A final "thought" from Roland Martin, the Tweet- and Blackberry-happy CNN guy who got a little too frank in his evaluation of journalistic talent. Here's the relevant portion of Martin's second Blackberry burst to leading cable news bloggers. I screen-grabbed it above, and here's the text below:
The idiot part was for Stewart, who clearly doesn't have a life considering all he does is send out eblasts that we don't request.
So now we are told by Roland that we're not ALL idiots. Whew! The only "idiot," according to Roland, is Thomas Charles Stewart. Well, Roland, let me say that I am proud to be Thomas' e-pal (even though he and I have never met). The Cable Gamer can certainly understand why you, Roland, don't like Thomas, but to the rest of us--admit it, Roland, your first e-mail, saying that we are all idiots, was your true feeling!--Thomas is a great Cable Gamer. And what higher compliment is there than that?
Something tells me that we have heard the last of Martin for the evening. By tomorrow morning, early, CNN suits and flacks will have taken control of the situation. They will issue a soothing statement, and take away Martin's Blackberry for awhile.
And then it will probably blow over.
But one might ask: Can you imagine the ruckus if a Fox reporter had written the exact same words? The New York Times would be running editorials, the National Organization for Women would be staging protests in front of Fox HQ, and the offending Fox reporter would soon be gone.
That's the double standard.
