David Shuster's now-infamous "pimped out" remark happened just two weeks ago yesterday — meaning that he returns to "Hardball" today after serving his two-week suspension. In regards to his suspension, Huffington Post's Rachel Sklar asked, "Would this have happened without Chris Matthews?" Today, as he returns to the air and gives an exclusive interview with TVNewser's Gail Shister, Shuster seems to answer Sklar's question with a resounding "NO."

"Does it bother me that I was thrown under the bus to pay for the sins of the father?" Shuster asks rhetorically in the interview. "No. As somebody who's covered politics for a while, I understand all the forces that were in play."

Matthews himself created controversy with remarks about Hillary Clinton that many viewed as sexist and for which he himself was ultimately forced to apologize.

Visit TVNewser to read the entire interview, which includes Shuster's explanation, "Tensions were clearly building. I was at the wrong place at the right time, or the right place at the wrong time. I don't know which."

UPDATE: Shuster returned to the air on "Hardball" with a package on John McCain and the New York Times. Screengrabs from his first day back on the job below:

David Shuster back on the set of "Hardball" after serving his two-week suspension

David Shuster and Chris Matthews on the set of "Hardball," or,
David Shuster and the father whose sins he was "thrown under the bus" for


 
 

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- leftbehind2000 See Profile I'm a Fan of leftbehind2000

under the bus is exactly where Shuster belongs.

His choice of language was sophomoric and lame. A journalist should have at least a little higher standard than that.

not surprised that he still fails to recognize his mistake.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:24 PM on 02/26/2008
- JJinWI See Profile I'm a Fan of JJinWI

Schuster deserved his censure long before it happened. He shows minimal respect to the guests who appear on MSNBC. Must have been the FOX training.

The sooner he's off my TV, the better.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:48 PM on 02/26/2008
- Krispi See Profile I'm a Fan of Krispi

I must say that I am disappointed in the way that many of you say what is on your minds in these posts. Mr.Schuster is a hard working individual and I have always been impressed with his grasp of the situation he is reporting on. Someone said previously that these "cable guys" aren't real reporters and I can only answer to that person's ignorance on who is really doing the job of covering the news of the day. Reporters like Schuster have always dealt with acts and what has really been said. You can always tell that this guy is covering the news and you can tell he's done his homework. I personally don't like Chris Matthews after watching him over the years, his bulb seems to be dimming out. I don't care for people who ask you a question and before you can answer that question your interrupted with another question. People like this I consider crass and obnoxious. Chris calls it "Hardball" I call it nonsense.
I get a lot more truthful information watching MSNBC vs FOX and if you want to say those guys aren't real reporters, well I'll agree that Mike Wallace, Brit Hume, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity aren't but leave Keith Olberman and David Schuster alone. Go watch your ABC, NBC or CBS news and get a bunch of meaningless subjects thrown at you as news worthy while they play that important sounding music at the beginning and end of the show in an attempt to elevate their legitimacy as informative news broadcasts.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:40 PM on 02/26/2008
- monique See Profile I'm a Fan of monique

Trust me, I will leave both of them alone -- David Schuster and Keith Olbermann have lost my respect. Lately, because of their overt love for Obama, and obvious disdain for Hillary, they have forgotten their duty as journalists, and have stepped over the line many times --their bias is blatant.

It is pathetic that Schuster, unable to accept responsibility, has obviously learned nothing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:05 AM on 02/29/2008
- leftbehind2000 See Profile I'm a Fan of leftbehind2000

I agree with almost all that you are saying here. But his choice of verb was truly unprofessional. The fact that he doesn't recognize this and move on shows he hasn't nearly the "grasp" that he should have on the way in which to appropriately conduct an interview for a major news network.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:27 PM on 02/26/2008
- sharkcity See Profile I'm a Fan of sharkcity

How many time did this asshole call Ron Paul names?? msnbc is a front for GE's war profiteer machine as is universal films

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 02/26/2008
- batmanindy See Profile I'm a Fan of batmanindy

Under the bus is too good a spot for these hacks at MSNBC.

