NBC’s Mitchell likens McCain-Palin media restrictions to experiences in North Korea, Syria, and Sudan.
NBC’s Mitchell likens McCain-Palin media restrictions to experiences in North Korea, Syria, and Sudan.
Yesterday, media covering Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) visit to the United Nations revolted when the McCain-Palin campaign tried to back out of its promise to allow journalists to cover the governor’s meetings with various world leaders. Last night on MSNBC, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell compared the whole affair to her experiences trying to cover the regimes in North Korea, Syria, and Sudan:
MADDOW: You have covered these sort of high level meetings with foreign dignitaries, getting at least one editorial staff member in the room to represent the entire network is standard practice, right?
MITCHELL: It is standard practice. It’s standard for the White House, for the State Department. And often we are in foreign countries where it is not standard practice, like in Pyongyang or in Damascus.
Watch it:
As Maddow noted earlier in the segment, “[T]his isn’t North Korea, we don’t just do pure photo ops with no questions.”
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How dare you think you can ask them questions. What is the matter with you?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:36 amOur Respected and Beloved Brotherly Leader Sock Puppet Comrade John McCain and our Dear Leader Sock Puppet General Sarah Palin unwilling to “Meet the Press”? Their handlers must be getting very nervous!
September 24th, 2008 at 11:38 amMaybe Pallid can run for Prez in North Korea when Kim Jong dies.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:38 amAndrea Mitchell is still alive? I thought she was crushed by falling balloons…
September 24th, 2008 at 11:38 amI have a servant that wont listen to me or do what I want them to do. They show up at work when they want. They take alot of long vacations. They wont let me listen to what they say. They wont let me take pictures. They get free health care. They get a good retirement package. They spend my money like it was their own. Some collect a check but are MIA. Havent seen them in months. They call their union Gummint.
I am tired of being their rescue and their piggy bank.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Without submitting to questions from the press, Palin’s UN tea party does nothing to inform her or the public. She is no more a foreign policy expert today than she was yesterday, and voters are no better acquainted with her qualifications to be vice president. Of all the questions that won’t be asked, there is one that is rising in urgency: What are they afraid of?
Track Palin/McCain’s Stonewalling of the press with The Palin Watch clock.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:42 amDid Andrea Mitchell mention she is married to the man that bears a large responsibility for the housing crisis, Alan Greenspan?
As far as N. Korea, hyperbole much?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 amRepub insiders must be really pissed off at McSame for choosing Palin. Just look at the differences between the logistics each campaign now faces:
Obama and Biden can campaign confidently in two places at one time, can take all the questions they want, without extensive prep and without resorting to softball interviews on partisan networks.
Grampy McSame, on the other hand, not only has to carry the bulk of the campaigning load himself, but so many resources have to be devoted to handling his unprepared VP pick to deal with everyday political journalists that it has to be taking a toll on the functioning of the campaign.
And she’s not even picking up the Hillary voters she was supposed to.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 amWhy is Palin, a strong women, letting these good old boys keep her from talking. Are the McCain folks scared of Palin?
Why wont McCain let Palin speak? Does he think a woman should be seen and not heard?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 amSome Pit-bull with lipstick, huh: What is she hiding from?
¶ AIO
September 24th, 2008 at 11:46 amDid y’all see Campbell Brown smackdown the Palin/McCain team for cheating the press?
She has a history of leaning rightward in her reporting and is married to former Bush flack Dan Senor. But giving credit where it’s due, Brown has nicely summarized an argument not often heard with regard to the sequestration of Palin from the press – sexism:
September 24th, 2008 at 11:47 amI posted this earlier today at C&L:
In the Northwest, as Governor of Alaska, Sarah is a big fish (the Wasilla Whale?) in the 47th smallest pool of citizens. Now, over on the East coast, on the national stage she appears to be (or should that be disappears to be) nothing more than a guppy in an ocean of obfuscation .
September 24th, 2008 at 11:48 amInstead of knowing more I know less about Palin because the minions of McCain wont let her speak. They are treating the reformer, this grown woman, like a child.
She has a nice nice chat, fine, whats to hide? Where is the transparency reform requires?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:52 amSomeone running for the “Heartbeat Away” position of VPOTUS behind a 72 YO semi-senile, cancer survivor who is running for POTUS and they are afraid to let her answer questions???
God help us all!
September 24th, 2008 at 11:53 amI haven’t seen her show yet, but it looks like Rachel Maddow is doing good.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:54 amThey’re protecting Sarah “the narrative” Palin, like she’s Kim Jong Il? I didn’t realize she was made of porcelain.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:54 amalphainfinityomega Says:
Some Pit-bull with lipstick, huh: What is she hiding from?
