MSNBC anchor refuses to report on Paris.
By on Jun 28th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
MSNBC anchor refuses to report on Paris.
MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski repeatedly refused to report on the Paris Hilton story yesterday morning. At one point, she even attempted to burn her cue cards. An emotional Brzezinski proclaimed, “I’m not doing it. I’m not doing the story.” At which point, host Joe Scarborough called for MSNBC to show video footage of Hilton. Watch it:
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June 28th, 2007 at 8:51 pmI'm feeling the love for Mika Brzezinski. Maybe a little showboating there, but she not only has bigger stones than either of the males on the set she has the makings of an actual journalist -- which, of course, is what they're making fun of. Two asshats and one attractive serious woman.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:52 pmComment by gummitch — June 28, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
Dude, that was staged.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:53 pmMika gets points from me. People are dying in Iraq and MSNBC, CNN, and FOX are all about Paris Hilton.
Yeah, the MSM has it's priorities right in this country of ours. They have no shame.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:54 pmDidn't you notice how the camera zoomed in for the shot of her shredding the paper?
June 28th, 2007 at 8:55 pmGood for her and shame on Scarborough.
MSNBC - Listen up - if you want to have any credibility in the news CAN THE PARIS STORIES and stop forcing poor Keith Olberman to report on her. Every time he does it he looks like he is taking cod liver oil.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:55 pmTHAT was beautiful.
There might actually be hope for the corporate news after all.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:55 pmY'all are some fools!
June 28th, 2007 at 8:55 pmEmbarrassing how Joe dissed her all the way through. She had better watch her back; this guy has a record with dead bodies, no?
June 28th, 2007 at 8:58 pmWatch this sgment at least twice!
And then tell me the whole phucking thing is not staged!!
The taped visual segments are cut/edited right in where Joe Scarface hits his talking points...
This is staged up bullsh!t!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 8:58 pmShe is Zbigniew Brzezinski's daughter. Apparently she has a clue.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:01 pmGood for her. I hope she doesn't get fired.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:01 pmDobry [Polish for good]. Mika Brezinski has more integrity than her two pseudo colleagues will ever know. Keith Olbermann proclaims on Countdown tonight that Paris Hilton's interview last night on Larry king was boring while ignoring the fact that NBC paid $1 million to interview the vapid celebrity after she was released from jail.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:02 pmDidn’t you notice how the camera zoomed in for the shot of her shredding the paper? Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Nope. Didn't watch it. =) Aint gonna watch it.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:03 pmI honestly don't think it was staged -- for the simple reason that they actually never reported on the Paris story. They went at it three times, and the words didn't even come out of her mouth. If it were staged, I think they would have forced her to report something about it.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:04 pmFight the power! Reporters should report on real stuff. Leave Paris to the tabloids. Of course, the news network have become tabloids.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:05 pmMika interviewing Coulter on Pay-Per-View. Broadcast gold.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:09 pmGood for her! At least Somebody had the guts to stand up for sanity! If only the rest of the MSM sits up on their hind legs and takes notice.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:09 pmDamn!
Is it that easy to pull the wool over your eyes?
In that case:
June 28th, 2007 at 9:16 pmBUSH/CHENEY 2008!!!
I know exactly how she feels - I hate this story too
June 28th, 2007 at 9:17 pmNope. Didn’t watch it. =) Aint gonna watch it.
Comment by Zep Tepi — June 28, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
Glad t' hear it.
I would not recommend you do.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:17 pmThis is what he should be reporting on:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802166.html
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years Thursday in a bribery and corruption case that the judge said damaged public trust in state government.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:17 pmgood for her...
June 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pmbut the few times i've caught her with joe in the morning,
i thought, SHE thinks she is just too cute...
and she's not... (i don't mean looks)
.
Comment by m12 — June 28, 2007 @ 9:17 pm
It just goes to show the corruption in sinister Lefty politics.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pm#24
Well, oddly enough, the so called *conservative* media does not mention his political party anywhere in the story!
Makes you wonder.....
June 28th, 2007 at 9:23 pmI'm sure it was staged. Stop watching cable entertainment. Jeesh.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:24 pmI'm just glad someone actually didn't lead with the Paris BS. Nothing pisses me off more than anchors who whine about it not being news, and say they don't want to cover it, all the while- covering it! At least she stuck to her guns.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:26 pmIt just goes to show the corruption in sinister Lefty politics.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Watch out, Mr P, it's beginning to look like you care.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:27 pmComment by m12 — June 28, 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Of course not!
Why would they exploit the fact that the Left is a bunch of crooks and thugs!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:27 pmWatch out, Mr P, it’s beginning to look like you care.
Comment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
Don't ever talk to me...
How's your new boyfriend?
I loved you girl!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:29 pmMore from the *conservative* media:
Doolittle:
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/244938.html
'Republican' is mentioned in the first paragraph.
Tom Delay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800270.html
'R' is in the first sentence. 'Republican' is in the first paragraph.
Ernie Fletcher (who wasn't even charged)
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS01/706180366
'Republican' is in the 4th paragraph
But a Democrat sent to jail? No mention of political party.....
