February 23rd, 2009 // comments (0)

Soon: Republicans Need Not Apply

Some nutjob is fuming about CBS’ new ‘communications’ hire:

Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications.

What is CBS thinking? This guy is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric.

How dare CBS News hire someone who isn’t a card-carrying Obama fan. Reading this fool’s rant at the Huffington Post may make you want to explode but I suggest you do it anyhow. Are you grasping this? If every media hire was scrutinized this way during the Bush Administration we’d all be watching ‘Friends’ reruns on CNN.

Note to Ira Forman, it’s OK to disagree politically. We don’t have to all join ranks and fall in line to continue to be the greatest country on the planet. In fact, the opposite is arguably true. If Ira got his way (and let’s hope he never does) the only employable people in this country would be Democrats. Somehow I doubt one SVP of Communications will have a noticeable effect on CBS’ news coverage.

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