If journalism had professional standards, this would be a career-ender

Of course, if journalism had professional standards Andrea Mitchell would never have had a career.

NBC Foreign Affairs Editor Andrea Mitchell: Iran Was "More or Less an American Ally" Before Bush Ruined It All With His Axis of Evil Speech

Deep-cover MSM flacks like Howard Kurtz and Brian Stelter always make a distinction between MSNBC (hard opinion like Fox) and NBC News (a trusted news sources). Kind of hard to maintain that fiction when the trusted journalist reveals themselves to be a stupid and biased hack.

Exit question: What would serious journalist Andrea Mitchell say if Sarah Palin had said this?