COKiE ROBERTS ........ DEAD AT 75

Won't be missed in this corner.

Remember when she got Barbara Bush to call Hillary a bitch, then aired it?

The media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has criticized Roberts for what they describe as favoring corporate interests over those of working people. As an example, FAIR notes that during a 1992 interview with Al Gore, Roberts called for cuts in Medicare and Social Security, but suggested no cuts to the military budget.

Already a thread.

good riddance

"Roberts stated: “I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place,” adding, “He should be in Myrtle Beach, and, you know, if he's going to take a vacation at this time.”

Roberts repeated her criticism of Obama's vacation destination during the August 11 broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition, asserting that Obama's choice of Hawaii for his vacation “makes him seem a little bit more exotic.” She also characterized Hawaii as “a somewhat odd place to be doing it,” despite acknowledging, “I know that he is from Hawaii, he grew up there, his grandmother lives there.”

R2 Wasn't that Connie Chung?

God, do I feel silly. For a split second I thought they'd dug up David Bowie.

Connie Chung got someone's mother to call Hillary a bitch. Newt Gingrich or Pat Buchanan's mother, maybe?

Gingrich, R8.

So sad.

Connie & Newt's Mom

Was Cokie a coke head?

It was odd to find out today that Cokie was not her legal name.