The top of Memeorandum at 7:35 a.m. this a.m. leads me to ask: Is John Amato bigger than Keith Olbermann?
I’m pretty sure the safe answer is “no,” but the truth is, I’m not so sure. And if Olbermann is worth anything like $4 million a year, let alone “north of” that, shouldn’t MSNBC at least send Amato a nice gift basket?
Another hit for Amato’s Crooks and Liars this week is eliciting an apology from CNN for this:
The Chicago Tribune hat tips Raw Story, but again, Amato got there first.
I think there are a few lessons to be learned here. For one, conservatives should observe this reminder that the MSM are capable of playing the same dumb jokes on Democrats as sometimes happens to Republicans. Meanwhile, the left as well might consider that when Fox News mislabeled then-Rep. Mark Foley as a Democrat, chances are it was just a mistake.
And while we’re on the subject of “Barack Hussein Obama,” a phrase that has peaked but isn’t going away, I wonder if anybody realizes that the first person to use the full construction last year was not GOP consultant Ed Rogers, but actually… Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet. She is nobody’s conservative, but certain corners of the rightosphere were already way ahead of Rogers.
Another nickname affixed to him these days is “Obambi,” referencing his lack of political experience. In recent weeks, both Jonathan Alter of Newsweek and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal have both referenced the term, crediting it only to a “Chicago columnist.” Which Chicago columnist? How hard is it to properly credit the person responsible?
The papers won’t say. But I will: It’s Michael Sneed, also of the Chicago Sun-Times.
So why does Sweet escape blame for the xenophobic “nickname” while Sneed gets no credit for the innocent one?
In Chicago, the answer might be: People like Sweet a lot more than Sneed (I am not a Chicagoan, but I have consulted with one).
Inside the Beltway, there are a few possibilities, but they aren’t much different. In the case of DC bureau chief Sweet, I doubt they really care/remember. In the case of Chicago-based Sneed, I doubt they really remember/care.
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