Tim Russert Takes Offense, Bans Arianna Huffington From NBC News
Well, one insider says she was booked on Keith Olberman and Morning Joe to talk about her tome -- and then unbooked. "These are shows that call her regularly to come on. And then the word came from on high that she had to be cancelled."
It seems that Arianna Huffington has run up against the impenetrable wall that is Tim Russert's ego. Huffington, who is currently on tour for her new book Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, will be appearing on CNN, ABC, and CBS. She had been booked on Morning Joe and Countdown with Keith Olbermann as well, but those bookings were suddenly and inexplicably cancelled.
NBC confirmed that Huffington wouldn't be booked on any NBC-affiliated show to promote her book, but refused to explain why. Huffington's people say that this is Tim Russert's doing, that Russert is out for revenge because Huffington called him a "conventional wisdom zombie" in her book and devoted seven pages to faulting Russert for allowing his Meet the Press guests to go unchallenged (not to mention HuffPo's RussertWatch).
Oh, did the poor widdle WATB get his feelings hurt? Or were Arianna's words just a little too close for comfort?
You could often hear Imus thanking Russert for putting him on the air.
'Nuff said.
AND who can ever forget Cruella Matlin telling Scooter to go on
MTP when Plamegate was breaking— Russert was and IS Cheney's lapdog.
Russert may as well have an office at the White House.
Hope he settles in Paraguay with the whole lot of them.
russert is an ass. and has a very fragile ego
much like his overused anus.
she has a sexy sexy brain
seriously, her brain gives her a kinky sex appeal, i can't explain it
Poooooor itty, bitty, tiny timmeth got his feeling hurt...poor baby.
Well, they edit the comments on Huffington Post they don't agree with, so what's the difference?
Why would anyone expect NBC to interrupt its 24/7 Rev. Wright coverage with anything or anybody else right now? Hell, the newest, and most powerful U.S. aircraft carrier right now is steaming toward the Persian Gulf, and even that doesn't count as a worthy topic. Huffington calling out the press for their complicity and expecting to get time? Furgettaboutit.
This is censorship, pure and simple. The networks practice it when anyone dare criticize them. We have a real problem with how the media in this country operates.
it is a shame that one little WATB can effect a whole networks policy. One would think each show would be able to book whomever they want. If I were as popular as KO I would insist it in my contracts.
Mr.Potatohead needs to STFU and stop playing with people’s live!
Everyone should write or call MSNBC and complain, does this Russert man think he owns the airwaves, every time I have seen him he has always pandered to the republicans, only asking hard questions of the democrats.
What a pompous blowfish! What's he afraid of? It's obvious that Tim wouldn't be able to defend her criticisms against him. The truth hurts. He has revealed how thin-skinned he is. Long live censorship, right Timmy boy?
"Conventional wisdom zombie" hurts Timmy's feelings? That's mild compared to what I've been calling him.
Interesting. Is any movement in the works yet to get MSNBC to explain the 'inexplicable'?
Is such an effort even worth the sweat anymore?
Arianna advocates media shunning of Ann Coulter. Arianna has got no grounds to complain if NBC decides to shun her. What goes around...comes around.
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It will be interesting to see if Russert gets rated on the next Worst Person segment.
I'm somewhat surprised they have K.O on such a short leash. As far as Russert goes I've always thought he was a striking counter example of the theory that cranial capacity is somehow correlated with intelligence. There must be a lot of underutilized space in that sconce of his.
While I believe that Arianna has played a HUGE part
in creating the divide in the Dem party,
I nonetheless LOVE that she's got that corporate whore's panties in a bunch.
Ahhh poor Russert got his feelings hurt.
The Truth hurts sometimes
Timmeh IS a conventional wisdom zombie. He hasn't helped the American public one little bit, but allowed mistruths and outright lies to be promulgated on his show, to the great detriment of the American public, which is headed for disaster once China starts calling in our outrageously high loans. Oh, how Huntley would mourn and Brinkley probably is mourning the dlownfall of their once-great network news sensibility.
drago @ 15:
man coulters brain is NOT sexy
Russert's illusion of looking like a journalist must be maintained.
It will be interesting to see if Russert gets rated on the next Worst Person segment.
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That'll never happen.But I'll bet Olbermann would love to do it.
So NBC shuns Arianna and showcases Ann Coulter.
They also endorse war and think that Bush is a great Neo Con.
drago @ 15:
And she pointed that out herself and didn't complain about it either.
Barrett D @ 22:
It's the adams apple that turns me off. That and the big hands. Surgeons and hormones can do wonders these days; but, they can't hide the man hands.