Alaskan dog catchers. Seems she bit a lot of the hands that fed her political campaigns.
Check her for rabies.
PEACE
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backup Says:
I haven’t seen her show yet, but it looks like Rachel Maddow is doing good.
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She is a Rhodes Scholar, she is passionate and she KNOWS her politics. You may agree or disagree with her but you WILL get good ana lysis from her and an intelligent take on the issues
September 24th, 2008 at 11:57 amWatch the Palin, watch the Palin, watch the Palin, don’t ask questions, watch the Palin, you’re getting sleepy, very sleepy, watch the Pal…..Zzzzzzzzzz.
No questions because if she had to answer it would quickly become obvious that she is NOT QUALIFIED for the position.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:57 amI have never been much of an Andrea Mitchell fan, but when she turns on McDepends as well as Shep Smith at Faux, you know there is serious trouble brewing and stewing behind the Repug walls.
Heh Heh
September 24th, 2008 at 12:00 pmOT, but has anyone noticed how many lapdogs the McStain campaign has named “Tucker”?
Tucker Bounds
Tucker Eskew
Tucker Carlson, the willing water bearer
Coincidence? Or were they named in order to use the excuse “No, I called him a little Tucker!”
PEACE
September 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pmWouldn’t the Republicans have avoided all this hassle if they had just chosen two candidates who were qualified for the job, picked sensible positions on the issues and stuck to them, and could carry on a conversation with the press without requiring flashcards and coaching?
September 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pmRachel should stick by her guns on the equal pay for equal work issue and demand MSNBC put their money where her mouth is. She should get more money than the dethroned “king” at CNN.
Viva Rachel!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:05 pmBuckie Boy Says:
Watch the Palin, watch the Palin, watch the Palin, don’t ask questions, watch the Palin, you’re getting sleepy, very sleepy, watch the Pal…..Zzzzzzzzzz.
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So you are saying Palin is the HypnoToad. Hmmmm. Let me think about that one for a while it has serious derisive nickname potential
September 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pmI would hate to be treated like some fragile collectable Barbie doll placed on a shelf to be oggled at and not heard
We got a babe on the ticket, says Limbaugh. He apparently doesnt want the ‘Hottie’ mom to speak. I think Limbaugh would just as well have a topless dancer for VP, something he can stare at while obscenely mouthing that disgusting phallic symbol of a cigar.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pmWell, we are like No. Korea:
Torture. check
September 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pmSpying. check
Executive overreach. check
Bailouts to the wealthy. check
No civil rights. check
A delusional ‘leader’. check
No Congressional balance or power. check
Shrinking middle class. check
No oppositional press. check
A very scary future. checkmate!
misshusseinmolly Says:
Wouldn’t the Republicans have avoided all this hassle if they had just chosen two candidates who were qualified for the job, picked sensible positions on the issues and stuck to them, and could carry on a conversation with the press without requiring flashcards and coaching?
But …. But, Missmolly, then they wouldn’t be Repugs, would they?
It is in their DNA.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pmGOP 2008 — cosmetic counter gossip.
The McCain campaign is like the chatty teenager who doesn’t like other people talking to the cool friend she just made.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pmPalin is not attractive. She is not a ‘hottie’ – for christ sake she has had five kids, talk about a hotdog down a hallway. For anyone – anyone – to go on and on about her ‘looks’ simply needs to get out more often. Maybe to some on the right she is ‘better’ looking than the garden variety, missionary prone robots. Still she has a lot in common with that other administration ‘hottie’ Dana Perino – huge ass, short stature, nice Eva Braun smile, and she lies as often as she breathes. Palin is a perfect fit for the delusional.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pmSeptember 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Grampy McSame, on the other hand, not only has to carry the bulk of the campaigning load himself, but so many resources have to be devoted to handling his unprepared VP pick to deal with everyday political journalists that it has to be taking a toll on the functioning of the campaign.
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Well, Shi’ite, Ralph. On top of that, I’ve more than one account that say folks start leaving as soon as the Swim Suit Competition is over at campaign rallies. Isn’t John going on first now, so the Party Faithful HAVE to listen to him go on and on and on in that raspy mumble?
I wonder how John’s ego is dealing w// all of this?
Any new, huh, bruises on Cindy?
September 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pmbackup Says:
I haven’t seen her show yet, but it looks like Rachel Maddow is doing good.
Yeah. Amazingly enough, after 8 years of total bullshit on our airwaves, the truth is begininng to sell.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:35 pm