# MSNBC's Martin Bashir is a douchenozzle **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858 "2012-11-13T03:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/1 "2012-11-13T03:55:33Z")
Seriously. Yeah, we all have opinions, we all say “funny” things to our friends now and then, but a journalist is supposed to tell me the fucking news that happened today, and keep their opinions to themselves. If I want someone’s opinion, I’ll open the OP-ED page. \*\*MSNBC’s Bashir apologizes to young viewers ‘frightened’ by Krauthammer’s face \*\* On national TV, this asshat makes fun of an actual Pulitzer Prize winning journalist because of the way he looks. Because he’s paralyzed. What a prize. Let’s hear what he says when someone calls him a Paki. > **[MSNBC's Bashir apologizes to young viewers 'frightened' by Krauthammer’s face](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/msnbcs-bashir-apologizes-to-young-viewers-frightened-by-krauthammers-face)** > > MSNBC's Martin Bashir jokingly apologized to young viewers this week who might have been “frightened by” Charles Krauthammer's face in a video clip that was aired on his show. No bias in the media? Uh huh.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/2 "2012-11-13T03:57:52Z")
You linked to Fox and complain of bias? Giggle. ---
**Author:** ![RockytheflyingS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RockytheflyingS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RockytheflyingS)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/3 "2012-11-13T04:15:34Z")
Martin Bashir has had a long career of reporting things in a sensational manner. The way he conducts himself I wonder if he tries to make his subjects not be taken seriously. I’m surprised he’s lasted this long. Who is paying him?! ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/4 "2012-11-13T04:51:13Z")
It has nothing to do with his disability. He’s just a somewhat fearsome-looking guy, and Bashir made a stupid joke about it. He actually looks a bit like [Gul Dukat](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=gul+dukat&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=INGhUPmXG6yLyAGRr4DgBw). I’ve seen him on TV a few times and never even knew he was paralyzed. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/5 "2012-11-13T23:01:28Z")
Krauthammer vs Douchnozzle? Sounds like a very bad SNL skit (but I repeat myself). I’ve seen Krauthammer on any number of political talk shows, and he’s living proof that the ability to walk has no bearing on doing that particular job. But he’s also living proof of the maxim that “by the age of forty, you have the face you deserve.” I did find this one very enjoyable quote from him though: “If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life; the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show; and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/6 "2012-11-13T23:17:40Z")
I always jokingly wondered if he and Skip Bayless were related. So Krauthammer “received a medical degree from Harvard in 1975, completing his residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1984 he was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.” What’s he doing commenting on politics, except that politics attracts a certain type? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-martin-bashir-is-a-douchenozzle/640858/7 "2012-11-13T23:58:37Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So Krauthammer “received a medical degree from Harvard in 1975, completing his residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1984 he was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.” What’s he doing commenting on politics, except that politics attracts a certain type? Would _you_ want that cold-blooded, burbling, supercilious twit to be _your_ psychiatrist?