian first "lady" (I'd call her the Palestinian first artifically[sic]-inseminated) spouted off about how Jews infect Palestinians with cancer. The nerve of me to mention one of future Prez Rodham Cankles' most memorable moments.
Then, they got upset when I pointed out B. Hussein Obama's Muslim background and loyalties--all of which have since been borne out in spades. Gee, the chutzpah of someone to point out the loyalties of a man who wants to be President to the Religion of the 19 Hijackers. And since I wrote the piece in question, more and more and more and more has come out about Obama's Muslim background, all of which he keeps trying to cover up.
Then, the Media Matters people got upset that I gave an interview to a Colorado radio station attacking the media for covering up the Muslim background of the Trolley Square terrorist, who murdered several people, execution-style, while they were picking out Valentine's Day cards at a Salt Lake City mall. How dare I point out the Muslim attacks on America. Why, everyone knows the Samoans and Fijians committed 9/11. They're the real security threat to America. Just ask Vijay Singh (he's a native Fijian, and he's always swinging these long dangerous metal sticks at such nice manicured lawns).
And a-day-and-a-half after I speculated who the VTU massacre perpetrator might be--a full day after I corrected the info with updated links and new reports that it was a South Korean student, Media Matters was on my case about that, too. And, in fact, they claimed I reported that the shooter was a Chinese national on a student visa. Uh, no, I didn't report that--I linked to a Chicago Sun-Times report which reported that. Did Media Matters mention that or condemn the Sun-Times or any of the many mainstream media outlets that picked up on that report? Of course, not. It wouldn't fit into their agenda of sliming conservatives.
And, thus, Olby got his latest Reichstag marching orders from "former" Nazi George Soros' regime. Heil Soros!
From the April 17 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
OLBERMANN: The bronze to right-wing columnist Debbie Schlussel. Between her references to quote, "Hoprah Winfrey," unquote, she first wrote yesterday that authorities did not immediately identify the shooter at Virginia Tech, so he might have been a, quote, "Paki," and part of a coordinated terrorist attack by Muslims. She later updated this to conclude that he was a Chinese national, then a South Korean national, quote, "yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students." The shooter, of course, had been a resident alien who had been here since he was 8 and a half years old.
The woman's learning fast......as she probably sat up all night, the other night, and tried to figure out how to get another mention here so quickly.......Bingo! - respond directly to MMFA by slamming them by name. That will surely get her another thread - and it worked like a charm.
Okay. This is where you and I agree... I realize that MMFA has to put up a bunch of pieces per day, etc... it's their thing (and what would we'all do without it??) Anyway, this woman is a beligerent small-timer... who doesn't really deserve daily digs here on MMFA. MMFA, in fact, is elevating this person to a level she doesn't deserve. How about (maybe) a compilation of her vulgarity once a week (month?) Let's keep this one in obscurity. She doesn't deserve it.
Sidenote: I just love how being a beligerent, loudmouthed uber-conservative has become a little cottage industry in this country. I know, Tommy... and being a blah, blah, blah liberal combatting the uber-conservative is ... well, whatever. Just an observation.
The woman's an irrelevant bomb throwing next-to-nothing wannabe who deserves to remain in relative obscurity. Giving her press time only legitimizes her, and she doesn't deserve it.
Tommy, your overly used comment of "Why is MMFA posting this" for every other item is getting really old. Media Matters is trying to call these people out. It's their job. To say "Why mention this" It's like Bill O'Reilly's rule of never mentioning Olbermann's name. Is he really afraid if he mentions Keith that his viewers will go watch him? It's rediculous. Media Matters would also like to dispell the "liberal media bias" myth. It is not going to legitimize Schlussel in any way to mention her comment. I would prefer that these liars who spread misinformation, as well as hate, should be called out.
Call them out all you want - who's stopping you? However, if you can't handle it when someone points out their irrelevancy, perhaps it's because you're afraid the items in question can't handle the scrutiny.
But you called her irrelevant just because you hadn't heard of her. Do some research.
every week the right wing punditry trots out a new robot with a specific mission This wekk is Ms Schlussel's turn.