What's to fear Tim? The irony is too delicious. We get the fact that todays news groups have to pull their commercial weight and serve their corporate parents. It will be near impossible for these relics to keep the lid on this blatent anti viewer behavior much longer. There is a good reason the evening news anchor programs are "serving" half the collective viewership as 20 years ago. The format is obsolete and the content is stale before it airs. There is no depth or gravitas in the presentation. Most of these folks are beholding to someone and you'll see more of the interchangeability of newsguys as politicians and politicians as news guys as time goes on. With the lines blurred, the propaganda can flow freely.
Huffington's blog has degenerated so much it is no longer a daily stop, but NBC has become just as worthless with Matthew's bias, and the crap that's on most of the day. Both are examples of extreme ideology gone wild.
drago@15: Arianna's suggested shunning of Man Coulter is not working. I saw
her twice in the last two days....with Glenn Beck on CNN and on Faux Noise,
so(in both instances giving Obama hell because of Rev. Wrong). The problem
here is that Timmeth Potatohead has toooo much power at NBC and can shut
someone down vs. "a suggestion" by Arianna.
It is a disheartening situation to see the public air waves(I'm not talking public T.V.),being hijacked by the offensive diatriibes of corporate punditry and media whores. I would file a complaint with the EPA for air(wave) pollution,but they have bent over ,also.For the love of the Constitution,what in the hell has happened to MSNBC and Russert and Matthews-I heard that Matthews,who used to work for Tip O'Neill,and who is from Pennsylvania,is considering a run for Senator-might this explain his Hillary fixation-Russert has become another schmoe-just what IS the shelf life for integrity?
"They" want to control our "soma" drip. A little Keith Olbermann for a weekend escape, but no one escapes entirely, forever. Toss the mob a few goodies to placate them, but always march forward with "the agenda".
After the Democrats win the White House, I hope they make Arianna the White House Press Secretary.
Renell@31: The rationale used by the MSM is that, for example, both Timmeth
Potatohead and Chris Hardball Muckin are considered as "journalist" and not news
reporters, so their slanted/biased views can be expressed. I do however totally
concur w/your comments...the MSM is a disgrace and sucks.
Russert and his wife, Maureen Orth who writes for Vanity Fair have had a war of words going with Arianna for quite sometime. Apparently, Orth wrote about the Huffington's when they were married and it wasn't quite right and all hell broke loose.
If Russert had a conscience he would stop spewing his bullshit every Sunday and he would begin to start playing it straight with the american people who make up his audience. All he has to resort to are gotcha questions when he has dems on and he gives a pass to his corporate pals who are repugs. As far as I am concerned, he has as much blood on his hands and is just as responsible for the 4,065 americans who have died in Iraq as the administration does.
If they had been objective and tried to get the facts about Iraq we would never have gone to war. Personally, I don't watch the clown or his other little pals at NBC. I don't know how these people look themselves in the mirror.
Sounds like "Timmae" needs to be changed. Theirs nothing a liar hates worse than having their integrity questioned. What a pussy.
It is called Karma....bitch.
Like all the hundreds of Hillary supporters that you have banned from your website.
Payback can be a bitch.
Huffington is a bad history joke and a non entity.
The worst sort of whore of all
Peter G @ 18:
LOL
Looking askance at the sconce counterintuitively suggests 'Richard Cranium' decapacitation utililization under intellectual spacialization theorization on Face the Nation unleashing K.O. fan's depreciation...at the risk of being shunned myself ;-}
Renell @ 31:
Integrity is a spiritual quality or mode of life that one can possess as much integrity as they can embody. There is nothing and hardly no one in the media that embodies integrity. Therefore they possess none. BTW, there is no shelf life, you either have it or you don't.
Earlier in the day, C&L outlined the following...See # 8 . But is this really about Russert? Or the General Electric chain of command above this gatekeeper ???
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
A Citizen’s Call To Action By Naomi Wolf
Fascism: Fast and furious in ten historic steps.
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens’ groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law
Naomi Wolf says: Recent history has profound lessons for us in the U.S. today about how fascist, totalitarian, and other repressive leaders seize and maintain power, especially in what were once democracies. The secret is that these leaders all tend to take very similar, parallel steps.
I'm curious now how K.O. will respond to this or if he'll even address it.
I like Russert. I like most NBC personalities.
But he has to admit that he was on the front lines on the media blitz to sell the Iraq War and other Bush lies to the American people.
hope @ 13:
No kidding. If he's that fragile he shouldn't be a public personality at all.