June 28th, 2007 at 9:30 pmComment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
I take it back!!!
Zooey, I can change... I swear... I swear to god...
June 28th, 2007 at 9:31 pmIt just goes to show the corruption in sinister Lefty politics.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 28, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
There is a lot of corruption in all of politics. Regardless of party. It is the system. The system accepts bribery as the norm.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:32 pmthinkprogress, however, continues to air the story.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:32 pmBut a Democrat sent to jail? No mention of political party…..
Comment by m12 — June 28, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Think about Tom DeLay mug shot.
IT'S EVERYWHERE!!!
But are they plastering these Leftist CRIMINAL's pictures all over the place?
Not a chance.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:33 pmbut i must admit, paris did look fabulous leaving the jail.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:34 pmI live in Sacramento. It is a Republican town (just barely) Doolittle is a stench. The reason he got voted in is because he represents the richest suburb here. Even then, he barely beat Charley Brown. Doolittle is as crooked as they come. And his wife is a real crook herself!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:35 pmIt just goes to show the corruption in sinister
Leftypolitics. Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARESThats better. X^B
June 28th, 2007 at 9:36 pmsacramento won't be republican for much longer. it's where many of us san franciscans are buying homes.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:36 pmm12: But a Democrat sent to jail? No mention of political party…..
So are we supposed to weep because the media is so unfair?
June 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pmHere's another one, primvs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081800319.html
‘R’ is in the first sentence. ‘Republican’ is in the first paragraph.
Governor James McGreevey
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267781,00.html
http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/05/mcgreevey_mulling_episcopal_pr.html
'D' or "Democrat" is nowhere to be found.....
June 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pmsacramento won’t be republican for much longer. it’s where many of us san franciscans are buying homes.
Comment by bill — June 28, 2007 @ 9:36 pm
Typical Lefty Totalitarian agenda.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pmThat article is from the washington post. And those are two peopel who do not hold office right now. It is a righty paper. You guys are losing credibility here.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:38 pmBut a Democrat sent to jail? No mention of political party…..
Comment by m12
Jebus sweating in a sauna. Forget party affiliation, a crook is a crook is a crook.
When someone breaks into your car and steals your stereo do you worry if they were a D or a R or maybe an I?
June 28th, 2007 at 9:39 pmmmmm, i would like to get my dick and... oops! sorry, folks...
god, do i hate you people!
kisses,
ann
June 28th, 2007 at 9:39 pm#44
Why is it that when it's a corrupt Republican, party is mentioned, but for a corrupt Democrat, party isn't?
June 28th, 2007 at 9:40 pmThat article is from the washington post. And those are two peopel who do not hold office right now. It is a righty paper. You guys are losing credibility here.
If it is a righty paper, why would they mention the political party of Tom Delay (see post 31) but not Don Siegelman (see post 22)?
June 28th, 2007 at 9:41 pmSo are we supposed to weep because the media is so unfair?
Comment by CREDERE, OBBEDIRE, COMBATTERE — June 28, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
Typical Italio-Fascist arrogance.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:41 pmm12. They do not hold office. Otherwise you would have to report the party affiliation of everyone arrested ever. Tim McVeigh (R) was arrested for blowing up the Muir Building in OK city. or Jeffery Dahmer (D) was arrested for murder. etc...
June 28th, 2007 at 9:42 pmIt is a righty paper. You guys are losing credibility here.
Comment by paland — June 28, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
What!
You don't seem to get it.
There is no "conservative" bias in the media.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:43 pmOh boy they probably fired her, because Hilton story is supposed to be kept up as a diversion from Bush Regime crimes and Iraq Fiasco War.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:44 pmgod, do i hate you people! kisses, Comment by ann coulter
Don't blame God for your hate. Blame yourself.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:44 pmDude, that was staged.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 28, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
Even if it was staged, you know lots of Interested Parties will respond to the reaction they get. When was the last time you saw someone take (or even fake) a principled stand in that manner on live network television news?
I'm writing right now to say "Hell yeah, thanks a bunch, keep it up!" Paris Hilton is not news, unless she happens to be standing near some other event that's actually noteworthy.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pmAnd it is a VERY righty paper. Read their editorials. I am an independant and I have voted for as many Republicans as I have Democrats. I have no affiliation like many of you do. And to be truthful, it is sick to see the far leaning fanatics of BOTH sides spew their crap. It is us intedendants who will decide the winner of next years presidential election.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pmVery obviously a stunt. Or maybe something Ms. Brezinski proposed and producers went along with. Nobody is reacting with the remotest kind of genuine surprise, the camerawork is utterly unreactive as well. They'd cut to commercial in a heartbeat if this were unplanned.
Still, as stunts go, at least there's an admirable point being made here, if NBC is consistent and bars all things Coulter-related, along with whittling the Today Show down to 5 solid minutes of useful reportage.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pm#49
If the standard is not holding office:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/27/texas-court-backs-delay-but-two-charges-remain/
Tom Delay has not held office for a year....but his party is mentioned.
