It’s not enough for the Media Research Center to disagree with their political enemies; it must belittle them as well whenever possible. Thus, we have an Oct. 30 post by Tim Graham complaining about how Kamala Harris was asked about people who “mockingly mispronounce” her first name.
Graham’s complaint seems to be that the question was asked at all, but he’s also annoyed that People magazine referenced Tucker Carlson as among those deliberately mangling her name in an edited version of the interview when his name wasn’t originally mentioned. Graham is playing dumb here, since the MRC got upset when Carlson was called out on his deliberate mispronunciation of her name back in August. But then the belittling came in, with an assist from the sainted Carlson:
We don’t know who threw Tucker Carlson in there, but they would NOT like all the mockery Tucker dished out on Wednesday night. He played video of Harris recently calling herself “Camel-a,” and then feigned outrage: “That was racism and sexism combined in a repulsive little Reese’s peanut butter cup of hate!” Classic.
Yes, Graham really thought this was an issue that deserved a blog post — which tells you about the nasty, petty nature of the MRC and how “media research” isn’t really what they do.