These Reich-wingers though - they don't like being kicked in their baby balls by a woman. Remember Scaborough having a hissy-fit last week because Rachel Maddow wouldn't let him talk over her?
"I'm a real man, goddamnit - and I won't let a mere woman tell me what an ass-hat I am." (beats both fists heavily on chest . . . .)
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Yet Arianna still doggedly refuses to utter the phrase, the Corporate Media. Vacillating between Kos' absurd "Traditional Media" and the wholly inaccurate "Main Stream Media," all she is left with to try and describe the media and how it functions is a vague notion that it is merely driven by the choices and herd instinct of talking heads such as Russert. This argument is similar to the specious right wing sociological theory called COP or the Culture of Poverty which seeks to explain away the institutional reasons for poverty and flip the blame on black culture. Simply summed up, this argument is a construct designed to ignore the responsibility of elite power structures and blame the victim. Following her blog posts over the years on the subject, she continually misses the mark. She's right about the media's behavior, but unable to explain it.
TypicalWhiteGuy@37: Two observations: Can you substantiate that "hundreds
of Hillary supporters have been banned from this website?" And second, regardless
of how you or I or others feel about A. Huffington, it is considered censorship when
Timmeth Pototohead can excercise such power and authority and eliminate her
as a guest on the entire NBC network
Che Guevara IV @ 40:
Good point. Mr. Bugeyed Potatohead newsfaker is just another MainStreamMotherfuckers spokesperson for a corporate middlemen organization controlled by the plutocracy. If this corrupt fuck wasn't doing it, someone else would be...
Fuck Dough Boy Timmy. If Olbermann has at least one functioning cajone he would tell Timmah to pack sand and then air Huffington.
You've nailed it, but Arianna just doesn't get it. Try going over to HuffPo and reading her latest blog about the Pentagon propaganda scandal. She can tell you what their doing, but she doesn't seem to understand why.
Shameful Days: Why Won't The Media Pursue the Pentagon Propaganda Scandal?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/shameful-days-why-wont-...
Ooops, wrong they're there. Sorry!
I wonder how Arianna explains that MSNBC will keep having Ann Coulter on to bash the "Liberal Media" but if she dares to critique it, she's banned.
I think there's good reason why the Corporate Media wants the public to engage in the fantasy that they're Liberal.
I quit the Sunday Morning 'supposed' political pundit shows two years ago.
I find it very liberating.
My head is no longer jammed with thoughts of people that are much dumber than I.
“Conventional wisdom zombie”? IMHO Mr. Russert got off lightly.
EWA @ 47:
That's what I'm waiting on----to see if Olbermann will step up to the plate on this one.
If he doesn't then he's no better than Russert, sorry to say.
You know what would be fun? Some actual proof that this is what is going on, not just hearsay.
I believe it when someone other than the person not going on the can produce evidence that backs-up the claim.
Thought I won't be holding my breath.
Peter G @ 26:
ATTEN-SHUN!!! Non-complaining compliance complicates confabulative conflation... See ya later I hope, PtG.
Hittin’ the road, Jack,”and I ain’t comin’ back no more no more no more no more”…
“Last word, freak.” - Melvin Udall
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As a Buffalonian, I apologize for the pig Russert. There are a lot of conservatives with a small c in this town, but generally we aren't duplicitous immoral pieces of shit like he is.
Reverend J @ 54:
That should have read "other than the person not going on the air produce evidence that backs-up the claim."
Stupid typo.
Okay I give up. What does WATB mean?
Barrett D @ 22:
What brain? He's nothing but an aging drag-queen with a prominent Adam's apple and a mouth that spews sewage.
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Even with K O's relatively high(er) ratings, I think he's at the mercy of the powers that be.
I wish he hadn't signed a five year renewal contract as this ties his hands somewhat from REALLY saying it like it is.
Also, I read that Barack Obama will be on MTP for the whole hour this Sunday. Given Russert's obsession with Reverend Wright and the fact that he can't seem to utter two sentences without mentioning Wright or Ayres, I don't think it's a good idea for Obama to give Russert any more opportunities to try to play gotcha.
Russert is an NBC employee and the host of a Sunday morning political gabfest. Amazing that he has that much clout. I mean, let's face it; how many Americans drag their asses out of bed at 9am on a Sunday morning?? Press the Meat can be that much of a ratings powerhouse, can it?? Yet this guy acts like some kind of mover and shaker. As far as I'm concerned, Timmeh is just another in a long line of generic, white male bloviators; he can be easily replaced. No, methinks somebody higher up than Timmeh is pissed off at Arianna
This is a fine example how powerful our media can be. Tim Russet, potato head, is a control freak.