Here's another article, very similar circumstance (ex governor sent to jail), first google hit to his name:
John Rowland
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-18-rowland_x.htm
"Republican" is there yet again!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:46 pmComment by ann coulter — June 28, 2007 @ 9:39 pm
Hey, James. :)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:47 pmGod BLESS her!!!
This is what it takes to get journalists to snap out of it? Go figure. They've just figured out their being played for fools. Goes right in line with the WSJ walkout.
Too bad folks weren't equally exercised about aluminum tubes, say, four years ago...
June 28th, 2007 at 9:48 pmComment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 28, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Don't be stupid, Mr P.
It's only ever been you. You know that. :P
June 28th, 2007 at 9:48 pmDamn!
m12 is owning this thread!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:49 pmAnd it is a VERY righty paper. Read their editorials. I am an independant and I have voted for as many Republicans as I have Democrats.
Sure you aren't thinking of the Washington Times? The post endorsed Kerry in 04.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57584-2004Oct23.html
June 28th, 2007 at 9:50 pm“Republican†is there yet again! Comment by m12
There is no fairness in reporting doctrine, remember? You can thank Reagan for that.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:50 pmThere is no “conservative†bias in the media.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 28, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
You are partly correct. Some stations have a lefty bent (MSNBC, CNN) While others have a righty bent (FOX, ABC). The NY Times is heavy left and the Washington Post is heavy right. But you are correct that their is no "either pary" bias as a whole. It is very particular.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:50 pmits seems obviously staged YET it is still refreshing.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:51 pmi hope to see more of this Brzezinski person.
she deserves better than joe.
Any thread about Paris becomes an open thread PIP.
m12 is flooding, not owning.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:52 pmHey m12. Let FOX news know that a Republican has gone to jail. They will put it on their news but put a D by his name!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:52 pmm12 is flooding, not owning.
Comment by Zep Tepi — June 28, 2007 @ 9:52 pm
I meant he was winning the argument.
(rattle, rattle)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:53 pmYou are partly correct. Some stations have a lefty bent (MSNBC, CNN) While others have a righty bent (FOX, ABC). The NY Times is heavy left and the Washington Post is heavy right. But you are correct that their is no “either pary†bias as a whole. It is very particular.
Comment by paland — June 28, 2007 @ 9:50 pm
BULLSHIT!! YOU ARE A COMPLETE MORON!!!
THE MSM IN THIS COUNTRY IS FACIST TO THEIR VERY CORE!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:53 pm#66
See post 41 about Mcgreevey. One would think the so called *wingnut* Fox news would point out he was a Democrat!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:54 pm#62
No, and there isn't supposed to be. But do you still think the media is *conservative*?
June 28th, 2007 at 9:55 pmBULLSHIT!! YOU ARE A COMPLETE MORON!!!
THE MSM IN THIS COUNTRY IS FACIST TO THEIR VERY CORE!!!
Comment by dixie blood — June 28, 2007 @ 9:53 pm
YEAH, THE MSM IS ISLAMO-FASCIST-LEFTI-STALINIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:55 pmTHEY ARE OWNED BY A$$HOLES WHO WANT TO PHUCK US INTO BEING A 3RD WORLD NATION!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:55 pm#65
Well, for some odd reason, this website did not post a link to this news story about Governor Siegelman. If they did, I would gladly move my comments there.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:56 pmI meant he was winning the argument.
(rattle, rattle)
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Heh. Was. He forgets that their is no fairness in reporting act thanks to a Republican named Reagan. He should be crying to the GOP and not people here. The hypocrisy is blinding.
(Shake, Rattle, Roll)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:57 pmTHEY ARE OWNED BY A$$HOLES WHO WANT TO PHUCK US INTO BEING A 3RD WORLD NATION!!!
Comment by dixie blood — June 28, 2007 @ 9:55 pm
EXACTLY, THE LIBERO-MUSLIM-LEFTY-NAZI-COMMUNISTS, LIKE HARRY REID AND NANCY POLL-LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:58 pmYEAH, THE MSM IS ISLAMO-FASCIST-LEFTI-STALINIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 28, 2007 @ 9:55 pm
YOU ARE STUPID!!! AND AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:58 pmSure you aren’t thinking of the Washington Times? The post endorsed Kerry in 04.
Comment by m12 — June 28, 2007 @ 9:50 pm
Papers dont always pick along party lines. I think many were already realizing the crookedness and the anti-conservativeness of Bush back then. Even some righty papers here in the west knew better. But the WaPo is definitely tilted right.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:59 pm#77
Ok, setting aside the oddity that is a "righty" paper picking one of the most liberal members of the Senate...
Please post a link to something in the WaPo that you feel is tilted right.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:00 pmNo, and there isn’t supposed to be. But do you still think the media is *conservative*? Comment by m12
Doesn't matter now does it? Wahhh the media is liberal lets do away with the fairness act! Wahhh the media isn't fair! Wahhh! I want free speech but I don't! Waahhhh!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:00 pmThe Joker says hello:
Hey lefties.
Look at this:
Thursday, June 28, 2007
House Votes 309-115 Against Fairness Doctrine
Ha ha Stalinism loses!
