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PCIntern (28,712 posts)
What we witnessed yesterday on MTP
was a typical outburst from an individual who has frontotemporal dementia. The triggering of the physiological aspects: the reddening of the face, the snarling rictus of the mouth wherein you see what looks almost like a smile or grin but is negative reaction in extremis, the postural change, all point to sudden expression of repressed rage. The pressure of speech: the incessant speaking of the pent-up phraseology which under any normal circumstances would not be uttered, associated with the malignant narcissism was uninterruptible by the questioner.
It is not unimportant that the eruption occurred during “interrogation” by none other than a black female, whose members of that group are almost invariably described by the subject as “Low-I.Q.” .
This was clinically a significant outburst, the subject matter aside. I believe that Ms Welker, like her or not professionally, was so taken aback at this almost feral-sounding and appearing man, that she reverted briefly into an almost childish mindset, for which I do not blame her one iota. In the vernacular, “it turned into a ****ing nightmare”.
As far as I am concerned, I would put this degree of pathology in the same category as the Pennsylvania official who blew the back of his head off on camera in the late 1980’s. Rarely do you see true, not simulated, full-blown pathology of this severity unless you are watching clinical films or video made for academic purposes.
In this matter I unfortunately speak from competence and experience. I have had this happen to me on several occasions and can relate the details of each as though they occurred yesterday. Again, in the vernacular: this is some sick shit, man.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221291243
irisblue (38,036 posts)
Say Cheese...fake image made me grin
Editing to add, we have all seen President Biden taking selfie with many many people over the years
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221289255
As a theoretical exercise, what if P-Hustle had an Israeli flag instead of a Nazi Totenkopf tattoo, would that be disqualifying for Democrat voters?
Once again. Another TDS post that provides absolutely zero content. Nothing!
New information?
Clarification of existing information?
Some kind of mission statement?
No. Not one damn thing!
Scott Pelley is the pompous windbag of 60 Minutes. Ted Knight played a character like Pelley for laughs in days of old on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Pelley amped up the character and drained it of humor. He is beyond satire. An insufferable fool, he plays himself seriously.
... Jonthan Leaf explains why in the Washington Free Beacon column “Scott Pelley isn’t a serious journalist.” Leaf focuses on one fraudulent story retailed by Pelley on which Leaf himself has become an expert based on his own work. ... On my point, however, Leaf puts it this way:QuotePelley is a classic talking-head—someone who started in television and whose whole career has been forged within it. This is the world that the movie Broadcast News depicts. Someone handsome and deep-voiced appears on camera. Others do most or all of the writing and the research….
In Britain, news anchors have traditionally been called “newsreaders.” That’s because this is what they are. Their job is to make sure that their hair is coiffed when they read from the teleprompter. Pelley was a male bimbo: a himbo.
Scott Pelley spent 37 years at CBS News and became one of the familiar faces of 60 Minutes. He also anchored and managed CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017.
Longevity can bring wisdom, but it also can convince a person who reads a script that the chair is his.
Pelley's exit from CBS looks a lot less like martyrdom and a lot more like Job 101 catching up with him late in life.
Pelley lost his job after a tense staff meeting with Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, and Nick Bilton, executive producer of 60 Minutes. The meeting was intended as an introduction of Bilton to the staff, but Pelley mounted his holy soapbox and used the moment to attack leadership, complain about the direction of the program, and question Bilton's qualifications.
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The man/boy was handed his walking papers shortly afterward.
Anybody who has ever held a job knows the rule; it's not complicated: don't torch your boss in front of the company and then act shocked, SHOCKED! when the company removes your badge. Pelley had every right to dislike the actions management made, and he also had every right to raise concerns through normal channels.
