It’s on!
While many of us were baffled by President ShamWow’s bizarre Obamacare infomercial yesterday, Salon’s Joan Walsh was much more worried about the liberal media — but not in the way you might hope:
Will POTUS calm tone reassure liberal journos freaking out over http://t.co/W4IovzbiaX or anger them? Stay tuned…
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 21, 2013
That’s right. Walsh is concerned about usually-reliable liberal lapdogs making Obamacare look bad with honest coverage:
Liberal pundits' rush to attack Obamacare site only aids unhinged right http://t.co/LYDznREShI via @joanwalsh
— Salon (@Salon) October 21, 2013
From the piece linked above:
As predictably as night follows day, on Monday the media establishment pivoted away from obsessing about GOP extremism and the party’s alleged “civil war” to the “train wreck” that is, allegedly, the Affordable Care Act.
And liberals helped lead the pivot.
She proceeds to single out WaPo’s Ezra Klein, an unapologetic lefty, for describing his experiences with the Healthcare.gov “glitches” and subsequently making President Obama’s job more difficult:
The president is also frustrated, of course, because people who hate the ACA are heartened by its Web troubles, and he had a word for them, too. “It’s time for folks to stop rooting for its failure, because hardworking middle-class families are rooting for its success.” Later he added, “Nobody is madder than me that the website isn’t working the way it should, which means it’s going to get fixed.”
He’s frustrated, you guys! So cut him some slack.
Klein was stunned:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/392713339073081344
Sorry, Ezra, but we could’ve told you this would happen.
Welcome to what happens when you speak objectively about this administration MT @ezraklein Kind of shocked at this piece from @joanwalsh.
— RockyMtnGirl (@apple17_8) October 22, 2013
Sycophancy is gospel. Don’t stray from the lapdog plantation unless you want to get sucker-punched:
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/392715024457662464
Very odd piece by @joanwalsh which seems to suggest liberal pundits should be White House PR drones. http://t.co/q7U4d2KMYm
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) October 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/AlexPappas/status/392715875234500608
.@ezraklein @joanwalsh Ah, but to Joan your job is to cover #obama 's ass no matter how big the lie.
— Marc Landers (@marclanders) October 22, 2013
@ezraklein @DLoesch @joanwalsh Shorter Joan: "So what if those are facts? There are LOTS of facts we don't talk about to help Obama!"
— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) October 22, 2013
Worth noting:
https://twitter.com/KevinWGlass/status/392715636192718849
True.
https://twitter.com/chevesligon/status/392724473159241728
@ezraklein @DLoesch Shorter @joanwalsh: It's getting awfully hard carrying all this water by myself, Ezra!
— Attorney-at-LOL (@JayAivaz) October 22, 2013
@ezraklein @DLoesch @joanwalsh translation: Know your role and shut your hole.
— Chad Edwards (@KillerEagle1) October 22, 2013
@joanwalsh Read and re-read. Still not sure what you find wrong with @ezraklein's reporting, except that he, indeed, reported on it.
— nickAD (@nickybones) October 22, 2013
Walsh’s Salon colleague Brian Beutler didn’t have a problem with Klein’s reporting, either, and he said so in a column of his own:
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/392718641902649344
Good for @brianbeutler. RT @SuzyKhimm: Beutler's full response to Joan Walsh here: http://t.co/PYDpicFJsz
— Greg Anrig (@GregAnrig) October 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/SuzyKhimm/status/392717203276976128
Allow us to do some honest reporting, if we may: Joan Walsh is a hack. She has no redeeming journalistic value whatsoever.
@joanwalsh I’m following your hilarious example. You set the standard for self parody.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 22, 2013
That’s as close as Walsh will ever come to standards.
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