Comment by The Joker — June 28, 2007 @ 9:55 pm
June 28th, 2007 at 10:02 pm#74
The lack of the unconstitutional 'fairness' doctrine does not prevent independent news sources from being 'unbiased' when they choose to be.
When Governor Bob Taft was merely charged with crimes (not sent to jail), he got 3 threads in his favor!
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/17/ohio-gov-bob-taft-r-will-be-charged-with-four-crimes/
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/27/thinkfast-december-27-2006/
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/29/low-even-by-white-house-standards/
Ernie Fletcher got this one:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/11/gov-ernie-fletcher-r-ky-indicted/
The only conclusion I can make is that some liberals think being indicted or admitting an ethics violation is less important than being sent to jail.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:04 pm#79
Oh come on. Is that the best you can do?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:05 pmEXACTLY, THE LIBERO-MUSLIM-LEFTY-NAZI-COMMUNISTS, LIKE HARRY REID AND NANCY POLL-LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Whats that spell? Moral Majority Theocrats!!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:05 pmGood for her - she should be thanked for trying to actually report real news for a change!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:06 pmWell, oddly enough, the so called *conservative* media does not mention his political party anywhere in the story!
Makes you wonder
‘D’ or “Democrat†is nowhere to be found…..
Comment by me12(yrs. old) —
Give it a rest already. When the Mark Foley's lust for young Congressional pages story broke, Fox News first listed him as "D"--not "R," as he actually is.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:07 pmBTW, I read the "Washington Post" article to the end, which, in fact, does mention Spiegelman as Democrat on the second page. And, as has already been pointed out here, Spiegelman no longer holds office, and probably most of us had never even heard of him until today.
The only conclusion I can make is that some liberals think being indicted or admitting an ethics violation is less important than being sent to jail. Comment by m12
And who are these people who want to give Libby a pardon?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:07 pmOK m12. It is the Washington Times that leans right. My mistake
June 28th, 2007 at 10:07 pmWhat did you think was going to happen when Reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine m12? Did you really think that Pundits wouldn't soon get a taste of their own medicine? That they could go on endlessly with their bias bilge and that the American people wouldn't eventually get tired of it?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:09 pmComment by Zep Tepi — June 28, 2007 @ 10:09 pm
It's good that the Fairness doctrine is gone. All m12 is saying is that there is no so-called "conservative bias" in the media.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:11 pm#85
Oh, right, I forgot about Foley!
Here's the righty WaPo, putting an 'R' in the first paragraph.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901574.html
I have a question for you though: Did you know who Foley was before the page scandal? How do you expect people to know who Siegelman is if nobody tells us?
But I thank you for correcting my mistake on his article.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:11 pmIt’s good that the Fairness doctrine is gone. All m12 is saying is that there is no so-called “conservative bias†in the media.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Oh bullshit.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:12 pmOh, I just realized that one of my other alias' was being used. ghost=paland (That happened because I responded in another thread, and then reopened this one and my ghost name was there. I didnt notice till now)
June 28th, 2007 at 10:13 pm#86
I don't know, Zep. I haven't seen any major newspaper openly advocating a pardon. Link, please?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:13 pmOh bullshit.
Comment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
That is all he is saying. Look at his posts.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:14 pmComment by paland — June 28, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
(rattle, rattle)
June 28th, 2007 at 10:15 pm#89
I haven't seen anything to indicate that the so called 'fairness' doctrine will insure fair treatment of conservative viewpoints. Rather, we will get more 'tax cuts for the rich' rhetoric.
Governor Mario Cuomo has argued that, "Precisely because radio and TV have become our principal sources of news and information, we should accord broadcasters the utmost freedom in order to insure a truly free press." (Mario Cuomo, "The Unfairness Doctrine," The New York Times, September 20, 1993, p. A19.)
June 28th, 2007 at 10:18 pmLast night represented the second full hour that Chris Matthews devoted to the Ann Coulterfest. This on a day when the White House was served with subpoenas - but not a word of it from Matthews.
MSNBC is a Rockefeller-controlled entity.
All distraction.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:18 pmGood-on-ya Mika!
From what I see. I think the following.
Radio = 80-90% Right (going by reports since I dont listen to it)
TV News = 60-65% Right (I mean Cable News)
Newspapers = 60-65% Left
Internet = 55-60% Left
I may be way off, but this is the way I perceive it. I do think that some news outlets are nothing but propaganda outlets for Bush.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:18 pmIt is the Washington Times that leans right. My mistake
Comment by ghost — June 28, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
LEANS! ??! hell, the "right" is the mission statement...
June 28th, 2007 at 10:20 pmthe moony times doesn't lean, it is firmly planted to the right...
!-!-!-!-!-!-*A*C*E*-!-!-!-!-!-!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:21 pmDidn’t you notice how the camera zoomed in for the shot of her shredding the paper?
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Why do I have the feeling you have absolutely NO idea what happens in a television studio. "Whoa, dude, they zoomed in! They must have scripted such a difficult shot for like, weeks!"
