Rob Reiner calling out journalists on MSNBC

[UMTerp01]

I still love me some Tamron Hall on MSNBC. 11am is her news hour but Reiner totally calling out journalists for not calling out Trump's BLATANT lies!!

[livetohike]

1. Yay for Rob Reiner!! Hope it sinks in. n/t

[Lifelong Protester]

2. That's what I don't get

why aren't journalists calling him out? Like insulting minorities, mocking the disabled, calling on Russia for help, etc. (I could go on).

Will they now, now that the general election is on?

[sufrommich]

5. Because they're more concerned with access than they are

with actual reporting. Calling them journalists is being very kind.

[NewJeffCT]

28. You got it!

If they anger The Donald, they lose access. Heck, wasn't Trump caught on tape asking Morning Joe & Mika to not ask him any tough questions?

Now, is Trump going to be able to ask the leaders of China or Saudi Arabia to not ask him any tough questions? While I'm not a huge fan of Hillary Clinton, she's been getting hammered with tough questions for 25 years now.

[catbyte]

36. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner, folks. Getting an invite to the next A-List Washington cocktail

party is more important than saving our republic. The media has a lot to answer for--especially since 2001. They really became lapdogs after Bush/Cheney took power. They turned Tim Russert into a shill for the Iraq War. Exposing Watergate would be impossible today--there would be a brief mention of a break-in, but it would be gone by the beginning of the next news cycle, never to be mentioned again except by bloggers that the mainstream media will ignore. It's pathetic, it's wrong, and utter unconscionable.

[workinclasszero]

18. Because the republicans that they work for don't want them to?

[Hortensis]

20. Good post. We should see this more often.

Until it really sinks in and people start turning off the TVs especially, except for public news.

[workinclasszero]

22. Its freaking scary isn't it?

How can a democracy survive with this near total control of the media by conservative business entity's?

[Hortensis]

23. We voters were always the dangerous weakness

of democracy.

[workinclasszero]

24. Yeah

Can't have those people interfering with business now, can we? SMH

[Hortensis]

25. Well, "special" interests of all kinds.

This is looking like international espionage, with hostile infiltration and subversion by Russia.

[workinclasszero]

26. Watergate by a foreign agent

If you mean the DNC email theft and leak.

Trump's pal Putin is giving Donny a hand up is all.

[SnowCritter]

38. Exactly!

The candidates should be worried about having access to the media, not the other way around.

Journalists, and the media in general, should say "Look, if you'll tell the truth we'll talk to you. Until then, sorry - we're not spreading your lies".

But that doesn't fly with the great, high muckety-mucks that run the conglomerates. They need a horse race to generate advertising dollars.

The M$M sucks!

[jtuck004]

39. Try replacing "journalists" with "hucksters", and see if that makes any more sense. What I

don't get is why, after the Supreme Court said this is all entertainment, that even if it is labeled news you can spout bald faced lies and be fully within your rights, anyone expects anything of tv "journalists".

That "tv journalists" all didn't figure out some new way to be taken seriously right then and there was interesting. But it didn't change how the viewers saw them. Not one bit. The viewers were told they were being lied to, and just made more popcorn.

That is why they are not calling him out. They have nothing else to offer, and most don't care.

We could do a sit-in at the networks, but I can't think of why anyone would want to put forth the effort. Easier to find a new hobby.

[GeorgeGist]

43. Because real journalists aren't hired by ...

MSM.

[AwakeAtLast]

3. He is tearing it up

There are a lot of people who are not happy with MSNBC (me included), but we all should be watching him and Tamron right now!

[sufrommich]

4. He needs to be out there more often. He's great at getting to the

meat of the matter,he doesn't mince words.

[LonghornJack]

7. Agreed!

You are spot on. Rob needs to make more media appearances.

I saw what you did there, though. The "Meat-head" got to the meat of the matter!

Here's to Rob Reiner getting into more meat in this campaign!


LHJ

[sufrommich]

8. Lol. I thought about that after I wrote it.

I wish I could say it was intentional but it wasn't.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Not only that, they spend all day sowing discord in the Democratic Party.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. That's what I thought this post was going to be about. Somebody needs to call them on that.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

14. That's what I was hoping it was about. I went to his Twitter page to thank him, but also to call the

MSM out for their divisive tactics. Especially MSNBC.

[progressoid]

9. MSNBC has journalists?

Now that is news to me!

[Orrex]

10. Way to go, Meathead!

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Every question should start with "where are your taxes" then Putin & the 1000's of lies

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he's been allowed to skate by with.

[skylucy]

16. I think your spell-check leans Republican! I assume your post meant to say

WHERE ARE YOUR TAXES? I agree with you! I want proof that Trump is even being audited. I don't believe him. I can't believe what the press lets this buffoon get away with.

