Funniest. MSNBC moment. EVER.

[LibraLiz1973]

Seriously.

Ok, so I am watching MSNBC & Rachel & Gregory are talking about some new McCain ad congratulating Obama,
For the ENTIRE 2 minutes that I was watching, in the background, LOUDLY, you could hear someone
screaming in to a loudspeaker:

9/11 Was an inside job

over and over and over


HILARIOUS!

[LibraLiz1973]

1. My bad, of course NOW I see someone else posted the same thing.

I apologize.

[Fleshdancer]

2. I don't know....

Joe Scarbrough's meltdown the other morning was pretty funny :rofl:

[LibraLiz1973]

9. Damn me, I missed it! Is there video anywhere?

You are the 2nd person today to reference it and I am out of the loop....

:(

[Fleshdancer]

12. Of course! Here it is:

I watched it when it happened and I just sat there with my jaw dropped. Pretty funny hissyfit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adyW_-lf27Q

[LibraLiz1973]

34. HO LEE SHIT

I swear to god, he went nuts!!

Medication alteration needed, STAT

[lonestarnot]

47. OMG! Why don't we fucking melt there morning schmoe! What an asswipe!

[alphafemale]

3. He's an idiot.

I wish someone "gently" escort him away.

[Not the Only One]

38. Yep. He's a douchebag.

People don't have an inalienable right to be dicks. Someone there is totally within their right to kick the ass of a guy like this. I wish they would. I hoped Sharpton would have told the idiot to shut the hell up and show some respect for everyone else at that "event."

[thunder rising]

4. MSNBC needs a microphone person that knows how to cancel background.

It's not hard but you have to know how to do it

[crimsonblue]

6. it's actually quite simple...

The Today Show has been doing it for years and years with their on the street people. Silly MSNBC. Are they outside because they didn't get a spot inside?

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. Maybe they don't want to cancel the background noise

:shrug:

[nomaco-10]

5. Not funny. These people are an embarrassment. n/t

[mzmolly]

30. I agree Nomaco.

:grr:

[Barack_America]

7. I can't wait until the Daily Show gets ahold of this. nt

[ben_meyers]

8. They need Bill Clinton to wag his finger at them

and yell back "shame on you!!"

[Jobama Biden]

10. ROFLMAO

He's screaming now. I'm LOLing

[tallahasseedem]

11. I don't find it hilarious at all...

actually, it is rather annoying.

[Jobama Biden]

13. It's only annoying if you actually care what these hacks have to say nt

[tallahasseedem]

19. Ummm no...

it's not.

[Shakespeare]

21. Rachel's not a hack.

Boy, you're just endearing yourself from the get-go.

[Jobama Biden]

22. They all are

All that occurs on these shows is dishonest and adversarial discourse over trivial issues.

[Shakespeare]

27. No, they all aren't.

I'll take Maddow as outspoken liberal Rhodes Scholar any day. Get a fucking clue.

[Jobama Biden]

28. Constrained and limited by the powers-that-be

Because if she says anything that people don't like - no matter how true - she's gone.

She's limited in what she can say and how much knowledge she can use.

Everyone on a "mainstream" news program is a hack while on that program.

It's theater masquerading as intellectual discourse.

[Shakespeare]

29. That hasn't been the case to date.

In fact, her vocifeous outspokenness has landed her her own show on the network.

Give me a specific example of how Rachel Maddow has been constrained from speaking her mind on MSNBC.

This should be interesting.

Edited to add: And Olbermann's "special comment" editorials he began two years ago had people just SURE he'd be fired for them. :rofl:

[redqueen]

31. Has either of them ever talked about the coup against Chavez? And the media silence about it after

it was found to be a lie?

The Dem Party has fallen in line on that one.

Have they mentioned it?

[Shakespeare]

32. Didn't it happen before either of them were on the air?

Seems on odd topic to pick up on, given the Bush scandals they constantly flog. But, whatever.

Sure, whatever. They're all hacks. I'll just go turn off my TV now. Bad, Robin! Bad, bad, Robin!

:eyes:

[Jobama Biden]

33. Lol...

"Rachel says a lot of good things, therefore she hasn't been restricted."

Good logic.