June 28th, 2007 at 10:28 pm#98
I disagree slightly about the numbers (id probably peg TV news at 55-60% Left) but you're in the general ballpark.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:29 pmThat is all he is saying. Look at his posts.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Yeah, I looked at the posts. Just because he says it, doesn't make it true.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:30 pmWhy do I have the feeling you have absolutely NO idea what happens in a television studio. “Whoa, dude, they zoomed in! They must have scripted such a difficult shot for like, weeks!â€
June 28th, 2007 at 10:30 pmComment by gummitch — June 28, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
Because you're one of the idiots who thought it wasn't scripted!!!!!!!
Because you’re one of the idiots who thought it wasn’t scripted!!!!!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
If I were Mika, I wouldn't have agreed to have it scripted that way. She looked pretty stupid.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:33 pmThat woman is imbued with a simple pride in her profession. That's all, and that's enough.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:33 pmThe Joker seems to be fooling around. I can find no mention of this vote on any news site.
It's all bullshit.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:33 pmYeah, I looked at the posts. Just because he says it, doesn’t make it true.
Comment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 10:30
Agreed.
That wasn't the point.
I said:
You said:
So I said:
I never said that you had to believe everything that m12 posted.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:33 pmIf I were Mika, I wouldn’t have agreed to have it scripted that way. She looked pretty stupid.
Comment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
That she did.
It was probably her idea.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:35 pmComment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Hey dipsh*t, how gullible are you?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:36 pm#108
I think we've made our point, good sir. Hopefully at least 1 person will think for a second about it.
When someone is so witless that they simply respond with "Oh, bullshit", you know they are beyond hope, so I will now leave them to their convictions.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:36 pmFaked for ratings. It's all BS.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:37 pmComment by barfly — June 28, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
Umm... I was the first one to say it was staged, barfy.
I'm going to assume that you read a post wrong and let you slide on this one.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:37 pmComment by barfly — June 28, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
See post #3
June 28th, 2007 at 10:38 pmI’m going to assume that you read a post wrong and let you slide on this one.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES —
Go back to the Guiliani thread: you were almost doing backflips at the prospect of this fake vote:
Ha ha Stalinism loses!
Comment by The Joker
Thank God!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Or were you being sarcastic?
It sure didn’t look like it.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:43 pmBecause you’re one of the idiots who thought it wasn’t scripted!!!!!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
This coming from the dolt who said "ooooh, they zoomed in!" You've got no credibility.
None.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:46 pmSee post #3
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
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June 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pmI have a question for you though: Did you know who Foley was before the page scandal? How do you expect people to know who Siegelman is if nobody tells us?
But I thank you for correcting my mistake on his article.
Comment by me12(yrs. old)
Yes, I had heard of Foley before the page scandal. After all, he was Republican deputy-whip in 2006 and had also served as Chairman of the Committee on Missing and Exploited Children--the perfect position for a pedophile, of course.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pmWell, in contrast to your original claim, the "Washington Post" did tell us who Siegelman is as well as his party affiliation; at least the paper didn't erroneously claim the wrong one, as Faux News did with Foley. Also, I am not against reporting corruption by Democrats, such as Siegelman or Jefferson, etc.; but my point here is that the former was out of office and from a small state without the influence of California, NY, or even Florida, for example. Moreover, if he was elected in Alabama, he is probably more of a conservative Democrat than the "lefty" you trolls have called him.
Finally, if you want to ask why certain media outlets tend to put the designation R on corrupt Rethugs earlier into the article than they do with corrupt Dems (and, yes, I am admitting there are corrupt Dems), why don't you take the issue up with the medium concerned?
Or were you being sarcastic?
It sure didn’t look like it.
Comment by barfly — June 28, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
Nope. 100% serious.
Unlike YOU, I am not an Islamo-Stalinist.
(should I post this on the other thread as well?)
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YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pmComment by gummitch — June 28, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
It's OK.
You're embarrassed, you'll be alright, kiddo!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:48 pmWhy is Mr. PRIMVS so upset by all of this? It's news to me that thinking that the fate of our brave men and women in Iraq is far less important to the right-wingers of the blogosphere is far less important than following corporate orders to fawn over a socialite idiot non-entity>
June 28th, 2007 at 10:50 pmYou’re embarrassed, you’ll be alright, kiddo!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Other than the place on the top of your head, you have no point. Whether it was scripted or improv, you don't know, because you have zero evidence. And, being a dolt, what you fail to realize is that it makes no difference at all. She, a script writer, the director, or the man in the moon, made a good point. That's it. Your mind reading fantasies are simply irrelevant.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:51 pmAgreed.
That wasn’t the point.
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I never said that you had to believe everything that m12 posted.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
I never thought you said I had to believe everything m12 said.
My ONLY point was that just because he says it, don't make it so. Got it?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:53 pmMy ONLY point was that just because he says it, don’t make it so. Got it?
