Mark Finkelstein devotes a Sept. 7 NewsBusters post to complaining that MSNBC’s Ed Schultz “no fewer than four times referred to FNC host Steve Doocy as Steve ‘Douche-y.'” Finkelstein — who headlined his post “Schultz Goes Below Belt with Juvenile Name-calling of Fox’s Doocy” — sniffed that this was “middle school-worthy mispronunciation.”
Of course, NewsBusters is no stranger to juvenile name-calling. For instance, a September 2008 post by Noel Sheppard is headlined, “Did MSNBC Throw Matthews Out With The Bathtub Boy’s Water?” Sheppard helpfully explains: “Finally, for those scratching their heads about the headline, ‘Bathtub Boy’ is Fox News John Gibson’s pejorative nickname for Olbermann.”
Apparently, name-calling is only juvenile when liberals do it.