WP removes Milbank Cillizza offensive video from website.

[madfloridian]

From Huffington Post tonight.

UPDATE: The Washington Post has removed the video in question from its Web site

UPDATE: The Washington Post has removed the video in question from its Web site. Kris Coratti, Director of Communications at the Post told TPM: "The video was a satirical piece that lampooned people of all stripes. There was a section of the video that went too far, so we have removed the piece from our website." But Media Matters cleverly archived a copy, now embedded below.

ORIGINAL POST: As many of you know, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank used to do respectable journalism, back when I was six years old or something. But lately, he's basically been reduced to whispering off-camera expletives to Huffington Post National Editor Nico Pitney and performing in inane videos with Chris Cillizza, called "Mouthpiece Theatre." These videos are basically leaden, universally idiotic, and barely worth mentioning. But that all changed today, when Milbank told a joke about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that was, on its own merits, newsworthy.

In the video, Milbank and Cillizza go on and on and on, suggesting the brands of beer that President Barack Obama could serve at other "beer summits." Examples: David Vitter would drink "Happy Ending," Jeff Sessions would drink "Dixie," Robert Byrd would drink "Old Peculier." But the seminal moment comes at about the two-and-a-half minute mark, when Milbank says, "And we won't tell you who's getting a bottle of Mad Bitch." That's when an image of Hillary Clinton appears on the screen. Har!

The video is up at the Huff post link in You Tube format.

One sad part of this is that these two fellows have been insulting good people in every one of those videos.

The saddest part is that they really truly think they are funny.

[csziggy]

1. Millbank has not been on MSNBC for a while, but Cillizza has - wonder if he will be banned too?

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Beer Summit jokes are getting real stale real fast

The HuffPo has a story about Bill Maher's contribution to the art. Excitement reigns.

The crack at Hillary's expense is the same old same-old. It's not really all that offensive these days, and it reflects more on the Hillary-phobes, anyway. CC & DM emerge looking more like snickering schoolboys than sages of journalism. If the WaPo wants to make a Big Deal out of it, it will be their loss.

But the beer jokes ... let them rest. So microbrews tend to have wacky names. And there, it should stay.

--d!

[Jim Sagle]

3. To think WAPO canned Froomkin and kept these two clowns and their Piece of Shit Theatre.

:puke:

[Captain Hilts]

6. I cancelled my subscription when they hired Gerson. Since then they've hired Kristol and Parker. nt

[SpiralHawk]

4. "I'll have a keg of Republicon Draft Dodger." - Rush Limbaugh

"To share with the vast horde of Republicon Chickenhawk Cronies across the Fruited Plains. Smirk."

- Rush Limbaugh

[Captain Hilts]

5. Milbank is a Yalie that belonged to skull and bones. Cilizza another ivy leaguer. Ugh!

[ErinBerin84]

7. I didn't watch the video

But is there anyone who would ever find this sort of thing amusing? Fake masterpiece theater with media whores? If they want to be offensive and pat themselves on the back over how hee-harious they are, can't they do it in private? Assholes.