She's been around for a while.
From her picture she looks like she's been around for QUITE a while!
Its not irrelevant just because YOU say it is nor is it YOUR call. When you start YOUR website to do the job the way YOU think it ought to be done be sure to tell us where it is so we can come by and tell YOU how to run YOUR website
Would you post on my website as the "resident liberal"?
Funny. Solon Colmes.
Call him Solon Hannity - that'll really get under his skin......
Only if you can entice the other smart and funny liberals here to post there too. Otherwise it would lack entertainment value. I think I am too far left to be Colmes and not dogmatic enough to be Hannity. Not to mention I am not at ALL photogenic so my TV days are never going to happen.
solon, that is at least half the point of Colmes - the contrast with manly-yet-pretty Insannity. Turns out you are better qualified for Tommy's offer than you realized?
Tommy, can we just assume you post the same thing for every single article so we don't have to endure your clutter in every response thread?
She's not as minor as you think, if her Wikipedia entry is correct. She's been published in major newspapers (including WSJ), has been guest on TV shows, and even had her own radio show for a couple of years.
Pre-emption is an important function...
For this great website. Let's drag her sorry ass thru the mud before she even gets her raincoat on.
Yo Tommy:
Since you think you know it all, and since you have so much free time, why don't you apply to be Media Matters' CEO? I'm sure your work history would impress them greatly, LOL.
Maybe they should start a second website for the Back-Bencher Wingnuts...they could call it Media Matters of Little Consequence.
Not a bad idea... "B-List Wingnuts on Parade"... or "Wanabee Pundidiots"... ;-) They should do a reality show of an upcoming right-wing pundit. That would be... alarming.
Media that Doesn't Matter?
Media that doesn't matter....
MSNBC vacancy weekday mornings due to Imus' departure....
**Sounds like a cable TV show in the making. MMFA could then recap all of the Olbermann show, too.
Congratulations, Nerzog, Greekfurnaces, Sagra: not only have you struck the first perfect b-flat I have ever heard, ridiculing in the title, the persons to be further ridiculed in this project; but you have also completed the chord whith Tommy's too-frequent dismissal of the worthiness of the entire undertaking, this very site. Liars must be called liars, if we would hope ever to behold Truth; for only so can we extend to her a welcome. No persistent liar, however pitiful, may be allowed freedom to lie, unsanctioned.
(Lynn and others: here I deliver strength and value as feminine. Please forgive me my occasional trespass, for I am weak, and may yet sin again.)
...Great premise, you should pitch it. Lord knows there are a plenty wanna bes out here. Have you ever listened to local conservative AM radio? This could be like American Idol with city to city searches for America's Craziest Wing Nut.
Oh my - from the looks of that pic she'ld be a back bencher at the transsexual support group too. But - at least the Lord made it up to her - her gave her a personality.
Hmmm....she really has pissed God off; hasn't she?
Now that's funny Nerzog...
How about: "Media Matters for Second Tier Scumballs"
Yeah and now she is more well known, I never heard of her until Olbermann took the data from MMFA. She is a fool, but I am more disgusted with NBC playing that murderer over and over again. I applaud some of the familes who were affected for fighting back at NBC and not going on the Today Show. If we only had Gun Control in this country we would never of had this situation. Why is it that America is not able to be like Europe when it comes to Guns?
*sniff*sniff*
I smell a concern troll.
I've got my eye on you.
For cripes' sake, Tommy, please start your own site so it will contain only what you want in it, then please give us the link so we can ignore it and your incessant whining.
And when Tommy Matters for America posts something I think is trivial, I will be there sweetly saying "thank you, may we have another?"
because I am nothing if not consistent.
;-) (h/t Jeter)
I would say whining about my posts (which apparently get under your skin for some reason) is the very defintion of incessant whining.......consider you rarely address or refute them substantively, only whine they are here.
It takes some substance in the initial post to be refuted WITH substance. When you just post inanity then inanity IS the appropraite response.
You shouldn't respond to whiny posts, Tommy. You're just giving them publicity.
