Most Outrageous Media Comments of 2008

With attacks on autistic children, the poor, and HIV-positive basketball star Magic Johnson, talking heads showed that nobody was safe in 2008, no matter how unfounded and unseemly the smear.
Progressive politicians, particularly Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama, were also targets. Obama was called everything from a “pussy” (Don Imus), to a “steamy crap sandwich” (Chris Krok). One commentator said Obama “fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo — a black on the outside, a white on the inside” (John McLaughlin), while others associated him with the Antichrist (Bill Cunningham, Chris Baker, Brian Sussman, others). Michelle Obama was also targeted, being described, among other things, as “Kim Jong-Il dressed up with a bit of Oprah Winfrey dressing” (Mark Steyn). MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said Clinton’s success is attributable not to her merit, but to the fact that “her husband messed around.”
The list of offenses to women, minorities, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and others in 2008 is a long one, but HERE are some of the standouts