jokegets editor fired
[Washington Post] David Chalian, the Yahoo News Washington Bureau chief, has been fired after getting caught claiming that "they" -- Willard MittRomney
...former governor of Massachussetts, currently the presumptive Publican nominee for president. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field. On the plus side, he isn't President B.O...
and his fellow Republicans -- "are happy to have a party with black people drowning."
The implication: that Republicans' decision to continue with their convention despite the hurricane hitting New Orleans means they don't care about black people.
Chalian's comment was first caught by the conservative media criticism site Newsbusters. Yahoo! has released a statement apologizing for the comment and announcing that Chalian had been terminated.
Unlike Chalian, whoever's actually in charge at Yahoo realizes that at least fifty percent of the electorate is made up of Publicans (the other half being Sinners).
"David Chalian's statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!. He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended."
I'll accept their apology, but it'll be tentative. Having a jerk like that as Yahoo News Washington bureau chief sez a lot about the degree of political correctitude -- and the party affiliation -- of Yahoo's news staff. I'm not getting and "fair and balanced" vibes from them.