Nico Pitney Nails Milbank on CNN

Go Nico Pitney!

Later, Milbank called Nico a dick. According to Nico:

The only thing that surprised me was when Dana turned to me after our initial sparring and called me a “dick” in a whispered tone (the specific phrase was, I believe, “You’re such a dick”).

I haven’t been really following the corporate media’s outrage about Nico Pitney’s appearance in the president’s recent press conference. But for anyone in the corporate press to bitch about being in “collusion” with an administration is pathetic considering, you know, 2001-2005.

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  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Pitney was a lot nicer than I would have been. “I’m a dick? Then you’re an ass.”Pitney was beautiful. The Obama bathing suit bit said everything that needed saying about Milbank’s Very Serious Journalism.I did like that the host asked about the jealousy of newspapers over the rise of new media, but why exactly did they bring a reporter from the Washington Wingnut Moonie Times on for a third? “Fairness and balance,” I suppose?

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    Dana Milbank has been a dick since his article last year. I can’t remember what it was, but he reported an untruth about Obama and wouldn’t retract it. KO called him out and Milbank said he stood by his article.I haven’t paid him any attention since. And Kurtz has it correct, mainstream journalists are jealous and I think, in awe of Nico. I know I am.

  • kansasdem

    I love it!Like a bunch of kids bitching about who’s hogging the sand in the sand-box!

  • Steve B

    Jeff Gannon…Thats all i have to say

  • chauncey

    I really wish Nico would have nailed Milbank specifically on the msm’s piss poor “coverage” of the events in Iran. Perhaps President Obama would have called on a “mainstream” media journalist regarding Iran if they hadn’t totally and completely dropped the ball.Bottom line, Nico had his finger on the pulse of the Iranian crisis long before, and arguably in a much more relevant manner, than any of the so-called msm “journalists” who were spending their time studying their navels.

  • http://emsique.blogspot.com emsique

    Hey Bob,Is the PTT dead? If so, would you make an announcement? If you are taking a poll, I say keep it, especially since I am coming back to the USSA for a few weeks and would like to actively drink, bong hit and interact when you guys are instead of in the morning when I’m not working and my internet is.

  • http://nanotyrnns.blogspot.com/ Nanotyrannus

    They are jealous. This administration has given a seat to progressive radio as well as progressive blogs in the press room and these guys are pretty pissed at being upstaged by what they don’t consider to be journalism. And she was going on about fairness in the press room? I don’t know anything (or much of anything) about that culture but I’m pretty sure you have to play nice with the administration or your ass is out next time around and fairness has nothing to do with it.He owned both of them and they know it and they’ll continue to bitch about it in the days to come as part of some effort to discredit Nico. Meanwhile, he’ll be asking questions at the next press briefing.

  • J

    It’s amazing (though I know I shouldn’t be amazed by this anymore) that this total falsehood that the question was planted has been allowed to stand. And no, Nano, there is no fairness in the pressroom. If there were, you would never have to hear Chuck Todd’s voice again.

  • Lexaburn

    Like I stated here previously, the Fourth Estate is now rendered inert.I have no problem with the HuffPo reporter, though. I know what it is like taking on a haughty chump. The “presumptuous” (HA!) Milbank moron thought that little folder would help explain his point of view better. Someone needed to inform the ass that viewers of that repugnant CNN program aren’t able to read the words on those papers he shuffled nervously.Golly, gee whiz, what a jealous prick this Dana Milbank is. Oh, don’t forget he’s “presumptuous,” too.P.S.That political gossip video he made with his doppleganger was enough to justify beating them both with a crowbar. What a couple of Brainy Smurf-looking killjoys.Yeah, I know one of them frequents Olbermann’s program at this point. So? The presumptuous Milbank did, too. These Washington newspup newbies that preen like peacocks on TV will always eventually disappoint you, so don’t put your complete faith in them.

  • roxsteady

    By the way, the crazy, moonie, bimbo stated that Nico was brought to the front of the press room. That was complete bullshit. Nico was closer to the door than to the President. Milbank is a complete douchebag!