Seemingly Forgetting That She Works For Fox News, Van Susteren Decries ‘Surprise’ Ambush Interviews
Seemingly Forgetting That She Works For Fox News, Van Susteren Decries ‘Surprise’ Ambush Interviews
On Saturday, Politico’s Carol E. Lee wrote a blog post describing her failed attempt to interview “first dude” Todd Palin at Tammy Haddad’s brunch before the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. “Todd Palin was being led around the brunch by Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who is apparently his host AND handler,” wrote Lee.
According to Lee, Van Susteren “intervened” when she “started to chat” with Palin, telling the reporter that the brunch was “off the record.” Writing on her blog the next day, Van Susteren expressed her outrage at being described as Palin’s “handler,” claiming that she was just showing “good manners” by stepping in when Palin was “ambushed by a surprise interview“:
A Politico reporter came up to our Fox guest Todd Palin with a pad to take notes and interview Todd Palin (it says “started to chat” but that is not what happened or what was going on….no one is that stupid to believe that.) It was an attempt to interview him when he did not agree to it or ask for it — print paparazzi at a brunch /party!
If Todd Palin had said something about coming there for a social event (instead of me), you know what would have happened — he would have been trashed….which would have been unfair. The reporter may have been working – but he was not. He was at a social event and not looking to be ambushed by a surprise interview.
At Media Matters’ County Fair blog, Jamison Foser notes the irony of Van Susteren’s complaints about “surprise” ambush interviews, considering that she works at Fox News, the home of the O’Reilly Harrassment Machine. “If Fox reporters are going to complain about people being “ambushed by a surprise interview,” they might want to denounce Bill O’Reilly first. Otherwise, they look like frauds,” writes Foser.
Though Van Susteren doesn’t send her producers to harass people who disagree with her like O’Reilly does, she has promoted Fox’s ambush journalism on her show. For instance, on the Oct. 30, 2008 edition of On The Record, Van Susteren aired footage of Fox reporter Griff Jenkins ambushing Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi and following him into an elevator. Watch that ambush interview:
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happily liberal Says:
Maybe cause Fox News doesn’t do that?
Yeah, just like George W Bush was an effective president. Who could have anticipated Fox News would turn into a propoganda arm of the Republican Party?
May 11th, 2009 at 5:48 pmWow, Sarah Palin is cool with leaving the husband alone with Greta. That is a trust exercise in itself.
That would be like letting Levi Johnston come into Bristol’s room…only it’s in Hawaii and they’re all alone for seven days.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:53 pmGreta allows postings of starting hate crimes on her blog and bans the people who bring it to her attention:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/05/11/latest-for-wh-press-secretary/comment-page-3/#comment-4788679
May 11th, 2009 at 5:54 pmIt isn’t about forgeting, its about hypocrisy. It about having no real convictions, other than the conviction to serve yourself. So it is also about selfishness.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:55 pmI’ll say this about the rightwingers: they are consistently HYPOCRITICAL.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:58 pmTodd and Khalidi are comperable in what way??? How does this make news?
May 11th, 2009 at 5:59 pmIt’s all a matter of perspective, the consertive perspective that is. They are the only ones who have any ethics or convictions, the rest of us must be taught.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:00 pmWow. I checked out blogmans link.
Trolls, don’t ever complain about the posts on this blog. Those people are scary.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pmHoodathunktick Says:
Wow. I checked out blogmans link.
Trolls, don’t ever complain about the posts on this blog. Those people are scary.
Yes… and by assuming all those who don’t think like you are this way makes you feel warm and fuzzy.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:09 pmWe’ve seen far worse on both sides. Don’t be ignorant.
muncien Says:
Take your own advice so far you DEFINE ignorant
May 11th, 2009 at 6:12 pmAnd how is that EugeneDebs?
May 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pmI frequently post on GretaWire. I enjoy spreading my liberal love over at Foxy News.
Blogman is correct, many of the comments there are beyond contemptible.
Moreover, one cannot criticize Greta. She wrote the following two posts about me, because my comments were less than stellar.
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/04/26/poor-jane/
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/04/25/janeloosen-up/
The woman has serious ego issues.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:26 pmGreta is a F**KTARD!
May 11th, 2009 at 6:29 pmdrago Says:
Greta is a F**KTARD!
Bravo Drago! Way to raise the bar! Perhaps Janie, Blogman, and Eugene can see my point now….
May 11th, 2009 at 6:34 pmWell done!
muncien Says:
And how is that EugeneDebs
By taking THIS very specific statement about VERY SPECIFIC people
Those people are scary.
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And then saying THIS
Yes… and by assuming all those who don’t think like you are this way makes you feel warm and fuzzy.
You show ignorance. How in the WORLD is the statement that THOSE PEOPLE are scary turn reasonably into ASSUMING ALL THOSE WHO…
It is a canned answer. It is a talking point you have been programmed with and use like one of Pavlovs dogs at the proper stimulus. It had no bearing WHATSOEVER on what he said.
