Erstwhile Yahoo bureau chief David Chalian got himself spectacularly canned today after being caught shamefully accusing Mitt and Ann Romney of being “happy to have a party while black people drown.” Common sense dictates that Chalian be held up as a pathetic excuse for a journalist. Apparently, PBS’s Gwen Ifill is running severely short on common sense. Shortly after the news of Chalian’s firing broke, Ifill coughed up a treacly Twitter hairball and expressed her support for “God’s gift to political journalism.”
Twitterers were rightfully mystified — and disgusted:
#LapDogMedia unite! RT @pbsgwen One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) August 29, 2012
Um, what? RT @pbsgwen: One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Dan Isett (@DanIsett) August 29, 2012
Mistake? RT @pbsgwen: One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Harold Stickeehans (@StickeeNotes) August 29, 2012
Pretty perverse, Gwen RT @pbsgwen One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) August 29, 2012
So, you agree with his statement? You know, as a 'unbiased', tax payer supported PBS employee? —->MT "@pbsgwen: IStandwithDavid"
— Slightly Above Par (@SlightlyPar) August 29, 2012
I question your ethics. RT @pbsgwen: One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Mike (@ThePantau) August 29, 2012
Do you also stand w/ Akin? RT @pbsgwen: 1 mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism #IStandwithDavid
— TheRealMirCat (@TRMirCat) August 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/240884506863747072
https://twitter.com/grivno/status/240886415532105728
Haha um. ok. RT @pbsgwen: One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) August 29, 2012
Sooo #pathetic “@pbsgwen: One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid”
— JenerationXer❣️ (@PolitiKellyRite) August 29, 2012
perhaps @pbsgwen should use dictionary to compare "mistake" to "accidental disclosure of own opinion" #IStandwithDavid
— Karen Martin (@karmartin) August 29, 2012
Any other Leftist Journos want to get in this line? MT @pbsgwen: @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— cosmoscon (@gdthomp01) August 29, 2012
As a matter of fact, yes:
Agreed! RT @pbsgwen One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Mike Melia (@mike_melia) August 29, 2012
I think the world of @DavidChalian. Don't condone or understand what he said, but he knows politics and he's a good guy.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 29, 2012
David Chalian is a great guy, a terrific journalist and not someone — in my experience — who thumbs the scale. I wish him the best…
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 29, 2012
Terrible, cowardly decision by Yahoo! to fire @DavidChalian, 1 of the best and fairest political journalists in this business. RT if u agree
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/andreastonez/status/240883910672801792
https://twitter.com/andreastonez/status/240896479663894528
.@DavidChalian said something awful, but he is a 1st-rate journalist, terrific person and classy guy. His many friends are thinking of him.
— adam nagourney (@adamnagourney) August 29, 2012
Excuse us while we vomit all over ourselves.
Ifill’s ridiculous #IStandWithDavid hashtag was ripe for mockage, and conservatives didn’t disappoint:
https://twitter.com/mooseandskwerl/status/240889982364033024
#IStandwithDavid because the little people don't matter
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) August 29, 2012
#IStandwithDavid because journalistic liberal bias does not exist
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) August 29, 2012
#IStandWithDefundingPBS RT @pbsgwen One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— ikidyounot (@ikidyounot) August 29, 2012
#IStandWithDavid because @DavidChalian accidently spilled the lib media's beans and gave recorded evidence of typical #prog bias
— Sam Pierce (@sepierce) August 29, 2012
@pbsgwen: Because I hate watching conservatives take back their freedom up close and personal #IStandwithDavid
— I.M. Freedomlover (@BO_Must_Go_2012) August 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/a_doodle/status/240887182116675584
https://twitter.com/HenryBuck/status/240894008702930944
#KanyeShrug RT @pbsgwen One mistake does not change this. @DavidChalian is God's gift to political journalism. #IStandwithDavid
— Seth (@dcseth) August 29, 2012
@pbsgwen The Hindenburg was God's gift to aviation. #gwenifillogic #istandwithdavid
— LIT_CYBERMAN (@UKISOCIETY) August 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/Hayekonomics/status/240900263555248128
@pbsgwen: Because I don't mind carrying the party's water #IStandwithDavid"
— I.M. Freedomlover (@BO_Must_Go_2012) August 29, 2012
Standing here in the unemployment line. Dude in front of me keeps mumbling about "wingnuts… Faux News… teabaggers…" #IStandwithDavid
— China is lying (@jtLOL) August 29, 2012
Heh.
Don’t worry, Gwen and Friends. If you should find yourselves in the unemployment line, where you belong for your blatant hackery and dishonesty, Twitter conservatives are always more than willing to lend a hand with helpful job suggestions.
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