Comment by Zooey — June 28, 2007 @ 10:53 pm
Yes, and agreed.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:55 pmIt’s good that the Fairness doctrine is gone. All m12 is saying is that there is no so-called “conservative bias†in the media.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Thats what he is saying, but doesn't make it true, we see all kinds of 'conservative bias' in the news. From Limbaugh to Coulter to Oreilly. The media, as you noted in this post, is interested in creating controversy, to try and apply the shennaigans of the media to the salus populi is nuts in my opinion. I don't play group think and am part of no group. m12 thinks he is. Good for him, just leave me out of the media controversy he associates himself with and therefore creates, in his mind perhaps, this false assumption that I agree with the media, left or right.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:56 pmGonzo meets MSNBC. Or is it the other way around?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:56 pmThank you Mika.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:57 pmI will be watching YOUR news broadcasts from now on... wherever they may be!!
Neilson families, take note!
Comment by sponson — June 28, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Me? Upset?
Quite the contrary, Mr. Sponson.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:57 pmI am most content.
But are they plastering these Leftist CRIMINAL’s pictures all over the place?
Not a chance.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Uh, could this be in part because you CAN'T POST PICTURES ON THE RADIO?
June 28th, 2007 at 10:58 pmThe Corporate Mediaâ„¢ falsely reported for two days that Nancy Pelosi demanded a larger airplane for her family. Or the false story about Obama attending a terrorist school.
I challenge anyone to name a completely false report about a Republican.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:59 pmI challenge anyone to name a completely false report about a Republican.
Comment by AkaDad
Geez, AkaDad, that's waaaaaay toooo easy... ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, that says Bruschâ„¢ or BigDickâ„¢ are doing a good job! The MSM is FULL of false reports about Repubs.
June 28th, 2007 at 11:08 pmWho the F*CK cares if it was, or was not staged!?!
Either way, they made the proper f-ing point!!! That the MSM is going down the crapper, rotting the country's brain, and its about time that someone stood up and said NO to the corporate shills controlling our news!!!
This is very encouraging (whether or not it was staged, and I don't think it was). This, along with this morning's sick-out by the nation's Wall Street Journal reporters in protest of Murdoch attempting to purchase the paper, and proposed slashes in salary and benefits...
I think the pendulum is finally beginning to swing the other way.
June 28th, 2007 at 11:10 pmNo wonder MSNBC doesn't get much of an audience.
June 28th, 2007 at 11:59 pmNo wonder MSNBC doesn’t get much of an audience.
Comment by muckdog — June 28, 2007 @ 11:59 pm
Yeah, because it would be so much better if she would have just conformed and reported on the fu*king stupid fu*king PH story?
Idiot.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:08 amI don't care if it was staged, it was well staged.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:35 amdixie blood is completely right, it only takes one viewing of the video to tell its staged; plus if you've watched mornin' joe this seems to be their schtick. this shouldn't be on tp, it's all staged. joe scarborough can be ok at times but he still sucks. I'm still pissed at msnbc about Ann Coulter. Also for those that don't know it Unknown Hinson rules.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:36 am#119:
What does that even MEAN?
June 29th, 2007 at 12:39 amGood for HER. She is my new favorite journo... sorry honey, would take alot to bump KO!
June 29th, 2007 at 12:53 amNot knowing if it's written earlier but isn't it ironic that they cut the news story off at the end.
I agree with Mika. It's not news.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:00 ambeautiful, absolutely brilliant. I have thew highest regard for this person. She has more integrity than the entire MSM in her little finger. Excessive praise? In these times? absolutely not. She's now an American hero in my view and I'm sure many, many others. Bless you, Mika!!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:15 amUnlike YOU, I am not an Islamo-Stalinist.
What does that even MEAN?
Comment by Danielk — June 29, 2007 @ 12:39 am
I say:
Islamo-Stalinism: synthesis of the most retarded aspects of the Islam-loving Left and Stalinism.
The Joker says:
June 29th, 2007 at 1:28 amIslamo-Stalinist means a Leftist like yourself who’s an apologist for Muslims and makes every excuse for them.
Also know as a Dhimmi.
Don't forget, Michael Moore, will be on Larry King tonight, though, he should have been on a couple days early had it not been for that ditzy rich floosie.
Send e-mails, video mail or call in supporting Moore and telling Larry King that he was a fool for dumping our man for that ditzy socialite.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:51 amI say:
Islamo-Stalinism: synthesis of the most retarded aspects of the Islam-loving Left and Stalinism.
The Joker says:
Islamo-Stalinist means a Leftist like yourself who’s an apologist for Muslims and makes every excuse for them.
Also know as a Dhimmi.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Get a new talking point already. Telling people who have never made a pro-Islam statement that they are Islamo-Stalinist (the updated version of the "Islamo-fascist" slur) is really so trite. You already lose the argument with such a stupid remark.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:58 amComment by Lora — June 29, 2007 @ 1:58 am
Typical Islamist Know-it-all.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:07 amTypical Islamist Know-it-all.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Oh, what a clever retort. You've really hurt my feelings, 阿呆ï¼ã€€(which is Japanese--not Arabic) In reality, if that's all you can say, you are real loser, 超馬鹿ï¼
June 29th, 2007 at 2:55 amMSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski repeatedly refused to report on the Paris Hilton story.
What Paris Hilton story?
Oh, yeah, forgot. I'm in Trinidad today.... I miss sooooo much when I'm out of the country (or even when I'm in country; the mute button is an essential accessory).
