For most people, serving as the inspiration for a massive misogynistic rant would give one pause about criticizing the alleged misogyny of others. But not CNSNews’ Craig Bannister.
Bannister, CNS’ director of communications, uses a March 9 blog post to repeat criticism from Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren that the headliner at this year’s Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner is comedian Louis C.K., who he calls “a foul-mouthed denigrater of women.” (Louis C.K. has since withdrawn from speaking at the dinner.)
Mind you, Bannister is the man who declared Sandra Fluke to be a “sex-crazed co-ed” for talking about birth control in public, which gave Rush Limbaugh license to call Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” who is “having so much sex, it’s amazing she can still walk.” Limbaugh added, “Who bought your condoms in junior high? Who bought your condoms in the sixth grade?” and asked, “did you ever think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you have?”
Bannister has yet to publicly discuss the misogyny he inspired in Limbaugh, let alone criticize it. Yet he feels comfortable bashing Louis C.K. as a “denigrater of women”?
Talk about a double standard.