More incoherent RW media criticism
Written by Eric Boehlert
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Thanks to Andrew Breitbart, who has turned conservative media criticism into a laughing stock with his pointless, fact-free rants, the genre is pretty much a joke at this point. Yet even against that backdrop, this comical, RW attempt at dissecting the New York Times is rather priceless in terms of ineptitude.
And surprise! it unfolded at CPAC.
Here's the bulk of the complaint, as reported by Washington Independent:
But another young conservative, whose video exposes have made him a star on the right, has taken a lot more flak at CPAC than O'Keefe. Jason Mattera, the media spokesman for Young Americans for Freedom, gave a speech promoting his book “Obama Zombies” that the New York Times's Kate Zernike pilloried for its “racial tones” and “racial stereotypes,” comparing his tone of voice to Chris Rock. Mattera, who has a thick Brooklyn accent, couldn't believe it.
“She couldn't take a minute to find out that I'm from Brooklyn?” Mattera told TWI. “Guess what? Chris Rock is from Brooklyn, too. It's unbelievable. Calling somebody a 'racist' is the most damaging accusation you can make.” He encouraged TWI to investigate how the story was written. "If you see her, you could ask her, reporter to reporter, why didn't she find that out?"
Huh? Right-winger Mattera, who caused a buzz by linking Obama to cocaine at CPAC yesterday, is angry the NYT didn't know he was from Brooklyn because Chris Rock is from Brooklyn.
That doesn't even make any sense.
Whether or not Mattera is from Brooklyn is utterly irrelevant which, I'm guessing, is why the NYT didn't bother to report it out. The Times never claimed the `winger wasn't from Brooklyn. All the Times reporter did, in a passing phrase, was liken Mattera's delivery to Chris Rock. Period. End of story. But adopting the perpetual RW whine, Mattera thinks it's a big deal the newspaper didn't post his bio, or something.
Honestly, just too dumb for words.