Sorry, Sorry
Filed under: Media Minute
News guys should leave the "joking" to comedians.
ABC News' Martin Bashir's tasteless comments at the Asian American Journalists Association gala in Chicago last week pissed off a whole load of people.
In case you're wondering, here are the 'offending' things that Bashir spewed:
"[a speech] is like a dress on a beautiful woman. It has to be long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep you interested. My colleague Juju Chang has achieved this on both points."
"I've never been around so many Asian babes in my life. In fact, I'm mightily relieved that that the podium covers me from the waist downwards. I've been having trouble all evening…"
Ewwwww!
Bashir's comments forced ABC to release a statement publicly condemning the remarks.
An ABC mouthpiece said, "This kind of remark has no place in any setting and Martin knows that and is truly sorry for his serious error in judgment.'"
Bashir has written to the journalists' association apologizing for the 'tasteless remarks' he made at the event and describing his behavior as a 'moment of stupidity'.
Bashir is English. Did some things get lost in translation?
lost in translation my ass…what a loser. Go back to interviewing MJ!
10th?
That's horrible! He knows sooo much better than that! He portrays himself as a man of integrity. What drug was he on?
if he's got indian heritage, that makes him "asian". just like japanese or chinese people born in america.
This guy sucks…
Unbelievably distasteful and sexist. What an ass. This guy is the same reason Girls Gone Wild guy was set free…
OH. He's English. We'll then it makes sense.
what a stupid ass
and who cares about this guy
give me some britney news perez
i love her
haha wow what a douche
PEOPLE ARE SO UPTIGHT, THAT'S FUCKING HILARIOUS!!!!
Geeezzz . . . people are way too sensitive.
YUCK!!! Was he high or something?
I don't think he said anything offensive!
Dirty old man should be fired.
ewh he ah prev
On one hand… that's tasteless and innappropriate for a man of his calibur to say something like that at such a prolific event. On the other hand: I am sure many of us Asian women are, to say the least, trying to distinguish whether that was valid as a compliment or whether we should write it off as "disgusting". haha….
Well- the first part was funny- but he crossed the line with the second part. I'm English and that's not remotely funny! there's a time and place for everything and he made a fool of himself making a joke like that in such a setting.
This guy is a CREEP!
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
It's funny how that even though he's a journalist (or something)
he has no sense of whats appropriate.
IDIOT
He did the MJ documentary right? and edited the shit out of it to his liking
NOBODY Wants to picture this guy with a hard-on! ew!!
Also: he probably meant well. Sucks for him that he didn't quite hit the mark. lol.
In any setting - united states or The UK , his comments would have been deemed inappropriate.
Incidentally , hes always struck me (incorrectly perhaps) as glorified fleet street ( disreputable British tabloid central) "journalist" anyway.
To his credit he has since apologised at least
Bwahahahaha - he considers himself South Asian and thought he was kidding around with his bros. He interviewed Michael Jackson - you call that journalistic integrity???
Bwahahahaha!
Re: Sensible –
ahaha yup, safe to say that he missed it a tad lol
A grown man should know the difference tho
He shouldn't say that ANYWHERE haha
So, an Indian guy (dot, not feather) shared that he has "Yellow Fever" and is sporting wood in public. I don't see what the big deal is.
People need to chill the "F" out and find something worthwhile to focus on with their righteous indignation…
sucky sucky 5 dolla
was this a britsh or an american event? in fact, i really didn't need to ask. it's Janet Jackson boob all over again! it's not as though he asked Juju Chang to sit on his face is it?? now THAT would have been funny
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Wow, look at the picture closely. Bashir hearts Sharpies.
What a douchebag. He wasn't at a comedy club, he was a frickin' journalist association gala.
i don't get it?!?!
GROSS. What a pervert.
I guess he was getting his drink on a little too hard!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!
It was a tasteless joke but he certainly hadn't meant to offend anyone. I think this was blown out of proportion. Its kinda funny actually.
can't believe those words came out of his mouth. he's a nobody and a jerk.
kinda corny but he's right juju is a beautiful woman! love her!
he is such a douche *cough* used to hit his son *cough*
it was the word on the street at high school, where he lived, we all knew it,
just shows how much of a cunt this guy is
LOL Thats kind of funny! Why are all U people getting all huffy over this shit?!?! Chill out I say!
he needs to be hung by his cock and balls
Normally I'd say Martin Bashir was drunk and that is why he said that, but didn't he recently admit that he is being treated for some deadly disease? So maybe it was his MEDS talking or a combination of his MEDS and alcohol ???
Re: HAMphetamine – It's not funny to the professional women there who were treated like exotic sexual fantasies for this asshole.
yes that was lost in translation…thats funny and maybe just a little sarcastic
What an oafish pig.
Hmmm…
I'm not seeing this as too big of a deal, sounds like we should take it with a grain of salt.
YOU YANKS NEED TO CALM THE FUK DOWN! HOLY SHIT, RELAX A LITTLE!
Bashir is a douche but, he shouldn't have to apologize. Nor should ABC. Amercia is the land of the free? Before you know it, everyone will have to end their sentence with an apology in place of a period. Lighen up already. You bunch of two faced pigs. Sorry, that was insenative. I made a dumb comment that is out of character.
Wow, this is very disturbing –
this man is suppose to be a journalist, you can't really blow these statements out of proportion
ehh his comment was'nt that bad - hell, he paid juju a real compliment ’cause shes no real looker at all…(angie goff here in dc to name one newswoman who is drop dead gorgeous)..
'cept for the 'asian babes' wording - he is obviously familiar with the mag of the same title lmao!!
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Any woman who thinks this is just a silly joke is delusional. Men constantly demean us in the workplace. We are not taken seriously and that is why we deal with the glass ceiling. He placed respected female Asian journalist at a low level of simply prostitutes there to do nothing more than stimulate his shriveled little pecker. Fire his ass!!!!!