[Shakespeare]

35. Except that's not what I said.

I asked you for an example--ANY example--of why you think she's been constrained. MSNBC has done what none of the other networks have done to date, and rewarded and promoted openly liberal hosts. Gosh, that's so hackish of them.

I'm pointing out specifically Maddow and Olbermann, and I stand by my position that they are NOT hacks. They're not perfect, but they're damn sure not hacks.

[Jobama Biden]

36. They are hacks

They pander to their ideological viewerships just as O'Reilly and Hannity do to theirs.

I'm an Obamapendent, so I guess I have no tolerance for hackery on either the right or left.

[Shakespeare]

37. Oh, so you proclaim ideological purity. What a load of horseshit.

And, contrary to your holier-than-thouness, they're still not hacks. Iconoclastic and soundly liberal, but not hacks.

You sound more like a Ron Paul nutball than an Obama supporter, but you go on with your bad self.

[Jobama Biden]

39. Hm...

Why are they any less hack-ish than O'Reilly?

Because their views support your own?

Intellectual apathy at its finest.

[Shakespeare]

40. No, and that's an illogical leap you've made there.

They often say things that I don't paricuarly like or agree with; however, they're some of the only talking heads challenging the status quo right now, and investigating various Bush crimes.

My deepest, deepest apologies if that's something you find hackish.

I've given you much more detailed explanations for why I think they're NOT hacks than you have for any of your accusations. That vagueness on your part, my friend, is intellectual spinelessness.

[Jobama Biden]

41. Is O'Reilly a hack?

[Shakespeare]

42. Show me where I said that.

Oh, that's right--I didn't. I do think he's a hyperbolic shitsack, though.

"Cut his mic! Cut his mic!"

Or, my favorite:

"What does that mean? Fuck it! We'll do it live! Fuck it!"

Real great guy, that O'Reilly.

[Jobama Biden]

43. I didn't say you did...I'm asking you

Are O'Reilly and Hannity hacks?

[Shakespeare]

44. Yeah, you pretty much did.

I started this subthread in response to you by saying specifically that Maddow (and to almost the same extent, Olbermann) are not hacks. Those are the only two I've defended, though you have continually attempted to twist my words into darling little strawmen. In response, I've continued to keep my point--and my opinion on this subthread--narrow and well-explained.

You've claimed ideological purity, and apparently are above it all.

I think it's quite clear where we both stand.

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. You have been here - what - 24 hours?

And you sure are making your entrance with a bang.

BTW, cute screen name. ;)

[redqueen]

49. I didn't say they were all hacks.

Only making the point that there are some topics that seem to get little to no mention.

And while yes, the original coup may have happened before they were on the air to take a stand on it, there have been developments since then when it should have been mentioned.

Maybe they have mentioned it, I don't even know. I was wondering...

[Pirate Smile]

14. I turned the channel because that got as annoying as hell when done over and over again.

I have a feeling I'm not the only one.

[Barack_America]

17. Then that man has done our nation a great favor....

By encouraging people to switch off the MSM.

[Bensthename]

15. It was funny about 5 hours ago.. A little obnoxious now..

[KharmaTrain]

16. Next Week Will Be Even Funnier...

Besides the various anti-war groups who will be in the Twin cities, the town will also be crawling with Paulbots. It's been amusing watching the crowds....and trying to read the signs. At the beginning of the week, there were GOOP plants with Gramps signs in the crowd, last night I didn't see any. Another favorite are the "the end is near" religious nuts.

Initially I thought MSNBC was stupid for putting their people in "the open"...but this has been the best part of their "coverage".

[Jobama Biden]

18. Are they singing "we are gay?"

lmao

[Melinda]

20. It's Alex Jones, eom

[ingac70]

23. He is the biggest asshole I have ever seen on TV. n/t

[RollWithIt]

24. MSNBCs entire convention coverage has been TERRIBLE....

They should just pack up and go home at this point. To top it off, they need to fire whoever it was who decided to have their booth OUTSIDE the arena and then stadium tonight.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. who was screaming that?

[Orangepeel]

26. Where's Bill Mahr when you need him? n/t

[washingdem]

48. Moment? He's been doing it all day.