And the Buzzflash Media Putz of the Week is....

Tucker Carlson

For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.

The real test of a Media Putz is kind of like the difference between sex for love and sex for money.

If you look closely at a true Media Putz -- their mannerisms and gestures -- you can discern that they are performing for the money, not because being a pundit gives them an outlet for their true beliefs.

Like a hooker, they give their owners, advertisers, and viewers what they want, outrageous statements and attitude in return for high ratings and a fat paycheck.

To be honest, we don't believe most Media Putzes necessarily have any core ideology except for getting rich by being controversial.

Which brings us back to hookers and Tucker Carlson.

According to a slew of BuzzFlash readers, Carlson came to the defense of Senator Hooker -- uh, we mean Vitter -- by claiming a public official can champion the sanctity of marriage and monogamy, while paying prostitutes for sex, and still not be a hypocrite.

Now that is the kind of ludicrous, jaw-dropping statement that so defies common sense, you just can't understand how anyone could be paid to utter it on television....

More here: http://mediaputz.com/07/07/putz0726.html

"The yappy vaccuum that is Tucker Carlson ... " -- Vanity Fair

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