so I saw Maher's show last night

[SoFlaJet]

with John O'Neil,Dana Rohrbacher,Ashley Banfeild, some author and Chris Matthews who made a great point about how can anyone be undecided.He went on w/ alitany of scenarios asking which kind of country do you want for the next 20 years.Someone should post a text it was good

[Skarbrowe]

1. DANG!

I'm sorry I missed that. I was wondering what happened to Ashley Banfield. If that wasn't already the repeat, I hope to catch it when it airs again.

[SoFlaJet]

2. she looks great

and BM said she is a newly wed.She is a lefty that much I figured out.She is a girl who likes to laugh...gotta luv that

[Skarbrowe]

3. Hey SoFlaJet

I had heard rumors of why she suddenly disappeared from sight after being on MSNBC constantly after Election Disaster 2000 and when we went into Iraq. Now I don't remember what they were. Old age is tough! She was a great reporter. Did hard stuff like being over in Afghanistan for months, I believe.

I need some info on what's been happening to her professionally for the last couple of years. And yep, she's cute and smart. Glad to hear she has gotten married and I hope she's happy as hell.

I've got to see that show. I'll check the listings.

Skarbrowe

[SoFlaJet]

4. I think

she was asking some tough questions that ruffled a few feathers that she shouldn't have-I'll see what I can find

[SoFlaJet]

5. Savage called her a slut.............

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/medialog/2003_04_27_archive.


Banfield's too good for them. Let me see if I've got this straight. Right-wing homophobic talk-show host Michael Savage, in his "book," The Savage Nation, jokes that MSNBC stands for "More Snotty Nonsense By Creeps," and refers to MSNBC reporter Ashleigh Banfield as "the mind-slut with a big pair of glasses that they sent to Afghanistan."

So how did MSNBC executives respond? Why, they hired him, of course. And when he called Banfield a "slut" on the air for daring to interview loyalists to Saddam Hussein, his bosses reacted with silence.

Now Banfield has chosen to speak out, criticizing the networks -- not just her own -- for portraying the war as a glorious romp for aspdemocracy rather than the more complex and bloody conflict that it was.

"You did not see where those bullets landed. You didn't see what happened when the mortars landed. A puff of smoke is not what a mortar looks like when it explodes, believe me," Banfield said at a speech at Kansas State University last week.

She also dared to take on Savage, saying:

He was so taken aback by my daring to speak to martyrs ... for being prepared to sacrifice themselves, he chose to label me a slut on the air, and that's not all, as a porn star and an accessory to the murder of Jewish children. These are the ramifications for simply bringing the message in the Arab world.
A rational response might be to cheer Banfield for stating some obvious truths that few mainstream-media people want to say. But, noooo. Instead, NBC News released a statement saying:

Ms. Banfield does not speak for NBC News. We are deeply disappointed and troubled by her remarks, and will review her comments with her. In the meantime, we want to emphasize how proud we are of the journalism produced by NBC News and of the men and women who worked around the clock, even risking their lives, to bring this story to the American public.
Unfortunately, what's going on is very simple. Banfield is absolutely right about the war coverage, and besides, she's simply defending herself from someone who has attacked her twice in grotesquely sexist terms. But MSNBC's past attempts to turn her into its hot-babe marquee ratings star failed, so she's not allowed to speak out.

She'll be gone -- soon. So will Savage, after it becomes clear that his hate-filled, lower-than-public-access-quality talk show is a ratings loser. And MSNBC will continue its long, unwatched march into oblivion.

posted at 9:05 AM | link


Green days. Today's Boston Herald has some

[Skarbrowe]

6. Thanks! And crap.

That's what I remembered reading. She didn't stick to the party line. She was absolutely amazing during the Election 2000 debacle, she was right there when the buildings were falling on 9/11, she was actually in the country we first invaded, and for all of that superb reporting, someone like Savage and the assholes at MSNBC (NBC) end her career. Well, she's too good for them. I hope she's happy doing whatever it is she's doing now.

Damn, that's sickening.

Thanks again for the information and the link. :)

Skarbrowe

[SoFlaJet]

8. you are welcome

she looked happy to me

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Don't worry,

Tweety seems to be all better now. It was a momentary lapse on his part.