[Maru Kitteh]

31. Ooomyyygrrrrrd! DAMN REPUBLICAN SPELL CHICK!

LOL.

[fleabiscuit]

41. That's ironik.

[Maru Kitteh]

42. I wurble talking to chew

But thanks for weighing in fleabuscuit!

[The CCC]

13. Rob Reiner calling out journalists on MSNBC

You could spend 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, calling out Trump on his lies, and it would do no good. The man is a pathological liar. I hesitate in calling him a man. What kind of man does that?

[wiggs]

15. I can't believe the dems have had to do the heavy lifting in this country for 8 years, acting

like the only responsible party in our democracy and trying to solve problems. We've needed two competent, effective parties...but have had only one.

Now....I can't believe we have to battle authority-conditioned, entertainment-starved, loud-and-wrong-sheep goprs to literally defend our country and the world against their candidate. What a low point, what a huge waste of time and resources, what a sad test of public discourse, what a huge RISK, what a condemnation of the republicans this SHOULD be. We should be angry....and the GOP should be receiving at LEAST as much astonishment, outrage, and ridicule as Trump is individually.

And Reiner is right...media loves the battle. Dems should be ridiculing msm and the gop for putting the rest of the country in this position.

[auntpurl]

17. You speak for me!

[Yallow]

48. 7 Years Of GOP Sabotage Of Our Government

And the press is helping them.

Like there is two sides.

[Augiedog]

19. Fear is what is controlling their reporting. Look what happens to MSNBC talking heads that

express independence or critical thinking. They are disappeared, never to be heard from again.

[unitedwethrive]

29. Good point, I've noticed that.

[unitedwethrive]

21. Good for him! Go get 'em!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

27. Because they are trying for a horse race

Neck and neck. So they have to focus on as many negatives as possible on the D convention, and ignore Trump as much as possible.

[northoftheborder]

30. Why does D Trump's every tweet need to be reported at all??????

If it is, then indeed it needs to be verified as true or not. I would prefer not to hear of any of his tweets. Especially this week.

[a kennedy]

32. I was a tad miffed with Tamron for just kinda staring at Rob Reiner when he was saying this too.....

I didn't know if she was just shocked at him saying this or was just in awe of him for saying this......kind of a weird situation. She then started talking about something else......

[Blue Idaho]

33. We don't have "News" or "Journalists" anymore

We have news flavored entertainment and we have talking head celebrities.

I think the "News" died in the 1980s.

[tonyt53]

34. Get 'em Meathead (for all you youngsters, that is what his TV father-in-law called him).

[calimary]

35. I was up on my feet, cheering Rob Reiner!

Nailed it, nailed it, nailed it, and just kept on nailing it!

Called out reporters for not bearing down harder on Donald Trump. No freakin' KIDDING!

It's been sheer agony for me to watch the "journalistic" malpractice on wide display.

Andrea Mitchell, for example.
Trump had just held his news conference where all this stuff about his possible connections to Russia came up (shit, they even asked him about it - color me shocked!), And what did she lead with at top-of-the-hour? Terry McAuliffe running his mouth off that she obviously felt was damaging to Hillary. ANYTHING to lead with dumping on Hillary. When, franky, I'm pleasantly surprised to see the Russian thing is starting to grow legs. But HER lead was whatever might reflect poorly on Hillary.

I think I tweeted about four or five times, on her page with criticism about this, questioning her VERY clear anti-Hillary bias.

https://twitter.com/mitchellreports

My last tweet was about how I was so fed up with her anti-Hillary bias that I'm switching to CNN. Which I then did - for the rest of Andrea Mitchell's hour. Think I'll be making a habit of that. I wasn't exaggerating. I'm totally fed up with her "reporting." If she hates Hillary that much, she really should be working at Pox.

[Ligyron]

37. Darn, I missed it.

Wonder if I can find a repeat of this clip on their website?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Any clip that criticizes he media is usually edited....

There's one up entitled "Rob Reiner: Running for president is not a reality show" that doesn't include him saying, "Running for president is not a reality show".

[Dolly123Jimmy]

44. Total lies

The debates need to be fact checked as soon as Clinton / Trump speak. The repugs make stuff and numbers up...no one calls the out on it...they live in a bubble ...

we need to do better

[tiredtoo]

45. Journalists do not call out Trump

Because they are working for one of 6 large corporations in America and ratings trump truth.

[pointsoflight]

46. Done with them, CNN has been way better

[pansypoo53219]

47. RUMP + RATINGS

[George II]

49. He took part in that "Fight Song" video, too.

[Bill USA]

50. glad they let this go to 'air'. Rob Reiner is a true patriot - fighting for Democracy in America