Shuster is a loser and Matthews' day has come and went.

I honestly can not watch any of these cable 'news' shows anymore. Two-bit actors trying to be reporters / commentators. They all suck.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:16 PM on 02/26/2008
- larmarch5 See Profile I'm a Fan of larmarch5

Schuster schmuster--the manure flows from the top. David would do well to go to another network. There is a culture of bloated male ego/fratbrats/faux gnus/ta-da/prima-dons at MSNBC. Smurfball is, well, smurfy and smirky. Yawn. There are better sources for news aka information.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 PM on 02/26/2008
- Gmoney1 See Profile I'm a Fan of Gmoney1

Wow, did you hear that Chelse is earning 200K with the hedge fund company? What about giving back to america, what with all the entitlements she has had as a result of her father's presidency and Hillary's talk about helping the underclass and such. Why not help the poor first. What about giving back atleast initially -

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:43 AM on 02/26/2008
- susane07 See Profile I'm a Fan of susane07

An addition: I do not think that people over 50 have the same definition of "pimp" as people under 50. The lexicon of the language has changed and, for David Shuster's age group, the word is not very perjorative.

With that in mind, I am glad that David Shuster is back (he should have never been suspended).

If HRC is so concerned about her almost-30 year old, GROWN, daughter, why doesn't Chelsea enlist and go serve the country in Iraq like tens of thousands of other people? After all, her mother VOTED for this war. If you vote for this war, your kids should go serve in combat and perhaps that will STOP our legislators from supporting future wars! Let's stop sending the poor and working class kids to die or be maimed.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:42 PM on 02/26/2008
- crystalsapphire See Profile I'm a Fan of crystalsapphire

I HAVE served in the military, have you? No, you haven't, and NONE of your family has. Most of MY family has, dating back to the Korean War. Out of ALL of the Senators and Congressmen, only TWO that I know of, have adult children that have served, or are serving in the military.
So, unless YOU or someone in your family HAS served ,SHUT your MOUTH.

No Obama supporters have served in the military, and, if any have, they were kicked out early, and sent back home to sponge off of mommy and daddy until (and after) they are 30.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:59 PM on 02/28/2008
- ejay579 See Profile I'm a Fan of ejay579

My father, brother and I have 42 years of militay service among us. I support Obama. So I guess I do not have to shut up. By the way, let us know when you and Chelsea are leaving for Iraq so we can give you the send off you deserve.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:02 PM on 03/05/2008
- Mattie See Profile I'm a Fan of Mattie

I'm not over 50, a pimp has a whore working for him, plain and simple. David Shuster doesn't have a hip bone in his body, and it doesn't matter what you think is an acceptable word, everyone knows what it means.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:57 AM on 02/27/2008
- HDR See Profile I'm a Fan of HDR

What sacrifices have any of the 5 sons of the corporate raiding, former (or is he?) candidate Romney made?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:08 PM on 02/26/2008
- Didi47 See Profile I'm a Fan of Didi47

Gmoney1:

Getting desperate are you? It looks like you are trying to steer attention away from Michelle Obama getting a 200,000.00 RAISE uping her salary to over 320,000.00 right after Obama got elected to the Senate. All this at a non profit hospital that charges the poor and uninsured 3 times more than anyone else. Are you also trying to steer attention away from the millions in assets Obama has - that just don't fly with his 'supposed' income?

Going after Chelsey - again demonstrates the 'depths' the Obama cult will sink to in order NOT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OBAMA.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 PM on 02/26/2008
- steviec See Profile I'm a Fan of steviec

If he really feels he was thrown under a bus, he should say who he did it for. If he had made a deceent apology, I think it would've all been forgiven...but instead, we have Olbermann saying he is "literally sorry"-- have you ever heard anyone put those two words together? Not truly, or sincerely sorry (because I'm sure he wasn't) but literally????