Gotta agree with both Tommy & Greek.
This lady is a bit player but she's managed to get her name featured here at MMFA, which over the past few years has become a big-time player within the political world. Her 15 min of fame has begun thanks to earning a thread ;-)
It's an ego thing. Brock's, this nobody lady & even Olbermann. All self-promotion.
Brock loves to read/hear MMFA mentioned in the media. Nobodies like Schlussel grab a bit of fame being mentioned here among the big boys & girls [ex: Limbaugh; Coulter] And Olbermann gets to repeat MMFA's script in the evening and then MMFA gives Keith his own thread.
What a racket ;-)
Her 15 minutes of fame started well before this MMFA entry. Stop spewing in this forum long enough to do some research.
God Bless You
[that's like saying f#ck you to an atheist]
She was a 2 bit player pal, but thanks to MMFA [and their golden boy Keith] she has gained legitimacy and a real 15 min of*fame*
Gone from a small stage to a bigger national one.
And she's playing it for all it's worth.
There did you enjoy my spew?
How right you are J,
Throwing blood on a vampire only makes them stronger. Why some can't see that is beyond me. They feel this sense of victory when they "call out" one of these screechers, the best way for more to spawn is too see how much they can rile up the other side. There is nothing more harmful to them than irrelevancy. But as long as they have a life here, no chance of that.
A person who is invited onto nationally broadcast TV or has editorials published in the WSJ is not exactly a "two bit player". Not top tier, I will admit. Sorry guys, but you can't cover up for your lack of research. You had not heard of her so you immediately concluding that she had no importance. You are wrong. Buh bye.
If you had to "do some research" to learn something about her...then there's your first clue Sherlock.
She's a 2 bit-player.
Do you have to research Coulter to know who she?
God Bless You!
"God Bless You [that's like saying f#ck you to an atheist] - jeter2 / Thursday April 19, 2007 05:20:53 PM EST"
I'm an atheist and I wouldn't take it that way, but keep on generalizing...
Same here I'm atheist also...why would saying "God bless you" offend someone who's not religious? I guess I don't follow the logic. Maybe you assume that we think God is somehow offensive to us? I guess you are mistaken, but I'm sure you are used to it being a conservative and all.
"God bless you" to an atheist is like "asdfjhaskdfhasjkdf bless you". In other words, utter nonsense. Can't be offended by such nonsense. Can conclude that the person who uttered it is deluded though.
I didn't know who she was so I looked her up on the 'net. Took a whole 5 minutes to glean quite a bit of info.
You didn't know who she was either, but without doing any work you declared her insignificant and then condemned MMFA for reporting on her blog entry.
Why you are b*tching that I've done something wrong is beyond me. YOU made the error. Just admit it and move on. Or better yet, go watch those baseball games you keep telling us you're going to watch. Have a few beers too and calm down.
"Throwing blood on a vampire only makes them stronger."
I never saw that episode of Buffy, but I know shedding sunlight on them kills them.
Sorry, but "God Bless You" to an atheist is not at all like "F*ck You". It's just an admission that you have an imaginary friend which you think, for some illiogical reason, has an affect on me.
I love to hear Media Matters mentioned in the media too.
The reason they're mentioned is obvious: It's a high quality, professional organization of great integrity that monitors the right-wing filth media (which is all around us).
No wonder conservatives are pissed off at Media Matters.
It's interesting though...to watch the Party spin machines working the cable networks, handing out the bs like toys in a happy meal. Makes one feel sane to not be tricked by it.
Wow!
This woman is a truly frightful piece of work isn't she?
But, she's a good Republican, I'll give her that: She lies, she smears, she doesn't know what the hell she's talking about. She's mastered the art of being a conservative.
"Frightful piece of work"- great description for this wing-nut!
Her ignorance apparently knows no bounds. Where did this creature receive her education?
For those posting here, who think she should not be mentioned at all- well I firmly disagree.
That kind of hateful lying dirty crap does need some kind of light shone to expose the hate for what it is. And this creature has been given a national forum on free air waves as well.