After this stunning display of inanity you then tell HIM not to be ignorant. I cant imagine a more perfect example of ignorance by YOU.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:35 pmIt’s clear that Greta BELONGS at FIXED News if she micromanages her OWN comment boards. And the rightwingers accuse us of being thought police!
May 11th, 2009 at 6:36 pmmuncien 17
You didnt HAVE a point. You had a meme programmed into you from the hivemind and you shared it with us like the good little minion you are.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pmWow. An infotainer from a network I don’t watch “protecting” an irrelevancy from questions by an agent of an online political scandal sheet I don’t read. I can enjoy the cat fight without caring which of these twinkies “wins”. Thanks for the late afternoon guilty pleasure TP.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pm“How in the WORLD is the statement that THOSE PEOPLE are scary turn reasonably into ASSUMING ALL THOSE WHO…”
What a drastic misinterpretation I must have made… Are you serious? For real… “Those people” and “All those”? You are telling me that you didn’t mean it that way? If you didn’t, than say you didn’t, but don’t insult us with such a comment.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pmEugene…
From my post earlier… “We’ve seen far worse on both sides. Don’t be ignorant.”
Try to keep up!
May 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pmmuncien 22
OH I see. The problem here is you cant READ. He specifically cited THOSE people on the website that blogman linked to. That IS specific. THOSE SPECIFIC PEOPlE ON THAT WEBSITE cannot possibly, reasonably be turned into ALL THOSE WHO DONT AGREE WITH YOU.
Please you didnt really think that bit of anti logic was going to be taken seriously did you? Strike two on the ignorance point I made
May 11th, 2009 at 6:44 pmhappilyMoronic
You dont know how fat or lazy I might be but it is certainly obvious how STUPID you are. I am off today. A rightwing retard, the side of Ann Gangleskank Coulter, Micheal Weinerdog Savage and Rush the Oxymoron wants to compare this site to Hitler? Compared to FreeRepublicanSewer this site would make Ghandi proud. Then again you are waaaay too stupid to have any idea what you are talking about and just tossed out the first thing that floated to the top of that cesspool y ou have between your ears. The chances it was going to make sense is about the same as you finally accomplishing higher brain function. Those things will happen pretty much the same time as I grow wings and fly to Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize for gumchewing with my A$$
May 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pmEugene…
May 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pmBlogman referenced one rude comment. By stating ‘those’ Hudathunkick was either referencing the right, or he used the wrong word.
….try again.
muncien Says: 24
Which doesnt change the FACT you turned him specifically criticising a specific group of people on a specific website into all those who dont agree with you. Try not to be such a moron
May 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pmmuncien Says: 30
Ah NO blogman linked to a SITE with a message board which contained a bunch of posts. Try to make sense.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:51 pmEugene,
May 11th, 2009 at 6:56 pmI understand it’s easier for you to label people, and fling around degrading nonsense than to make a valid point, but it only shows your simple mindedness. By all means… keep it up.
Someone had to keep an eye on Todd Palin so he wouldn’t check out the ladies of the evening aka street hookers on his visit to DC. With one drink as he is an alcoholic you never know where you’d find him. Fox News knows Sarah is always looking for a man so it makes since Todd wouldn’t be any different. He did look like an idiot or dog following his Master Greta Van Susteren.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:56 pmmuncien 35
No munch. You dont understand anything as far as I can tell. You made an ignorant comment. I called you on it. You kept digging the whole deeper and I keep trying to get you to stop digging. You have done not one thing to refute my point. You are failing miserably and I am mopping the floor with you. So NOW you move on to the NEXT meme you have been programmed with in hopes of having better luck. So far the only thing you have shown is you are a moron as for snivelling like the punk you are about MY degrading comments lets remember the first post I answered of yours included YOU telling someone else not to be ignorant. Did you think that you conservatives were given the exclusive franchise on rude comments by GOD? Well you werent. If you dont LIKE mud thrown at YOU perhaps you shouldnt throw mud at others. Or keep throwing the mud then snivelling in a way that would embarass any six year old girl that we are treating YOU the way you treat us. Its all the same to me
May 11th, 2009 at 7:01 pmEugene,
May 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pmI haven’t called anybody a name of any kind… I simply stated that someone stating that only one side makes derogitory posts is ignorant.
Drago stating…
Greta is a F**KTARD!
…proved my point. How is that mud slinging again?
Wow, why the hell didn’t Todd just tell Van Susteren to get stuffed ? Seriousy, if he had something to say why not say it.
