Terri
05-24-2003, 09:53 AM
Red-faced Sen. Daschle mixes up black journos
Richard Johnson
NY Post
May 23, 2003
May 23, 2003 -- SENATE Minority Leader Tom Daschle blundered yesterday when he accidentally mixed up two black reporters who've been covering him for years. PBS off-camera reporter Linda Scott, who has covered Congress for more than 20 years, raised her hand at a press conference to ask the South Dakota Democrat a question about the Republican economic stimulus package. Daschle apparently got her confused with CBS producer Evelyn Thomas, the only other African-American female television producer who regularly covers Congress. Thomas was not even in the room at the time. "Yes, Evelyn," said the Senator, nodding at Scott. The other reporters present at the time gasped. Daschle's slip left Scott visibly angry; she pointedly told Daschle that she looks nothing at all like her black colleague. "It's Linda, and I know we don't look alike," fumed Scott, who then asked Daschle about the tax cut. Later, Scott told The Post's Vince Morris she's bitter, but that Daschle isn't the only politician to do it: "To me it's that old thing about 'oh, they all look alike,' " said Scott. But she praised Daschle for later calling to say how sorry he was.
Link (http://www.nypost.com/gossip/35811.htm)
Because it is so short the entire paragraph is posted.
This was a simple mistake but I'm posting it to point out a simple truth.
If this had been the mistake of a Republican senator we would be hearing about it non-stop for the next two weeks from every major media outlet in the country.
We would have Sheetz Byrd on the floor of the Senate calling for the resignation of the Rupublican and we would have the silver tongued Daschle telling us how "saddened, deeply saddened" he was by such obvious racism.
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My contempt for Tom Daschle and KKK Byrd is exceeded only by my contempt for their supporters. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/dead.gif
Richard Johnson
NY Post
May 23, 2003
May 23, 2003 -- SENATE Minority Leader Tom Daschle blundered yesterday when he accidentally mixed up two black reporters who've been covering him for years. PBS off-camera reporter Linda Scott, who has covered Congress for more than 20 years, raised her hand at a press conference to ask the South Dakota Democrat a question about the Republican economic stimulus package. Daschle apparently got her confused with CBS producer Evelyn Thomas, the only other African-American female television producer who regularly covers Congress. Thomas was not even in the room at the time. "Yes, Evelyn," said the Senator, nodding at Scott. The other reporters present at the time gasped. Daschle's slip left Scott visibly angry; she pointedly told Daschle that she looks nothing at all like her black colleague. "It's Linda, and I know we don't look alike," fumed Scott, who then asked Daschle about the tax cut. Later, Scott told The Post's Vince Morris she's bitter, but that Daschle isn't the only politician to do it: "To me it's that old thing about 'oh, they all look alike,' " said Scott. But she praised Daschle for later calling to say how sorry he was.
Link (http://www.nypost.com/gossip/35811.htm)
Because it is so short the entire paragraph is posted.
This was a simple mistake but I'm posting it to point out a simple truth.
If this had been the mistake of a Republican senator we would be hearing about it non-stop for the next two weeks from every major media outlet in the country.
We would have Sheetz Byrd on the floor of the Senate calling for the resignation of the Rupublican and we would have the silver tongued Daschle telling us how "saddened, deeply saddened" he was by such obvious racism.
http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/barf.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/barf.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/barf.gif
My contempt for Tom Daschle and KKK Byrd is exceeded only by my contempt for their supporters. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/dead.gif