For those of you who think Media Matters should just not focus on the "likes of her." Well this is a media matters web site, and the she creature did attack them quite viciously. If you don't like Media matters posting- then why even bother coming here.
I for one, am very glad to have this site, and appreciate their stellar work in getting their transcripts right in full context. Why it's driving some of the loonies stark raving mad.
I also find it amusing that Keith Olbermann is attacked so often now. His "Worse Person of the World" segment as he states himself is meant as social satire. The thing is he doesn't make stuff up either. Simply plays the statements or deeds that others have dome with their own free will.
He rarely comes across as angry in fact has quite a sense of humor. But he's also not shy on expressing his disdain and contempt for the heartless stuff that some of the talking heads like to spew. Like O'Reiley blaming the young boy who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, claiming "he liked it" or the children who died in the horrible fire in NYC- it was the fault of illegals, etc etc.
This kind of stuff deserves contempt for any o e with any kind of humanity.
Or how about the latest- blaming the victims of the horrific mass murder in VA. Is this even human?
I applaud MM and Keith for calling out this kind of vermin.
As far as this she-creature- her hate also knows no bounds. The most disgusting personal attacks is all she can do? Waht an act. Is pitiful that she attacks Soros too, what is he and all the other Sorros attackers so afraid of?
I don't get her brand of hate, and its time to call her what she is.
You go Media Matters!
Please, please, PLEASE!
Please tell me that Debbie Schlussel's name appears on a "DO NOT SELL FIREARMS TO THIS PERSON" list somewhere.
Please...
Cuckoo-cuckooo.. I wonder if this is what she hears in her head when the darkness comes.
Since the wingnut can't speak to the substance of the arguments she instead smears and lies. Just the same old same old.
Excuse me, but anyone who calls a Holocaust survivor, "[a] war criminal and proud Jewish Nazi" deserves the same fate as Imus. How is that any less inflammatory and despicable than Imus' 'nappy-headed 'ho' comment?
Fortunately for Schlussel, she is next to a nobody so she can keep her C-list right-wing pundit gig.
"Then, they got upset when I pointed out B. Hussein Obama's Muslim background and loyalties--all of which have since been borne out in spades."
Obama is a loyal Muslim? Did I miss that story, or is this Stepford Republican just lying...again?
I remember when he won his senate seat there were some Right Wingers all lathered up over a story about his relatives in Kenya. According to them, one of his older relatives said that as soon as Ramadan was over they were going to kill two calves to celebrate Obama's victory -- thus (somehow) proving that they were utter cretins.
Apparently BBQIOOKIYAAT (Barbeque is only OK if you are a Texan.)
Funny! Thanks for the laugh!
"Then, they got upset when I pointed out B. Hussein Obama's Muslim background and loyalties--all of which have since been borne out in spades."
What did you miss, Nerzog? She's absolutely right.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to run out to the stables, where I'll be using my spade, to bear out some of my own horseshiite.
Why are right wingers so obsessed with Soros? Do regular people even know or care who Soros is?
At any rate, she's earned her vile points and can now graduate to Malkin Level II. Once she hits Level V it's on to Coulter Level I.
Why is Media Matters so obsessed with defending Soros?
After all, he doesn't donate to this site.
Even if Soros bankrolled MMFA, what's the difference? It's not like MMFA claims to be "Fair and Balanced"
I honestly don't understand the angst over Soros.
The Right Wing and small minds like AnotherAmerican need bogey men or they can't function.
My thoughts exactly.
Why are you so obsessed with trashing Soros other than that is the rightwing talking point du jour?
O...Kay, this womans cookie has clearly crumbled
I love how she writes down Barack Obama's name. Just a little B. Hussein Obama, because that really makes a difference. If the best thing that she has is questioning a presidential candidate about his middle (common Muslim) name, then I think we have nothing to fear from this no brainer. She's funny, in a sad sort of way.
The link above entitled pundit is pretty funny, actually. I love Glenn Beck's 'claim to fame'... that says it all right there. Frankly, I don't understand the AA Republican. Of course, Republicans would call that 'racist'.