Barrett D @ 4:
Snowball @ 44:
Sexy as all get out (maybe it's the accent)
but can't close the argument.
Knows rght from wrong but not why that is.
Overall a relatively shallow thinker.
But at least she makes a good fantasy girlfriend.
rachelforprez @ 62:
Probably the biggest flaw of the founders, not enshrining the removal of the profit motive from the ONLY Constitutionality protected profession.
Media should have been 100% publicly funded since inception of the State.
In the 70's American journalism held such an awesome responsibility backed by the strenght of melting pot diversity and democractic libertarianism. A national journalist who rose to the rank had his or her training as a reporter of news, who wrote or edited news as public information. Plain. Simple.
Tim Russert is a lawyer, not a journalist. His role within the propaganda scheme is to keep the attorney / client confidentiality pact. Disclosure is simply a career ender if his 'gotcha' drama were to defy the pretending powers around him. Plain. Simple.
shame the mohter fucker and NBC into reversing Cheney's Bitch Boy vendetta
SpankyTheMonkey @ 53:
SpankyTheMonkey @ 53:
I'm on the road, did he air or kow-tow?
MSM 3 MONTH BOYCOTT. WHO IS WITH ME???
Hurray for Huffington. It galls me that the horse race handicapper Tim Russert gets so much unearned respect. He's an access whore and an egomaniac. TV's answer to Bob Woodward.
Very impressive showing by Arianna Huffington on the above (radio?) program. Perhaps Timmeh Russert is afraid of someone smart criticizing the media? I think so.
I should say, Timmeh is afraid of anyone smart, period.
FBush @ 1:
He's the real Tim the Toolman. As in, what a tool, man.
Rusted Spear: I'm with you 100%. Tomorrow is May 1 and it is the start of sweeps month for the networks. They need to have as many viewers as possible so that when the advertisers start placement of their ads, they only go where there is a wide audience.
I suggest we keep our tvs off for the month of May. They have done irreprable damage to this coming election with the nonsense that passes for "journalism". These clowns want a horserace between HRC and McCain.
Screw them. Stop supporting television in the month of May. Colbert and Stewart are ok.
rustedspear @ 68:
We turned off our television 15 years ago and cancelled our papers 10 years ago. I'm game.
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HuffPo is a shell of what it once was. They scrub/censor comments. And her undying devotion and bias towards Sen Obama, much like that of Olbermann, is a complete turn off for lots of people.
but....with that said, Timmy is a HUGE TOOL.
Tim - You Ignorant Slut.
chuck @ 27:
I don't understand why folks aren't more direct in saying Colter has changed from a man to a woman. Is it because it's not "politically correct" to do so -- at least among liberals?
It seems so clear that she's had a sex change operation. Folks seem to "imply" this, but no one comes right out & says it.
Tim be happy , your company PROFITED very nicely from the invasion of Iraq , that you and your station help promote , so Ms Huffington is correct but didn't go far enough .
My opinion about NBC and the other cesspool propaganda channels is that you clowns are not worth an ounce of respect, for the direct responsibility you have for promoting the invasion of Iraq , Hiring proven war profiteers with OBVIOUS conflicts of interests . For Browkaw's VILE comments , " we broke it , so we own it " " precision weapons " that worked so great, WHEN THEY DIDN'T ( up to 40% failure rate), to the non stop banners parroting the pentagon's Pravda propaganda " operation Iraqi freedom " , when it SHOULD have read, operation Iraqi OIL .
Now NBC/dan abrams runs away from the Generals&Colonels they hired , like the little cowards they are, refusing to address the incestuous relationship you guys have w/ the pentagon and the ONLY balanced voice you had PHIL DONAHUE , to bring up the proven fact , the Iraq invasion was unnecessary and for OIL , was FIRED .
NBC , you owe the American people an apology and the Iraqi people an apology and to the orphans and widows and apology , you war profiteering SCUM .
Beeeel Clintonn, blah,blah,blah.
She is still gop dividing the Dem party.
Sorry to disagree but these same people you site: KO, Tweety, Abrams, Russert, David Gregory, Scarborough, et al, are not to be confused with news and information. They are all corporate shills, on the payroll to some corporate paymaster, and they take their marching orders like good little employees. Ariana is in business and in order to maintain that business she stirs it up. Remember that only a few years ago she was a shill for Newt Gingrich and the GOP. She has now done a 180 turn.
