on FOX (of all places) "I think the extreme right has gone too far."

[kpete]

Shep Smith interviewed Patricia Maisch on her role in the tragedy in Tucson. Mrs Maish downplayed her heroism, saying humbly: "The two men that secured him were the heroes. I just was an assistant in being able to get that magazine or clip." Smith then went through detail by detail of the horrible event with her, which I've excised in the clip above. At the end of the nearly 10-minute interview, she floored Shep Smith with this:


SHEP SMITH: If there's anything you can think of over the last day and a a half that you might be able to turn this into a positive?...

PATRICIA MAISCH: I don't think so..I think..um..that Sheriff Dupnik said it best, that the extreme right, reporters, radio and tv have added to this problem and I'm just hoping that that will change because of this. That's my hope is that the Republicans will stop naming bills in very hateful things like the "job-killing" whatever the rest of that bill is. I think they've just gone over the top. I think the extreme right has gone too far.

VIDEO & MORE: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/something-you-dont-hear-everyday-fox-news

[SPedigrees]

1. Newscaster, heal thyself. nt

[MindandSoul]

2. A courageuse, humble woman. . .who knows right from wrong!

[whathehell]

3. Hell must be freezing over right now...

[Shandris]

4. I often wonder if Sheperd Smith walks a fine line of being fired every day...

...but isn't for some reason. Tinfoil time!

[tom_paine]

6. He gives them a little plausible deniability. The token honest guy with a shred of decency.

He must spend a lot of time alone in the corner at office parties.

OTOH, maybe they all understand the deal, are all making beacoup money, and give it a wink and nod knowing Shep's allowing occasional cracks in their facade of false reality are the price they pay for having someone they can point to and a handful of "integrity" incidents they can point to in order to build a false equivalence with the many many MANY "lack of integrity" on Fixed Noise.

[TalkingDog]

5. EXTREME Right? Since when is Weeper of the House considered extreme?

He refuses to quash "birther" nonsense.

How does Fox News fall into a marginal spot in the discourse? They ARE the discourse! While I sympathize with the woman's distress, she should have named Fox News as a prime agent in this mess.

[Supersedeas]

7. FOX can admit this, but Jon Stewart can't....interesting.