Oh, you mean that AA, not the other AA. Most Republican pundits won't join AA because they refuse to believe there's a higher power than themselves.
Right. That AA... not the Glenn Beck kind.
That's very funny by the way :)
Both barrels and its a clean miss!
Not sure what that means... Also, why all the numbers at the ends of everybody's 'handles' all of a sudden?? Are you'all letting the computer pick a name randomly or what? I don't get it.
Just a hypothetical, slightly off topic question. Just how far do they have to go before they draw a slander or a libelous slander lawsuit? If I had been the target it would have been long ago.
It's a huge burden. You have to prove she made statements a) that were false, b) she knew were false and c) did so with malicious intent. It is not clear you could prove this woman knows anything.
Since her site can be read internationally, I suggest all of her targets sue her in the U.K., where she would bear the burden of proof of her own innocence.
I'll sue you in England!
For what ?
Schlussel may get the silver or the gold this time. It shows a lack of imagination to keep repeating the same lies. But considering the company she keeps does it really come as any surprise?
I think she should get the gold for having the most photo-chopped picture of herself on her web site. Compare her MMFA pics with her web site pic, it's a hoot. Actually I think that's what's got her panties in such a twist, he true fugliness has been reveealed not only for all of the internet world to see, but all of the TV watching world to see as well.
I went to college with Schlussel at Michigan in the late '80s and, even then, she was an ultraconservative windbag just screaming for attention. A university of 40,000 students, and she made sure people knew who she was, and she was equally bombastic and misinformed then. Politics aside, she is just an awful person. Someone did not love her properly as a child. I enjoy how she always refers to Detroit as her hometown, even though she is the product of an upper-middle class Jewish home in a comfortable Detroit suburb. I doubt she has ever entered Detroit proper in her life. Also, she is often referred to as an attorney, but I have no knowledge of her ever practicing anywhere for any significant period (I took the LSAT in the same room as her). Having a law degree in and of itself does not make one an attorney who is qualified to comment on legal issues.
That's interesting, gheller8735. My sense is that she's as unhinged as a door going for a roller coaster ride in a hurricane.
Like I said, she is awful and for the life of me I do not know how she managed to make herself a media figure. I even saw her once on Politically Incorrect, so that must've been at least 6 years ago. I take great pride in being a Michigan grad, yet I have to bear the burden that Schlussel and Coulter are both fellow alums.
If I recall, she got her JD from the U. of Wisconsin-Madison. I recall here being a tenacious reporter doing undercover work on mosques in the Detroit, MI area. I have generally admired her work except she jumped the gun on the Virginia Tech slayings by speculating the gunman had muslim ties. Although at this time they are still investigating the Ismail Ax sayings, it appears he was just a sicko, not a jihadi.
She has a harsher edge than Anne Coulter, but she is not a clone as she is against the Iraq war basically because she doesn't believe democracies work in muslim countries because terrorist groups such as hamas tend to win the elections.
You admire her work ? Are you even aware of anything she has written or said, or did you just do a few quick Google searches to make it appear as if you are familiar with her ? Read her blogs. She's the most racist piece of sh*t ever. Or maybe that's the kind of person you admire. Do you also wear a white hooded outfit and burn crosses on people's lawns ?
Sure but you are talking to Leatherdude. Where is the downside for HIM?
I actually found her rant to be pretty well written. It had a nice mix of name-calling, flame-throwing, inuendo and accusation. Regardless of the accuracy of any of it, it entertained me. Maybe she's trying to get her posting privileges back at Free Republic.
I notice that she trots out the talking point about Olbermann not naming terrorists, murderers, etc. as "Worst Person". The night of the Va. Tech shootings, Olbermann reminded his viewers that the feature was satire, not to be taken seriously. Most of us knew that already, but some people need extra help. Sure, he could find lots of child molesters, murderers, despots, etc. to name as "Worst Person", but that would get a little grim after a while.
After he didn't have the balls to name Imus to one of his *Awards*, I kicked Olbermann to the curb.