WHAT A WUSS.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pmmuncien 39
Baloney. Telling someone not to be ignorant is saying they ARE being ignorant. Dont be ignorant. Also NO it wasnt simply stating what you cliamed since Hoodathunktick NEVER MADE ANY SUCH ClAIM as one side makes all the derogatory posts he said the trolls shouldnt complain about THIS site since THOSE GUYS ( on the site linked to by blogman) are scary that isnt in the same universe as saying only one side makes all the derogatory remarks. Are you going to stop with the strawman arguments and other logical fallacies and perhaps come within a parsec or so of an actual cogent argument any time soon or is this kind of inanity really all you have?
May 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pmJanie Says:
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I frequently post on GretaWire. I enjoy spreading my liberal love over at Foxy News.
Janie, I checked some of the replies to your posts on gretawire. Wow you sure did strike a few nerves because just about every response followed greta’s hateful lead.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pmHahahaha… Somebody is getting upset… No hard feelings Eugene. Saying “Those guys are scary” based on a single racist comment came across as ignorant (still not name calling… just discribing a state of mind)… Moments later my point was made.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pmI come here because there are actually some good points that you won’t find in other places. But just like those places, you also find irrational thought. So while your trying to debate something we interpret differently, I’ll continue to observe.
Sorry- but Fox “news” is the most disgusting, attacking, ambushing station in existence. They can NEVER comment on others, because Fox (O’Reilly) sends out attackers on a regular basis (they stalk single women on vacation– how sick is that??) Fox- the stalking, smearing, middle-aged male-dominated network that revels in posting photos of near-nude women over & over & over. Sleazebags & the epitome of hypocrites.)
May 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pmmuncien 43
Are you being clueless on purpose. What is it about you conservatives that you always see anger or upset in posts that are showing your inability to use logic. I have no emotional investment here. I am making points. I am doing so while being rude because YOU WERE RUDE and YES you called him ignorant that is what dont be ignorant means. Some of you guys on the right think that words mean whatever you want them to mean or that things disappear if you just SAY they dont exist. Your post is up there. Anyone can see you called him ignorant. Get over it.
What in the WORLD makes you think that his comment was based on one racist comment? I went to that message board and I think those guys are scary based no a whole lot more than one racist comment. Whatever someone ELSE said LATER can not POSSIBLY make any point about that post to Hooda. Your post to him was ignorant. It is that simple. I showed it, I blew every silly argument you made to make it look rational out of the water. I just really think that YOU should be calling other people ignorant while YOU are being ignorant. Not that big a deal but you really ought to learn the first rule of holes. When you find yourself in one STOP DIGGING
May 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pmto
happily liberal
Oh, the stupidity
May 11th, 2009 at 7:28 pmHow hypocritical – but this is not surprising coming from any of the talking heads at Fox Fake News. Van Susteren sure has played herself as one of the Palin handlers. Wasn’t Van Susteren’s husband one of Sarah Palin’s PR persons? Wasn’t there a conflict of interest with Van Susteren reporting on Palin? Oh the hypocrisy. If the Palin’s can’t deal with the press/publicity they need to stay their a$$es in Alaska.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:31 pmhappily liberal 49
Nobody as anyone with a reading comprehension level above that of a gerbil would realize. Did you really think this seven thousandth variation of I know you are but what am I was still clever? Most people grow out of that one about second grade. Then again since you dont even read on a second grade level what COULD we expect from you…other than the moronity of course
May 11th, 2009 at 7:34 pmAt one time Greta Van Susteren had promise as a real journalist. That career is in the trash can and she is now a partisan hack posing as a journalist.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:35 pmsesli sohbet
May 11th, 2009 at 7:41 pmseslisohbet
seslichat
sesli chat
Go away blogwhore
May 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pmGreta has been a Palin supporter for some time which doesnt make her reporting on Snow machine Palin fair or balanced and besides that isnt Snow machine Palin able to defend himself?
May 11th, 2009 at 10:05 pmI have been blogging at Gretawire for a while now. I know for a fact that these people are CRAZY. They are the far far right of the republican party. They believe every single word that Rush Limbaugh says. They are racists, homophobes, xenophobes, bible thumping, hate filled complete MORONS.
You could debunk everything Limbaugh says 8 ways to Sunday and they STILL will believe Rush. They are a vile, disgusting bunch.
Entertaining, though. Getting them riled up makes them look even more stupid – which is hardly possible. They honestly believe that their party is doing just fine, also. It’s sad. Truly sad.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:59 pmHey Eugene,
Concerning happily liberal, the poor guy probably thinks the Nazis were actual Socialists…and that it was FDR and the liberals who were fawning over Mussolini and Hitler…so it is only natural to have him compare TP to Hitler…
sure wish he would have paid attention in World History class, but then again, he probably thought it was an evil liberal plot to brainwash the American youth…
May 12th, 2009 at 3:16 amOh, that’s priceless. I didn’t know she was that bad.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:38 amIn a perfect world it would be a surprise if anybody wanted to interview Todd Palin
May 12th, 2009 at 6:59 am