Real news, if it exists at all, can be found through someone like Amy Goodman. But Amy is not "sexy". No bleached blond with a blinding smile and nice legs so she is unsuitable for the prime time cookie cutter delivery. And besides, she has integrity. She takes it seriously and I doubt she would bend to the will of the corporate master.
PBS and C-Span deliver the news. But they are kind of "boring". The people they present have a viewpoint and are often challenged by the moderator to explain or flesh out an opinion. But that takes time. No 3 minute soundbites to satisfy an arrested development audience.
So if Tim refuses Ariana a spot to sell her book, no big deal. She'll do fine. After all, she managers a blog that censors opinions while at the same time trying to shape yours.
Mister Anderson @ 42:
If you know he is complicit in selling the war and other bush lies....then how the hell can you still like him?
"Arianna advocates media shunning of Ann Coulter. Arianna has got no grounds to complain if NBC decides to shun her. What goes around…comes around."
Advocating not giving a platform to someone because that someone usually uses that platform to spout hate speech, slander and even death threats... is just the teeniest bit different from not giving someone a platform to talk about their book because they raised a criticism of the media. A valid one.
A little bit of difference there. Just a skosh.
Russert has admitted... actually admitted is the wrong word because that would imply that he understood there was something wrong with it... rather, Russert has asserted, proclaimed, whatever - that he contacts government officials and asks them if its OK if he reports something they said to him, or some info they gave him.
NOT that if a govt. official asks that something he's about to say be off the record Russert he, Russert might assent to that, but rather that EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS OFF THE RECORD, he will ask for permission to report something, and if permission is denied, he won't report it.
Russert therefore is NOT a journalist and its a grievous insult to all journalists to call him that. He is in fact the very opposite of a journalist. When a totalitarian government ends free press, shoots all the reporters and installs mouthpieces in their place, they will be Russerts.
By his own admission, though he's too stupid or compromised to even realize it, Russert is nothing but a government/corporate spokeman. He is simply a propagandist, a quisling, a willing and happy tool of the powerful. He is an utter disgrace.
And re: the Plame affair, he is a willing accomplice to outing a CIA officer. Treason.
I love you Arianna, but--for god's sake--stop defending Reagan. I would love to piss on the guy's grave. It's because of him and the people who backed him that we are in the situation we are in now. Who deregulated almost everything? Who started the elephantine debt? Who appointed Scalia to the Supreme Court. Who taught poor white people to vote against their own interests? Reagan was probably the second worst president we have ever had. Why do some progressive insist on paying the bastard lip service?
Good I hope she never gets another appearance, she is without a doubt the biggest bitch in bitchtown. I wouldn't cross the street to see the her, she's a big mouth with a peanut brain.
craig @ 84:
I'd piss on Russert too, if I could. That guy is a complete butt munch.
Hey arianna....payback is a biatch. You edit out sooooooooo many anti-obama comments on HuffPost and ban said comments; but you are kind enough to let anti-Hillary posters spew venom about her all the live-long day without removing any of them. We all know you are in the tank for obama; and you didn't let us down with your shameless plugs for him on Bill Maher last week. You have lost any journalistic integrity you may have ever had. One less place to see you will be a treat. FYI Tracy Ullman is a better arianna than you are!
And for the record, I am not a russert fan. He is a panderer who happens to have a weekly show and apparently no one to keep him in check.
why, I saw Anne Coultergeist on CNN's Glen Beck program...since she too was banned, Arianna is welcome back on both Keith Olbermann's Countdown and Dan Abrahms programs...Tweety is a bushie, can't handle the truth.
Besides, tucker and insahannity could always go back to faux snooze.
The guy has feelings? You could knock me over with a feather.
Oh Arianna, please don't go Republican light on me. I never thought Reagan was a good president. He squandered the promise of America for ideology and his crony capitalism buddies.
Ronald Reagan was just as much an idiot as George Bush is.
Reagan ran a presidency by making everybody feel good. Reagan's policies were illusions that offered false securities. Reagan started the grand free trade unregulated market experiment that moved the country from a creditor nation to a debtor nation. Reagan always looked sharp but presented politics in government-is-bad with a little racist overtones for the good old boys down South.
It was during his administration that jobs increasingly went overseas; increasing debt covered tax cuts; foreign workers crossed the borders away from economic and military repression by governments supported by Reagan (Central America); Iran-Contra scandal (which produced a crop of today's Repub media hit-men); denied AIDS-HIV funding; thought air pollution was caused by trees; believed star wars was the road to peace; tried to put a death nail in trade unions (air-traffic controllers strike); started to forget were he put Nancy .... I could go on.