Thankfully baseball has begun and there's usually a game being televised every night so I don't have to bother with MSNBC's Chicken Sh#t or his Fox buddy Pompous Ass.
She may have removed the April 16 post, but it's still in the Google Cache. I've also printed it to PDF for posterity, if the cache goes away.
There was a brilliant reader comment that Schlussel apparently removed. The person said something like: "Schlussel, what kind of name is that, German ? So you're a relative of Hitler, right ?', employing the same kind of logic Schlussel used when deducing that the "Asian" shooter was a Pakistani Muslim.
I know i've personally made the comment that it's rather ironic that Schlussel, who is the descendant of at least one Holocaust survivor, comes off as more than a little bit of a shrieking Brownshirt.
(And hey, let's face it, thanks to the same people who hypocritically whine about "civility" on the internet, Godwin's law has been out the window for at least the last 4 years when it comes to most of the Right-wing commentary in the media)
Thanks for the link. I just saved it as a PDF too. I don't have time to rad the whole thing now.
Some of the comments were pretty scary. Here is a morsel from one of my favorites.
"So the silence is suggestive, if not conclusive, that this guy either is Muslim or has ties to Islamic extremism."
How can silence be considered conclusive if it's only suggested? Or am I just not up on the latest Wingnutese?
The Wikipedia contributor's to Schlussel's entry are looking for the original text. Perhaps we should forward the link to them.
mymediamattersaddress9637 / Thursday April 19, 2007 03:40:41 PM EST
Thank you for the link to this posting. This woman is vile and her rantings are reprehensible. Schlussel is a professional -- a lawyer? Her replies to those with whom she disagrees read like snippy IMs from a high school girl. What's with the "UH" at beginning of her defensive replies and the shrieky caps?
Sheesh -- this is what passes for civil discourse?
Holy Thorazine, Batman!
Schlussel now seems to be so far off the rails as to make the creepy old (and frequently institutionalized) woman at my apartment complex seem like a pillar of rational and reasonable behavior.
If this lady was any further into the category of full-on-bat-guano-out-of-her-mind-crazy, we'd have to dig up Marlon Perkins and Jim Fowler to chase her around with the tranquilizer gun.
It appears that this item, about someone named schlussel, is about a 'blogger'... that schlussel is nobody who is broadcast on the Public airwaves, or whose words appear in any newspaper (the contact information simply shows schlussel's Yahoo E-mail address).
Does such a person really warrant being cited by MMFA?
I'm not referring to what this person has posted on the Internet Wire, but to person themselves: Being no more the "media" than simply having server space, than simply being debbieschlussel.com, this makes the person a 'person of interest' to MMFA (and K.O. too), this makes them "media"?
I don't mean this to sound critical, only curious... where is the line drawn?
Again, I don't need to hear about 'what' has been said (because I hear extraordinarily ignorant things said all the time, but would be amazed to see cited here, the persons saying them, for the fact that they're nothing I'd ever have considered to be "media"... nor to even be a Public Person)... to me, my curiosity is entirely about the person... about someone who seems to be no more than myname.com.
There are ignorant persons who regularly post comments in these comment threads (I might be one of them, maybe schlussel too)... I'd not have guessed it was as easy, as just getting your own myname.com Internet address, and then going from being simply an ignorant poster in these threads, to the subject of MMFA's articles (and K.O. Worst Person Awards too).
Does having a myname.com Internet address make someone "media"?
...does it make someone a 'Public Person' worthy of such interest?
Olbermann often features everyday people in his Worst feature.
As far as MMFA goes, not everyone agrees with you. I for one appreciated being pointed to her racist diatribe.
Wow, her latest blog entry discusses Akon's simulated on-stage sex ... Schlussel refers to it as a "mistrel show". What a freaking racist she is ! Amazing. And she points out that he's a Muslim and says Akon was raised with "Muslim values".
And she calls Angelina Jolie "Skankalina" ! Jealous much, Deb ? Don't worry hon, an expert photo-chopper can turn your fugly mug into tres jolie in just a few hours !
