The fact of the matter is that the word "pimping" has become an accepted part of American parlance and Shuster made the mistake of using it familiarly in an inappropriate context.
David Shuster is a good reporter who made a mistake and has apologized for it. I hear far worse from Rush Limbaugh ("I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing."), Bill O'Reilly ("You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."), Ann Coulter ("My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.") and Michael Savage ("You should only get AIDS and die, you pig") daily.
The fact of the matter is that the word "pimping" has become an accepted part of American parlance and Shuster made the mistake of using it familiarly in an inappropriate context.
David Shuster is a good reporter who made a mistake and has apologized for it. I hear far worse from Rush Limbaugh ("I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing."), Bill O'Reilly ("You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."), Ann Coulter ("My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.") and Michael Savage ("You should only get AIDS and die, you pig") daily.