I just wanted to draw some attention to this hilarious video which shows Dana Milbank for being a small, petty man that he is. It's a clip from CNN's Reliable Sources where Nico Pitney confronts Dana Milbank for being a petty, jaded "journalist" that he is.
Now, I wasn't a huge fan of the amount of coverage Iranian election was receiving on the blogosphere mainly because I thought we should direct all our energy toward Healthcare Reform, but I truly admire Pitney's work. And if Milbank was a serious journalist, he would've taken notes from Pitney's innovative methods and applied them to his own practice. But no. Milbank just can't help himself and acts like a jilted man. He acts like a cornered man who is confronted by the truth he's refused to face as a "reporter" from the Washington Post for god knows how many years.
Be warned. Howie Kurtz's format is horrible as always. Nico Pitney is flanked by Milbank and a Moonie hack from the Washington Times. But Pitney does a wonderful job of exposing Milbank for being a shallow, tabloid journalist that he is and it's really a treat to see.
Enjoy!
Just a quick update after watching the clip for the 17th times.
Here's a killer quote from Nico after Kurtz asks whether the whole Q&A with Obama was "staged":
"No. From beginning to end, there was no planning involved. I was the one who posted that I was soliciting questions from Iranians. I chose the question. The reason President Obama made that comment was because he was trying to make the point that he was taking a question from an Iranian. And it's interesting that Dana of all people wrote this column very negatively. I mean, this is a person, Dana who, when he had a chance to ask Obama a question, he approached him in the hall during a campaign and asked him not one but multiple questions about how he looked in a bathing suit. I mean, that to me is pathetic. You couldn't stage manage me into that..."
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Classic!
Long live this clip!!!