Cheers,
June 29th, 2007 at 7:34 amThank you TP for another Paris Hilton thread. What would our lives be like if you didn't provide us with our daily meal of crap.
ROTFL
June 29th, 2007 at 7:53 amTo be fair to Joe, although I share everyone's affection for Mika, he actually cheers her on in the beginning. "You decide!" "Go for the second story!" Staged or not, it was brilliant!
June 29th, 2007 at 8:17 amMika (that's actually my name) Wälivaara, Sweden
to bad nobody watchs BSNBC
June 29th, 2007 at 8:26 am#147 - "What would our lives be like if you didn’t provide us with our daily meal of crap. ROTFL" Comment by Happy Guy — June 29, 2007 @ 7:53 am
Isn't that why we've got conserva-trolls posting here?
"Give us, this day, our daily crap conserva-trolls!"
June 29th, 2007 at 8:33 amGreat job Mika! At least someone in that studio has balls! Now if everyone would drop the Paris (et. al.) stories and get on with the real news (hmmm....is there such a thing), and let access hollywood cover the junk!
June 29th, 2007 at 8:35 amThe Paris Hilton story is just further proof that commercial US media has ZERO value. Its the most ridiculous and worthless story in journalistic history.
June 29th, 2007 at 8:45 amWhere can I send her and MSNBC some email? I need to show support for what she did and bitch at Joe S.
If I want entertainment news (which I don't), I'll watch ET. If I want news I should be able to turn on a news channel.
June 29th, 2007 at 8:50 amYou Go Girl!
She's mnot tthe first reporter/anchor to refuse to cover Paris Hilton, but this is the best one I've seen yet. So many issues need addressing, and they lead with Paris Hilton?
Nuts.
June 29th, 2007 at 8:51 amIsn’t that why we’ve got conserva-trolls posting here?
“Give us, this day, our daily crap conserva-trolls!â€
Comment by Democrat Soldier
Exactly my thoughts, Dem Soldier! I also think "Happy Guy" is a typo for "Crappy Guy."
June 29th, 2007 at 9:16 amPorous Hilton can join mAnn Coulter to help choke Insannity live on Insannity & Combs...
Now that's news!
June 29th, 2007 at 9:24 amSorry Guys/Males but yep it's coming out more that WOMEN have more NERVE than the average MALE!!!!! It keeps getting proven..
June 29th, 2007 at 10:49 amWhat's with the two idiot sidekicks mocking her along the way?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:04 amNo matter how you dress Scarborough he is still a Republican hack, first, last, and always.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:22 amThat woman has cajones. THANKS.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:53 ami think what makes scarborough so contemptuous of the pubilc is the astounding discovery he's been made privy to by the neocons that the elite can lead public attitudes and interests in any direction they like. the pity is that people like scarborough and the neocons prefer to lead them into the gutter rather than uplifting them to a higher level of consciousness. scarborough's willingness to mock a sincerity and dedication to principle is sickening.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:58 amI don't even want to know about a woman with cojones. So she has them. So what? There are too many women with cojones - they are called men.
If something is happening, it is news. If she personally doesn't like Paris Hilton, that is not journalism, that is what is left of her ovaries sensing (I won't say "thinking" for the obvious reason) a rival female.
And you guys want to run a woman for President? You want to give a cat atomic weapons? No married man will EVER vote for a woman.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:06 pmHeh, my take on it was that they both understood her position and were being purposely difficult because of it and maybe to poke fun at a fellow anchor. Which isn't unlike Scarborough, and it's why I like him, he keeps it loose... I think he understands that Paris shouldn't be the lead and was having a little fun with the fact someone was actual making a point of it, as it has become a parody now. Joe's decent folk. It's why many people on both sides of the divide find him to be good company.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:30 pmThank you, Mika, for at least posing as a real journalist. Scarborough wasn't even going through the motions.
#162: No married man will EVER vote for a woman.
Huh?
June 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pmMarry me, Mika!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:09 pm"There is no “conservative†bias in the media."
No. Just a "stupid" bias.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:28 pmThis is a morning show.
They are employing the kind of news-meets-talk stream-of-consciousness coffee-klatch format pioneered by Howard Stern, ripped off by Don Imus, and perfected for television by KTLA in Los Angeles.
Calling this "staged" is giving it too much credit, and that they rehearsed this. They didn't rehearse it, but all the people knew what each one of them was going to do. They are encouraged to inject large amounts of their own personalities and their own opinions into a rambling conversational presentation, and go "off script."
The producer and or the executives in charge probably had no problem with Mika playing the role of the righteous offended journalist and tearing up the story to stir up some publicity for their show. It was a silly story and everyone knew it, but all the producers on every news show felt obliged to cover this shlock, because "that's what the public wants to see." In any event, the story was played out, at its end, and there was no risk in refusing to cover the story any more BECAUSE THE STORY WAS OVER!!!
So, to summarize: not "staged" as such, but certainly "posed."
