A reporter for the PBS NewsHour supported the comments by a fired journalsit who made inappropriate remarks about the RNC and presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
David Chalian was fired as the Washington bureau chief for Yahoo news after making the comment that Mitt Romney was “happy to have a party with black people drowning.”Chalian was, of course referring to the RNC starting as hurricane Issac was approaching the Gulf coast. As most people who make inappropriate comments on an open mic, Chalian claims he did not know the mic was one. First rule when there are microphones in the area, "Do not make comments that will come back to haunt you." Chalian failed to abide by that basic journalism rule.
Gwen Ifill a reporter for the PBS NewsHour and host of Washington Week decided to defend her "old" friend and his comments.
Now, Ifill and PBS are hearing from viewers and other critics about the obvious bias by PBS and it programs and reporters. Ifill has not commented on the criticism, but her and the NewsHour bias continued during the PBS presentation of the RNC.
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler has received numerous complaint5s about the incident and believes Ifill's comments were "unnecessary" and "a big mistake."
More in Gether's latest column.
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