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:32 AM on 02/26/2008
- jfh See Profile I'm a Fan of jfh

He is typical of closeted Repug Thugs

It is not my fault

I am paying for the sins of the Father (and just who is the father?)

I hear better excuses from my 4 year old grandchild.

Grow up Little Davie Boy --- try to be a man and accept responsibility for your words and actiions!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:34 AM on 02/26/2008
- PhiloTheDialectician See Profile I'm a Fan of PhiloTheDialectician

If only he had used the word 'procure' instead of 'pimp'

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/procure :

procure: To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem

Then there would be wiggle room.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 AM on 02/26/2008
- BonnieG123 See Profile I'm a Fan of BonnieG123

Even outstanding journalists and broadcasters can slip up with a poor choice of words. His use of a slang expression in this context may have a mistake but I sincerely believe it was a simple "OOPS" moment. His consistent and reliable professionalism precedes this mis-statement and will continue after. Love you David and so happy to have you back!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:36 PM on 02/25/2008
- Didi47 See Profile I'm a Fan of Didi47

bonnie..:

What outstanding journalists and broadcasters are you talking about? I haven't seen any since this election began. I HAVE seen pundits and wanna be commentators - who are terrific at skewing the news in Obama and McCain's favor. But Journalists? Where are they? So far, none to be found. The closet ones to date ... as far as truth telling goes.. were the ones I saw on last Saturday Night Live's broadcast.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:05 PM on 02/26/2008
- PackyJ See Profile I'm a Fan of PackyJ

Schuster's cooment was crude, but accurate.

Hillary IS pimpimg out her kid.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 02/25/2008
- OhYeah08 See Profile I'm a Fan of OhYeah08

Shuster should have been fired, just like Don Imus was for his uncalled for racist remarks; unless you think disparaging, sexist remarks are OK.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:05 PM on 02/25/2008
- BlondeLebanese See Profile I'm a Fan of BlondeLebanese

He should be fired?? What Shuster said was accurate...why the hell should he be fired? I mean, if O'Reilly can make remarks about LYNCHING and still be employed, Shuster did nothing wrong. Thank heavens for MSNBC, if they could get rid of Tucker Carlson and stifle some of Chris Matthews remarks, it would be a perfect channel for me. I understand some people don't like MSNBC, thankfully they are not obligated to watch it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 PM on 02/26/2008
- hoopesaz See Profile I'm a Fan of hoopesaz

Yea, "pimp" is pretty derogatory. Olberman should be fired right with him for using the same phrase on multiple occassions referring to folks in political office.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:34 PM on 02/26/2008
- ntmessage See Profile I'm a Fan of ntmessage

David just got worked up with all the hysteria and blogger and media bashing that has been attacking Hillary for months.
He didn"t realize he was on national TV and the general public does not go for those kinds of phenomenally biased attacks.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 AM on 02/25/2008
- bluejean1960 See Profile I'm a Fan of bluejean1960


I will send this news to members on the dating site http://meetwealthyboomer.com And as a part-time model, I uploaded my best photos, the members there said I am an amazing "naughtygirl".. Maybe you want to comment on my pictures?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 AM on 02/25/2008
- blastocyst See Profile I'm a Fan of blastocyst

nice try

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:03 PM on 02/25/2008
- noirengineer See Profile I'm a Fan of noirengineer

wow. David Schuster is actually going to blame his suspension on Matthew's. I mean, don't get me wrong, I totally agree; he was a scapegoat for Matthew's unrelenting criticisms of the Clinton campaign so far during this election. But WOW!
I can't believe Schuster now has enough kahuna's to go up against his papa.

I mean, Schuster is Chris Matthew's bitch.. He's gonna get scolded for that type of misbehavior. Besides, I think Chris only has liked David since his coverage of the Scooter Libby trial last year, so I'd say he should watch what he says. Alas the old adage comes to mind "Don't bite the hand that feeds" and "people who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones."