But I do appreciate her setting fire (or trying to) to the copy and I like her a lot.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:29 pmLet's all discuss the fake news on a fake blog! Just like broadcast media, which now includes most web hosts like AOL and Yahoo, there is nothing of substance! Everything we see is staged. It's pathetic.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:11 pmYou guys wish you were as smart as us people in the south.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:26 pmYay! Mika Brzezinski, another tivo entry.
That makes 2 on msnbc and 2 on comedy central.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:33 pmSexism appears to be live and well with Scarborough group there. They talked down to her at every point they could and even smelled her ripped up papers (joke obviously, but still gross) after she attempted to dispose of them. That was a pretty disgusting there. I'm impressed with how she handled those two jerks. I can see the glass-ceiling from here it was so obvious.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:40 pmThe first victim in a the collapse of a democracy is journalism. I am glad that Mika had enough guts to stand up for it. Now I wonder how long they are going to have her with those sexist jerkoffs, scarborough and company anyway.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:03 pmI work in a minor tv studio. I can't really tell if it was staged or improvised. First thing to say is whatever it was it was live. It's a morning show. So, look for the insiders lines. "Move up the prompter". the shredder was not lit. or the shader couldn't adjust to the drop in light level. Also, this is an edited video. Live i am sure it was much longer and a lot more boring. Don't think it was staged just edited for enterntainment purposes.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:26 pm"I love hearing the idiot next to her say, "Why is she such a journalist?" and (when they run the Hilton clip) "Look at that strut!"
Scarborough says, "you know what she's thinking, she's thinking 'How can I further the Kingdom of God in Heaven."
MSNBC -- no longer even taking itself seriously.
Believing in Bush has destroyed their brains.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:04 pmThis is staged. MSNBC wants people to talk about this clip, and believe that MSNBC is a more integral journalism outlet than the other stations. But watch the clip closely, and notice how she finds a lighter that has been conveniently placed within reach of her. She didn't even have to reach into his pockets, because the lighter was already in his hands or on the table. Either that, or they were planning on having a quick smoke while on the set.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:16 pmYou guys wish you were as smart as us people in the south.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES —
First of all, your comment has nothing to do with the subject of this thread.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:34 pmSecondly, thanks for the laugh. Oh, yes, you folks down South are known for scoring so well on academic tests. (sarcasm off)
WAS JOE SCARBOROUGH INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF HIS ALLEGED MISTRESS LORI KLAUSITIS. At the time of her mysterious death, ruled accidental by a Florida medical examiner who had recently had his license revoked in Missouri for fraudulently altering the results of an autopsy there, the U.S. news media was raging about Democratic congressman Gary Condit and Chandra Levy. NO major international or national news coverage was given to then congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fl) and the death of his assistant Lori Klausutis. The Washington Post reported the death ONCE in a one paragraph statement and that was it.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:50 pmStaged or not Mika rocks. The Hilton story should in no way lead a broadcast.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:57 pmThat was not a stunt. Mika was clearly upset and this was a contentious point prior to the airing. Way to go Mika; Paris Hilton is not news.
June 30th, 2007 at 9:18 amLook idiots,
It is not just clebrities.
There is Jefferson with ill gotten cash in his freezer, Mark Foley chasing male pages for sex on the peoples payroll, Ann Coulter that has a mental illness of hatred for certain Americans, A Vice President that cannot figure out what branch of our government he is in after being there for quite some time during a time of war, A President that thinks there are too many OBGYN's out there that want to share their love with wemon across this nation, Rush Limbaugh who condemns others with drug problems but himself with Oxycotton takes a vacation to a place where child boy prostitution is amok and he takes plenty of viagra with him.
So go figure why you fixate on the so called glamour world while Halibuton steals from the nations treasury, Blackwater kills innocents in the name of the US military unrestrained, and Alberto Gonzales our Dept of justice head has so corrupted the justice dept that anarchy is around the corner. So let Rome burn while you fiddle with yourselves.....................................
July 1st, 2007 at 2:28 amThat was all cleverly staged theater. It is a shameless ratings-boosting ploy... Corporate media are ALL sell-outs... I used to really like Keith Olberman's show until even he became Paris Hilton central... SHILL
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:41 amI've about had it with Joe S. On this morning's program, he continually cut off his tablemates, refusing to let them finish their sentences, only to insert what he thought was more important. Which it wasn't. I used to watch his evening show, mainly because it followed Chris Matthews, and also because I believed I was getting a different but viable point of view. But today's exhibit of his need to feel superior to his on-air co-hosts (?) was the last straw. Hey Joe... You're pushy, rude, and obnoxious on TV. If I wanted more of that, I would tune into Fox news.
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:17 amScarredBurro is a jackass. He's a typical Rethuglican who expects to be allowed to get away with murder.
Mika should be glad she wasn't found dead in his office after crossing him.
As for those who believe that a studio cameraman's impromptu zoom is proof this incident was staged... well, you probably believe Dubya's lies about Saddam, bin Laden, The Air Guard, Gitmo, etc, etc, etc... suffice it to say that a college intern could execute that zoom.
My question is: why do the anchors on MSNBC & CNBC refer to the Democrats (a three syllable word) as "Dems" but never shorten Republican (four syllables) to "Reps" (rhymes with creeps)?
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July 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 pmMIKA