Greta Van Susteren, who is Ed Schultz’s competition at 10 p.m., weighed in on the affair on her blog this morning, urging her readers to accept Schultz’s quite evidently heartfelt apology and move on.
“Yeah, it was really lame what he said….and I am certainly not making excuses for it, but, my view after watching his apology? Let it go. He apologized (within a short period of time) and did so in a very bold way (it was not “I am sorry IF I offended…blah blah blah” but a real “fall on the sword” apology.) His apology is to a broader audience than his insult, a more visible medium, placed right at the top of his show and then he turned his show over to another host. What more can we ask of him? Laura ought to accept the apology, too, and just chalk it up to the competition going stupid.She then used the episode to make a broader point about how female political figures on both sides of the aisle are treated by the media.
And here is the silver lining: MAYBE other men and women in the media will hear of what Ed Schultz did and get the message about how women are treated in the media by some….do the names Clinton, Palin, Bachmann or Pelosi ring a bell? This might be a good time for reflection for everyone in the media. The easy ones are when women are called names like sluts….the tough ones to identify – but are bad - are the ones that are snickering and demeaning.It is fair and right and our job to challenge women politicians aggressively on the issues but you know when it is sexism and not issues. Who can forget Newsweek putting a picture of Palin in short shorts on its cover?
Source: http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=517a09330772aff90af5c3a42ba5f264
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