This whole story is great though, I find great enjoyment in watching little nascent Schuster squirm as he oversteps his bounds sometimes, i.e. interrupts Russert/Matthews on a live feed or something, or says an off-color comment such as the aforementioned and then has to grovel back through the offices of MSNBC.
Genius programming in my opinion.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 AM on 02/25/2008
- afgail See Profile I'm a Fan of afgail

Just maybe David was egged on to use the term "pimped" by Matthews and Matthews being the senior member of the team was obeyed. When the backlash hit then the comment by Shuster that he was thrown under the bus because of Matthews makes sense.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 PM on 02/26/2008
- jfh See Profile I'm a Fan of jfh

Little Davie Boy is typical of closeted Repug Thugs

It is not my fault

I am paying for the sins of the Father

I hear better excuses from my 4 year old grandchild.

Grow up Little Davie Boy --- try to be a man and accept responsibility for your words and actions!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:37 AM on 02/26/2008
- billis3811 See Profile I'm a Fan of billis3811

Wow you people are stupid. All, of you, please, get the hell over yourselves.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:53 AM on 02/24/2008
- crystalsapphire See Profile I'm a Fan of crystalsapphire

Why? Oh, let's see.. you are a big fat overweight and undereducated middle-aged man with, or without an ugly, overweight wife who you believe should be "barefoot and pregnant".

That is, if you HAVE a wife. Probably have to pay for it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:39 PM on 02/28/2008
- sl26 See Profile I'm a Fan of sl26

His comment was a little crass but not worth all this attention. Matthews is offensive and obnoxious every day. Why haven't they reprimanded or fired him?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 AM on 02/24/2008
- enoughalready13 See Profile I'm a Fan of enoughalready13

THAT IS THE QUESTION OF THE CENTURY

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:14 PM on 02/24/2008
- hjo4 See Profile I'm a Fan of hjo4

Much ado about nothing, Shuster said nothing wrong,Yes he was "thrown under the bus" but I'm glad he's back.Now when will Chelsa give an interview to the media, she is working for her mom now.That's fair game

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:35 AM on 02/24/2008
- afgail See Profile I'm a Fan of afgail

Shuster DID say something wrong. His comment was uncalled for and denegrated both Chelsea and her and parents and it was NOT okay. When you are using the public's airways to communicate with the public a modicum of civility and respectful language is required. He broke the social contract and deserved being "thrown under the bus." His choice of words is an indication on the deficiency of his language skills. Someone smarter than he could have conveyed the same sentiment without resorting to such offensive language.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:15 PM on 02/26/2008
- Didi47 See Profile I'm a Fan of Didi47

Getting desperate are you? It looks like you are trying to steer attention away from Michelle Obama getting a 200,000.00 RAISE uping her salary to over 320,000.00 right after Obama got elected to the Senate. All this at a non profit hospital that charges the poor and uninsured 3 times more than anyone else. Are you also trying to steer attention away from the millions in assets Obama has - that just don't fly with his 'supposed' income?
Going after Chelsey - again demonstrates the 'depths' the Obama cult will sink to in order NOT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OBAMA.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:07 PM on 02/26/2008
- 2lib4oh See Profile I'm a Fan of 2lib4oh

Was Chelsea "fair game" when she was a child in the White House and she was called "the White House dog" by a Republican?
If Hillary is overly sensitive maybe there is a reason. She's a mother.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:46 AM on 02/25/2008
- accountability See Profile I'm a Fan of accountability

Besides which... who says anyone HAS to give an interview.
WTF?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 AM on 02/25/2008
- 2liveNdie See Profile I'm a Fan of 2liveNdie

You're right, no one is obligated to giving an interview, but that does not exempt her from criticism either. Can someone say "Extreme Makeover" political edition!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 PM on 02/25/2008
- USMC1980 See Profile I'm a Fan of USMC1980

Shuster should have been fired and left to go cry in a ball, like the little "bitch" that he is. He STILL isn't owning up to his despicable remarks, and now he is blaming Chris Matthews. What a punk. The fact that this little loser, STILL doesn't think calling a candidates d