April 26, 2012

When Martin Sent Mitt to Hell

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Get Religion

MSNBC host Martin Bashir has a show that the cable network pitches as “Martin Bashir takes viewers across America and the globe to uncover the hidden side to the day’s events, with thoughtful and provocative interviews with the people you’re talking about.” It turns out it’s even worse than it sounds.

A few weeks ago, we had a few readers send in links to Bashir bashing Rick Santorum for not giving as much of his tithe money to the church as Bashir thought he should. Readers felt that maybe Bashir should have mentioned the large out-of-pocket expenses the Santorums pay for the care of their disabled child.

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TAGGED: media, Mormonism, Mitt Romney, Martin Bashir

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