Sean Penn’s Camp Boots Reporter For Asking About “Rectal Cancer” Statement
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Sean Penn needs to do some major P.R. damage-control before he starts coming off like a sycophantic nutbag. After telling CBS News that critics who question his involvement in the Haiti relief fund should all die “screaming of rectal cancer,” you’d think that the actor would be willing to amend/explain his statement to the press. Not so: When Washington Examiner reporter Tara Palmeri asked Penn how he has seen his critics change since he made that statement, she was publicly yelled at by Penn, threatened by his publicist C.J. Jordan and removed by police from a gala at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. Yeah, that will show America that there is absolutely nothing weird about your charity work, Mr. Penn. Palmeri was on Fox’s Red Eye this morning to discuss the incident.
Please ignore the part where Greg Gutfeld talks about Hugo Chavez in this clip and focus on: 1) Reporters at the gala were allowed to ask one question 2) It was related to the Haitian benefit, since Penn’s original statements were about his involvement in the relief effort and 3) the reporter was threatened by Penn’s P.R. person to have her fired from her job and told her to write a letter of apology to the Haitian ambassador…as if her question had anything to do with him or his country’s tragedy whatsoever, and not to the inflammatory remarks made by one celebrity attaching his name to the project. Ridiculous.
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And what the hell was that bit about this being a “sacred space”? Bullcrap.
Sean, don’t say crazy, hateful stuff and then act innocent upon follow ups.
Typical Left wing tactics………..go after the person who asks the question rather than the person who won’t ask it.
Remember “Joe the Plumber?”
Sean Penn is nothing but an idiot……why even pay attention to this moron?
Sean Penn is a nutcase and maybe even psychotic but because he’s a reasonably good actor and has become part of the hollywood elite his words and deeds are accepted and easily forgiven by those who feel they will gain from doing so and by those who feel they must in order to protect an ideology.He is among those from that arena who are singled out for comment and opinion even though everything from him is highly offensive and borderline insane.I’m not surprised to see him on Maher’s show as Maher uses these types of sentiments for his own gain.The bottom line is anyone who agrees with or accepts Penn and his actions and words should be condemned for it.This particular incident was on many levels an indictment of everything he stands for,everything he is and those who would defend him.Next time he’ll probably hurt someone.
“before he starts coming off like a sycophantic nutbag.”
Too late, he has been a sycophantic nutbag for a very long time.
Penn is obviously a long whackjob, safe to say most of us agree, but of course this thread will quickly devolve into a “but Beck, but O’reilly, but Hannity, but frankenstein etc…diatribe courtesy of the Mediate Cheer Squad in 5,4,3,2,
What the heck is keeping Penn? He’s a millionaire. If he’s that wild about Chavez, move to Venezuela and be done with it.
What do Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Nancy Pelosi, and Howard Dean have in common?
But he did it for Haiti, people! Don’t you understand? If that woman was allowed to talk, it threatened the entire benefit for Haiti.
If you thought the true tragedy of the Haitian earthquake was all the death and destruction, you’re wrong. The real tragedy is that Sean Penn hasn’t gotten nearly enough credit for what he has done to save those people. And if the United States would just get out of the way, he would have saved them already, and he could move on to the next country and vanquish their capitalist foes with rectal cancer. It’s Sean Penn’s world, and we’re lucky to be allowed to live in it.
Show some respect!
First let me make clear that I have no problem with the reporter’s question and if it’s an issue that she feels should be addressed, she has every right to ask it.
With that said, what I saw in the clip is that she asked Penn a non-Haiti question at a Haiti event. Every indication is that the event organizer is the one who stepped-in to get the conversation back on topic, not Sean’s publicist, but a publicist for the Haitian charity, who was most likely prepared for such an occurrence. After all, if Penn had said something controversial, it could steal ink from the charitable cause and if he were to say something really off the wall, it’d totally detract from the mission..
As for the “I pretended to delete the footage”… that was obviously her choice; I really doubt that in 2010, anyone tried to take her camera. Instead, a woman in a pretty dress at a charity event was giving her a mild scolding and the young reporter tried to deflect by going “I’ll delete the footage”.
Not to mention that claiming a Rabbi tried to take her camera makes for a better headline.
Otherwise, it sounds like the event organizer was trying to explain that her job was to keep the focus on Haiti; the Rabbi walked over to stand in his friend (or lessee’s) corner or to see what was up because it was a boring event and then, an off-duty cop (or some other type of security guard) came over and asked if there was a problem because it was his job.
Naturally, somehow being in the vicinity of private security performing their function became “the cops almost threw me out” or some other meaningless phrase.
After Chavez took control the murder rate in Valenzuela has erupted. There are at least 2 murders EVERY HOUR in Valenzuela. Venezuela is about double of the size of California, yet there are more murders committed in that country now that Chavez is in power. There is now more poverty and rampant corruption.
Penn is an idiot. He wants to journalist jailed…what a complete moron and tool for totalitarians. Why are Liberals running to defend Chavez who jails opponents and shuts down any opposing voices, like TV stations and newspapers.