What's with giving these conservatives a place at our table? Both Obama and Hillary go on FOX noise. Arianna tries to sell a few extra books to conservative independents. Is it because of a tight Democratic primary of mainly red state Indiana?
What the hell, I don't know.
Arianna, keep doing what you're doing, beautiful. I'm with ya baby for the most part. Keep pissing off Russert. Russert deserves it -- but please don't defend Reagan because you don't want to alienate a few knuckle-heads.
mauimom @ 77:
It's old news. No point in discussing the details.
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It just blows my mind when I realize that people like Tim Russert are in such powerful positions, and use that power to stiffle the news. It sure isn't like we didn't already know Russert was one of the worst offenders, but I have to wonder how he lives with himself. He's intelligent enough to have seen the manipulation in the run up to the war, and doesn't Russert feel his responsiblilty for making the Bush fiasco possible? Tim Russert needs to read Ariana's book, and clean up his act! Thanks to cheney, we know even the Bush White House had many laughs at Russert's expense! What a tool! I've lost any respect for Russert, and hope he passes on MTP to someone with ethics!
Hey i quit waching MTP and all the MSM in 2003. These people are paid liars, paid by the corporations that own them to tout the company line.
You cannot believe anything sais by anyone on the msm none of it all spin and lies to make the big bucks you have to be a toady lying asshole!
NBC promotes the hell out of Ann Coulter, who rips NBC and other networks. RussertRage is mighty selective, isn't it?
Shaw @ #58 (or thereabouts) -
WATB = Whiny Ass Titty Baby
Personally, I prefer Digby's invocation of pearl-clutching & fainting couches to "WATB." It's both less juvenile & more Edward Gorey gothic.
Fantod @ 97:
Me too. It brings to mind Victorian era aristocratic elite, divorced from everyday concerns, yet hypersensitive to the silliest social faux pas.
What do you expect from a defense contractor. Does anyone believe TV is free? It's a marketing tool for big money. Yeah even Keith is. He's playing to a demographic. That's why it's so important to keep the web free. GE like the others Disney, Viacom, and News Corp are working really hard to take control of the net. Blogs, a free exchange of ideas is a threat to their dominance and marketing power. At the end of the day only help the one percent.
Maybe the self-serving, garbage, typo-ridden, celebutard blog she has her name on has something to do with it. They do plenty of censoring on that site so no need for any indignation. Who really cares.
I am sooo grateful to Arianna!
What a presence!
What an ally!
What a story!
Huffington Post has now surpassed Drudge in hits!!!
Give it up for Arianna!
Fuck the MSM. The internet is providing a more than adequate counter to the MSM. Only problem is to get people to understand that the MSM is simply corporatist infotainment.
Thank you Arianna for taking that WATB Russert on!! He is hugely responsible for the demise of American journalis, and all while getting a free ride. He needs to be brought back to earth and face up to important and necessary criticism. He needs to be exposed, yesterday!
Thank you Arianna, and CL, and all the other brother and sister sites for giving liberals excellent fora!!
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The Networks have been caught elbows deep in the Bush lies for the Iraq War. No comment; no coverage; nothing here. Hmmm, next step: discredit and/or silence the few that point it out.
But what if we don't all go away?
Russert is a hack, and when a hack is confronted with the fact that he is a hack, he screams and goes into denial.
Russert is a coward.
If this is true, Huffington should use it to promote her book! Shame Russert! Or at least see if a shameless hack can feel shame!
I think Timmeh is afraid of Ariana's sexual animal magnetism. Either that or he is afraid he won't understand her Greek accent.
Or Timmeh might be afraid that Ariana will castrate him either literally or figuratively.
Cancelled cabled TV.
I now get all of my news from the Net (my ad-blocker's configured to block all ads from all MSM sites I visit on the net... cuts on their revenue.)
Timmeh has as much journalistic integrity as Bill O'Reilly on his absolute worst day on 'Inside Edition' and his absolute best (LOL) on 'The Factor'.
Poor Timmeh should consider sliding his anal licking tongue up Rupert Murdoch's ass.
ConservativesRCowards
Television news media is a failure. I can't stand very much of it anymore. Arianna speaks her mind. Lawrence Spivak and the originators of Meet the Press would be stunned and aghast at the quality of journalism on the current Meet the Press show. The MTP shows with Carville, Matalin, Shrum and the other guy are a complete waste of time. MSNBC fills 4 shows each weekday night with similar pap. Then the rest of the time they fill in with prison shows. What a network....
