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"'I'm happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes,' he said onstage, with his 20/20 colleague Juju Chang nearby. 'In fact, I'm happy that the podium covers me from the waist down.' He then noted that a speech should be 'like a dress on a beautiful woman -- long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest -- like my colleague Juju's.' ("See what I have to put up with?" she responded.)"
August 1, 2008
Martin Bashir Likes his Journalists Asian and Babelicious
According to Gawker, Pakistani British journalist Martin Bashir, a correspondent for ABC's "Nightline" and "20/20" and the man infamous for his interviews with Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, regaled the audience at the Asian American Journalists Association's July 25 gala with this little nugget of wisdom from his keynote speech:"'I'm happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes,' he said onstage, with his 20/20 colleague Juju Chang nearby. 'In fact, I'm happy that the podium covers me from the waist down.' He then noted that a speech should be 'like a dress on a beautiful woman -- long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest -- like my colleague Juju's.' ("See what I have to put up with?" she responded.)"
Ah, nothing like throwing out an erection joke to a room full of...professional journalists.
I think his speech stepped beyond cheeky and fully immersed itself into the creepy category. He's like a less funny, not at all satiric version of Will Ferrell's "Anchorman", Ron Burgundy. But perhaps he's not entirely at fault. He does have a brain tumor.
I think his speech stepped beyond cheeky and fully immersed itself into the creepy category. He's like a less funny, not at all satiric version of Will Ferrell's "Anchorman", Ron Burgundy. But perhaps he's not entirely at fault. He does have a brain tumor.
Posted by sylvie at August 1, 2008 1:09 PM
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Gross! Dammit Martin Bashir.
I heard the speech in person, and yeah, it was crass.
On the other hand, an AAJA tradition of auctioning off the speaker's tie was restarted this year, and Bashir's neck wear raised $2,100. He even bid on his own tie a few times to get the price up.