{"id":66549,"date":"2019-11-19T03:46:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/08\/29\/gwen-ifill-doubles-down-on-defense-of-david-chalian-welcomes-twitter-detractors\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T03:46:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:46:57","slug":"gwen-ifill-doubles-down-on-defense-of-david-chalian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/66549","title":{"rendered":"Gwen Ifill doubles down on defense of David Chalian"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/pbsgwen\/status\/240905054759038977\n

PBS’s Gwen Ifill has had a busy day, not only defending David Chalian over his comment that the GOP is “happy to have a party while black people drown” but also calling the ex-Yahoo News bureau chief “God’s gift to political journalism.<\/a>” Now Ifill has a reading assignment for her “new Twitter detractors.”<\/p>\n

“Unbiased” journalist Ifill tweets a link to a National Journal article by editor Ron Fournier<\/a> with the patently biased title, “Why (and How) Romney Is Playing the Race Card.” Fournier’s proof? A breakfast conversation with a Detroit firefighter and a contractor who helpfully translate Romney’s “code” — “the subtle language of distrust and prejudice that whites use to communicate deep-set fears.”<\/p>\n\n\n

@pbsgwen<\/a> Would you please send me a list of words I'm allowed to say?<\/p>\n

— Walt Gilbert (@walt_gilbert) August 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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why doesn't @pbsgwen<\/a> just get it over with and put Obama2012 in her bio already?<\/p>\n

— Harold Stickeehands (@StickeeNotes) August 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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.@pbsgwen<\/a> @ron_fournier<\/a> A prominent liberal journalist jokes about black people drowning and that somehow makes Romney racist? #facepalm<\/a><\/p>\n

— jon gabriel (@exjon) August 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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We believe this is what “real journalists” call a follow-up question, and it’s worth answering. Does this “good read” prove that Chalian was right about the GOP being happy about people drowning?<\/p>\n\n\n

.@ExJon<\/a> @Hmm<\/a>…seems like pbsgwen is saying Chalian was right to assume RNC is racist. Is that it, Gwen?<\/p>\n

— John Sexton (@verumserum) August 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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@pbsgwen<\/a> You defend your friend who said Romney was "happy to party while black people drown." And ROMNEY is playing the race card?<\/p>\n

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) August 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReachRenee\/status\/240976839349252096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

@pbsgwen<\/a> Thanks. Had ignorantly mistaken you for a serious journalist, but this clears things up.<\/p>\n

— Rob Johnson (@rob84642) August 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Note: digging a deeper hole for yourself is not the kind of “shovel-ready job” anyone had in mind.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/writer1500CK\/status\/240976371273326592<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

#IStandWithDavidOnTheUnemploymentLine<\/a> @pbsgwen<\/a> God must have re-Gifted that one. @Talkmaster<\/a> @michellemalkin<\/a><\/p>\n

— Tony Woodall (@TonyWCMB) August 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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@pbsgwen<\/a> @davidchalian<\/a> #IStandwithDavid<\/a> his vile Bigotry is not a "mistake." go stand with dave in the unemployment line.<\/p>\n

— Bill Naylor (@mightymojohand) August 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/pbsgwen\/status\/240905054759038977 PBS’s Gwen Ifill has had a busy day, not only defending David Chalian over his comment that the GOP is “happy to have a party while black people drown” but also calling the ex-Yahoo News bureau chief “God’s gift to political journalism.” Now Ifill has a reading assignment for her “new Twitter detractors.” “Unbiased” … Continue reading Gwen Ifill doubles down on defense of David Chalian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}