OH, and how many times will Ann Coulter appear on NBC programs the next time she pukes out some garbage?
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
You can get yourself clean
You can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel.
Russert is Cheney's go to guy. He lives on exclusive Martha's Vineyard and is nothing more than a rich celebrity toady of the status quo at the bidding of his right wing friends. The Democratic Party should freeze out his "Press the Meat".
Russert illustrates the state that NBC/MSNBC is in. They listen to him! He does a miserable job on Meet the Press, can't take criticism of any kind, and is considered a friend by Dick Cheney. If I were Huffington, I'd increase the complaints. Russert thinks he's the decider.
The Huffington Post is a vile website. I'm glad they cancelled her bookings.
Wasn't tim russert involved in the treasonous conspiracy of exposing a CIA operative?
109 Kyle Says: OH, and how many times will Ann Coulter appear on NBC programs the next time she pukes out some garbage?
So that's how she stays so thin?
Russert ?
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The last time i watched that dipshit must have been 15 years ago.
If your watching main stream media you are probably already a lost cause who likes being lied to.
Olberman I'll watch once in a while but thats not msm.
You can write to MSNBC about MTP here- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/
Here's what I wrote:
Arianna should make a stink of this, and mention that the wingnut welfare recipients are welcome to promote their books on NBC and all other outlets, but there is a double standard here when it comes to smart left-wing writers.
When Arriana justifiably and correctly accuses the MSM for being complicit and collusional with our crisis and hence responsible, the butts of these accusations get the wind blown out from their sails. Russert is just one. Charlie Rose is another. Charlie kept interrupting Arriana last night on his show, wouldn't let her complete one single sentence, speaking over her rudely and not liking the implication that he, the exemplification of a corporate fascist, was complicit. Arriana, always the lady, smart as a whip, was polite but she still succeeded in getting her point across. I intend reading her book. Naomi Wolf's book "The End Of America" is brilliant too, almost mandatory reading. If we as a nation are sinking into the abyss, at least we should understand why.
Didn't realize Timmy had that much NBC power. And his edict keeps her from being on Olbermann's show?? I doubt Keith would stand for that...
Russert IS a zombie. Everyone on corporate media is, save for Keith Olbermann, Rachael Maddow, Contessa Brewer, Alisson Stewart, and Christiane Amanpour.
The rest are morons, careerists, or complete rightwing tools.
Oh, and "Pontius Pilate Media" -- brilliant phrase......
Eff you, NBC... you can shove this kind of censorship up your collective a$$es! I refuse to watch ANYthing from you effers EVER again.
Timmeh you're nothing but a big, fat PUSSYBOY.
I hope the HP stops sleeping with MSNBC/NBC now but no it won't....thats what she gets.
Russert is a misogynist! Is it obvious yet?
sas @ 113:
WTF?!?! even olbermann's show?! what a little wimp! we need to be able to do something about this. arianna's definitely gonna make hay over it, but i wanna see her on countdown, dagnabit!
*sigh*
why are you here?
seriously
Russert and Mathews will destroy MS/NBC.
oy vey!
that post above was completely screwed up - please delete. the quote was supposed to be in a totally separate post with the *sigh* comments after.
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sas @ 113:
No, sas, Townhall, Newsmax and FreeRepublic are vile websites. Huffington Post is not. Remember: Facts, rationality and truth have a liberal bias.
Get with it, will you? Sheesh.
Give me a break. She should be allowed to appear on Olbermann and Scarborough, but I don't listen to anything Huffington says, she has no credibility with me. Talk about a "zombie", this is a woman who spewed right-wing talking points when she was married to Michael Huffington, and later worked for Newt Gingrich. She didn't even have enough "insight" to realize her husband was gay.
Just one comment to the wild-eyed Tim Russert: If the shoe fits, wear it.
If NBC "News" actually cared about news they would have banned Tim Russert years ago!
Giant head, little brain....he almost drops to his knees and humps his desk when he gets the tiniest wisp of smell of a Neo-con on the premises
Tim Russert is right on target with this fame seeking, money marrying, gold digging, idiot-blowhard. I especially love her analysis on Obama's recent losses that it will "help him win". Ah, huh.
Russert is a journalist. She is, well, something else.
SpankyTheMonkey @ 53:
Being in the top one half of 1 percent makes one ponder when to take a moral stand, eh?
You know, I find Arianna to be annoying and hypocritical at times, but I'm with her on this one...Tim Russert can SUCK IT!!!
sas @ 113: "The Huffington Post is a vile website. I’m glad they cancelled her bookings".