My wife and I sometimes argue over MM's goal of keeping such close tabs on misinformation like this. Her point is that acknowledging this hate filled rant from such a low level blowhard only serves HER.
In this woman's case, I am inclined to agree. She is small potatoes, and she just hit the big time.
Take a look at the Wikipedia entry for her. She's not as small of a potato as many think. Yah, she's not on the O'Vile-ly level, but she's not totally insignificant.
She denies Mr. Soros's Holocaust.
David Duke and the president of Iran deny the whole Holocaust.
We know someone by the ideological company they keep.
"Gee, the chutzpah of someone to point out the loyalties of a man who wants to be President to the Religion of the 19 Hijackers. And since I wrote the piece in question, more and more and more and more has come out about Obama's Muslim background, all of which he keeps trying to cover up."
Wait... I thought Barak Obama was supposed to be devoted to a racist, black separatist church? But he's actually still loyal to Islam instead? That rotten, deceiving bastard, Obama! I'll bet he lied about being half white, too... ;>)
Somebody will, at some point, compare Obama to Tiger Woods. I can't wait for that to happen. It'll be meant as a compliment, so the people who will want to be offended (and probably are justified in being so) will be like "yeah, but no, but yeah, but no.."
the difference is BHO's shots always veer to the left.
On the plus side, he knows how to say out of traps. ;-)
Are you calling Obama a hooker?
Remember what happened to Imus, and watch your tongue...
Wow. Ms. Schlussel presents a powerful argument for the importance of closely monitoring the incoherent rantings of emotionally unstable people.
Six words:
Clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine , quetiapine, ziprasidone , and aripiprazole. Try them all Debbie. One of them might help.
Blueneck,
I asked this question on another thread, but I was two days late to the party, so I'll ask it again, off topic though it is.
Is your handle a subtle borrowing from Disraeli?
Since Media Matters doesn't comport with her political and ideological beleifs, why does Schlussel care what they say? Or Keith Olbermann for that matter? These people are being exposed for the racist, bigoted phoneys that they are and it scares the hell out of them.
"Then, the Media Matters people got upset that I gave an interview to a Colorado radio station attacking the media for covering up the Muslim background of the Trolley Square terrorist, who murdered several people, execution-style, while they were picking out Valentine's Day cards at a Salt Lake City mall. How dare I point out the Muslim attacks on America. Why, everyone knows the Samoans and Fijians committed 9/11."
Cho Seung-hui compared himself favorably to Jesus in the footage he sent to NBC. Should we now conclude from this that this was part of a Christian attack on America? Why everyone knows that Timothy McVeigh was a Muslim.
Ok I will refute Tommy and the other Republicans who think Schlussel should not be exposed. She will not go away if ignored. When people see her on talk shows, they will know that she is the racist cockroach that she is. It also exposes that racism, misogyny, homophobia and religious hatred are core conservative principlas
after hearing about this site, I had to check it out. Just like the rest of media, its either left or right and this site is left. which in my mind, much like the rest of media, they dont matter.
Dude, read the "About Us" section of this web site. MMFA does not claim to be an entirely neutral organisation. It tracks right wing BS.
Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
She's a-hunting for fame and money. No looks though, bound to be short-lived. Looks like this industry is scraping bottom barrel for talent these days.
If I had the resources, I could beat all these networks. One channel to counter Murdoch, but truly liberal and with even better page three girls. Never underestimate the power of cleavage in a swing vote.
To quote from above: "As Media Matters has noted, several conservative media figures have distorted Soros' experience as a 14-year-old boy in Nazi-controlled Hungary to suggest that he collaborated with the Nazis."
regarding the bolded section, would you consider CBS and 60's minutes to be one of those "several conservative media figures" that distorted what Soros said about himself in an interview?
I guess if you can't distort the truth yourselves, you make it up as you go along. I've found Debbie Schlussels' sourcing to be largely right on the money in what she says. You may rail against her opinions and award her the "third worst" in whatever category you're calling it, but she's pretty much on the money with her facts.
Or perhaps Media Matters is simply opposed to anyone having an opinion that wasn't handed down from them?