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Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Chris Wallace: Probing, hard-nosed journalist

The Fox News interviewer asks a question so obsequious that even the president was embarrassed by it.

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  • Sunday, February 10, 2008 01:17 PM

    Shooter- are you Stupid? Or deliberately missing the point?

    You're comparing two things that aren't the same.

    But are both examples of obsequious media behavior, yes? That is the salient object of all Glenn's posts, media that is not confrontational.

    -- shooter242

    Obsequious- "sucking up", in other words. So you're saying that David Schuster and Chris Matthews were obsequious when they apologized?

    Confronting obviously untrue statements is NOT the same thing as being insulting, using ad hominem attacks, etc. You of all people ought to know the difference, lil' popgun- it's your signature move (avoid the facts, be snarky...)

    Talk about trying to teach a pig to sing...

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