What do you journalists think about that? Do you believe journalists should be arrested for questioning a dictator?
Why would a Haitian charity use someone who is such AN idiot to ask for relief for the Haitian people?
There are hundreds of actors, singers and musicians who are less incendiary than that fool; Sean Penn to get ALL people involved in acquiring aid to the Haitian people, not some nutjob like Sean Penn.
There are hundreds of actors and musicians who could do that job, not that fool. He is not respected by people…oh wait other nutjobs might.
Come on , Sean. Venezuela’s not just a great place to visit. Take the plunge and move there permanently.
Those lefties sure love lotion, don’t they…
Just for the fun of it, I ran a quick Google and found this “Reliable Source” piece, where C.J. Johnson is identified as the publicity coordinator for the event and she’s bioed as being a former coordinator for the McCain campaign. Which, if you click the link under her bio, you’d be treated to a video from the Republican National Convention, where she’s interviewed with a McCain/Palin sign strategically in view.
Seems to me that everyone in this is an ass. Sean Penn has been careening downhill Since last years Oscars. He needs a career intervention soon it there is anyone out there who cares and is acpable. The rest of the people are no better. Playing with this like they’re hosting Saturday N ight Live and weekend anchor has begun. None of them sound lkie they are professional journailists. I think that it’s receiving any attention is sad.
Actually, the question was pertaining to the relief effort.
Consider: Who they pick for a spokesperson and a front man on the project reflects on the project itself. That’s why you go to the trouble to recruit a celebrity spokesperson in the first place.
Therefore, how your chosen representative represents themselves in public is 100 percent germane to your effort, and questions about said activities are 100 percent relevant to the proceedings.
There is a reason that certain professional athletes lost sponsors and endorsement deals after major scandals they were involved in became news. They had been recruited and paid in the belief that they projected a certain image, and when certain things about that image became public concern for other reasons it was 100 percent relevant to their activities as representatives.
The same applies in Sean Penn’s case. If they knew this guy was tossing verbal hand grenades and even calling for reporters to be arrested for criticising Hugo Chavez “How dare you call that leader a dictator! You should all be arrested, that will show you how un-dictatorish he is!” then they knew full well it was an issue, that it could come up, and that it could affect their own image and their own efforts. They would be completely foolish not to. What did they expect at an open press conference? Think they could put Tiger Woods out there and not expect marriage questions, or put South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford out there and not get scandal questions? In short, it was 100 percent on topic, they knew it was out there as far as what he said, and if they didn’t want it associated with their organization they should have picked someone else. They can’t complain about a reporter asking a question about their official spokesperson’s statements, that deefats the purpose of having one. Unless they, like Penn, think that all questions are fine unless it is one they don’t like, then it is time to threaten reporters.
The threats are childish and stupid as long as there is no power behind them. We should remember that thes types, if they had the chance, would make sure there was power behind them.
That too is relevant and something the public desrves to hear about, and hear answers to.
I have to agree. With Penn helping out in Haiti, it was a case of a bad person doing a good thing. Security guards gave that gal the bum’s rush because the left never likes to be questioned when they toss out their outrageous statements. They just expect everyone to accept them as gospel and look no deeper. Hugo would’ve been proud.
Yeah that footage really is damning. NOT.
Yes you should be embarassed.
Sean Penn is busy saving lives in Haiti and you are making light of a situation where thousands are dying.
Sean Penn does not hate journalists, he hates you.
And you, little girl, are no journalist.
Wow! Sean Penn is saving lives in Haiti. Single handedly rescuing hundreds of thousands. No one else is there doing what MUST be done. I fall prostrate in front of his image. NOT!
Sean Penn is NOTHING but a publicity hound–trying to get some face time. However, if I had a face like his, I’ll be damned if I’d want anyone to notice it.
Who knows though, maybe being mean somehow distracts from being ugly.
Sean Penn will NEVER get ANY of my money–he’s an anti-American creep, denouncing the system that enabled him to become wealthy.
Once again, if someone on the right had said this, they would have been banned from TV for life. But the left can apparently deal in the most vile hate speech, and no one is surprised. Just a few days before Penn made this ugly comment, Bill Maher fantasized on air about the violent murder of Glenn Beck. No one says boo, no one gets fired, no one gets suspended, no one gets reprimanded….because this is what we have come to expect from the left.
Of course, it’s hard for the left to know where to draw the line, since their whole P.R. apparatus is built around insults, ridicule and personal attacks these days. They don’t like debate, because that legitimizes the right, and their whole philosophy is built on discrediting their opponents. But, when you have abandoned reasonable dialogue in favor of smears, it’s not easy to find an ethical anchor or a set of guiding values to prevent you from saying this vile stuff. So expect more of the same in the future.
Sean has outgrown his ego.
The left is using the ‘Hitler loved his dog’ argument. One good act is supposed to cancel out all the bad behavior.
If only Sean had been in Venezuela when that pesky reporter asked embarrassing questions. His buddy Hugo could’ve made her disappear.
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