Huffington happens to be one of the most popular websites in America. You don't "just" get that popular for nothing. Truth is what sells it. One thread had over 6000 posts two days ago...Can't remember which one, but I read it because the people who post seem extremely knowledgeable and articulate and interesting and have good ideas which I don't always agree with but that's expected. I suspect a lot of famous professional people (congressmen and authors for instance?) post there too. Just a thought.
no pity for Huff here.
(hey all, long time lurker first time poster!) 8)
And Ariana censored Shelly Drobny from Huffington post. Sounds like an even deal to me! ;-)
I think Huff ought to update "Pigs at the Trough" and include a chapter on Russert et al. Let's get real here. The same fat cats who installed the Bushies in order to privatize our executive branch and thus our Supreme Court moved Russert and his ilk into the same zip codes as the scumbags that are raping this world of life. And all in the name of quarterly profits. It's in their personal interest NOT to disseminate the truth. Russert read a laundry list of Obama dramas including "not putting his hand on his heart for the pledge." Uh, it was the National Anthem. Do you think he didn't know better? And then, "bitter?" Damn right! Bitter over the failures of our leaders to improve our lives and causes people to vote their fears and their hobbies. This was a reasoned observation poorly put and never aired in its entirety, not by Russert anyway. And Michelle's,"For the first time in my adult life I'm proud..." What she said was, "...I'm r e a l l y proud of my country." That's hyperbolic, not unpatriotic. I'm so disgusted that if KO doesn't speak up about this Huff thing, I might even have to tune him out.
tanglewood @ 35:
I stopped watching Russert years ago after he had Cheney on and allowed the no good bastard to lie continuously without even a hint of resistance. Ever since then I've always referred to that pudgy coward's Sunday propaganda fest "Press the Meat".
Adrianna calls it like she sees it--that gets one in trouble nowadays. As for the scum sucking bottom feeders like Russert, Scarborough, Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, et. al., ad nauseum, I do not listen to them (unless under duress like the debates)and find anything that oozes from their fecal-coated lips to be nothing but pandering lies/propaganda meant to appease their oberfurhers and/or meant to deceive the population.
Personally I wish they all would just crawl back under whatever rocks they came slithering from under and never return to journalism. All the real journalists have gone the way of the dinosaurs. What we have now are not journalists but corporate slaves mouthing whatever trash their masters want uttered. Disgusting.
As for Keith Olberman, they keep him alive to serve their ship so he rows well and lives....for now. Once he has served his (read that as their) purpose, he will be 'uninvited' or 'cancelled' as well.
Timmy, the working man from buffalo, is a very rich and pampered soul who is outraged that anyone criticize his flacid, potato ass. Where were you in 1968,1970, timmy? I did not see you in the marines. Your are just a coward like all the chicken hawks who talk like Tarzan and fight worse than Jane. NBC has a lot of nerve to censure A.Huffington who is smarter than Russert, is a better dresser than russert, has more hair and is a better dancer than russert. Sorry potato face but that is the truth!
Tim Russert is everything bad, nasty, wrong and unfixable with our great country. Tim Russert is THE PROBLEM.. not the Solution.
Tim Russert,is from a South Buffalo blue collar working family and his father Russ is a wonderful man. Being a TV person Tim can not engage real ideas, or fathom the depths of the scum he associates with,Chenney for one example. Truth be told MSNBC is owned by General Electric, who has a few billion dollars at stake with their ownership of Raitheon and their anti-balistic missle factory.
Under the radar Tim is a right winger, who like the present administration loves fascism, preaches it daily and can only mimic a real journalist. He trivializes presidential runners in order to carry the ball for corporate control and delights in asking stupid questions. Perhaps that is why he reports only what has been scripted for him. He should go to liars anynomous.
giving a $hit that russert snubbed huffington is like losing sleep over moe whacking curly in the head with a hammer. if there's anything more pathetic than these idiotic tv personalities, it's the morons who pay attention to them.
What do you expect? Tim Russert is, by name, one of the banal, pampered vanilla courtesans of conservative network power for whom the term media whore was originally coined.
Tim Russert is a phoney blowhard! He tries to tell people he's just a regular guy from a blue collar city, and background. What a bunch of crap! he is a bought and paid for right wing political pundit! His interviews suck! His so called big shot status on NBC is a joke, and that's one of the reasons I don't watch MSNBC! Meet the press is sad example of journalism and is nothing more than an outlet to denigrate progressive views while spewing right wing propaganda! Russert's future in journalism will be swept into the dust bin of history once this crooked administration is out of power! And, that can't happen soon enough for me!
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