Is Mocking Appalachia Really the Equivalent of Making Racist Jokes?
At least one blog post makes the case in fingering MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell for this line about Barack Obama's Virgina visit: "Interesting images today. Barack Obama, Mark Warner, in Southwest Virginia. This is real [chuckle] redneck … sort of … uhm … bordering on Appalachia … country. This is not the Northern Virginia … uh … you know … high-tech corridor. And these are voters that he would not logically … be … you know, gravitating to. This is the beginning of a pivot." Evidence of prejudice, or just bad newscasting?
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I'm still trying to figure out how AM gets to HOST a show. She's a fine reporter, but as a host she sucks! It seems like she's never really listening to responses. There's a second or two of dead air before she follows up with another question or comment.