Brzezinski: Giuliani "vomit[ed] out complete, baseless lies" about Obama's oil spill response
June 21, 2010 9:29 am ET
From the June 21 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
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Did Joe forget to put on his "Voice of Reason" underwear this morning?
Don't be sorry you dope, rip a strip off of him for daring to lie. Then list precisely what lies he told, then the truths and how you found the truths. Then ask Guiliani a very pointed question: "If you don't have access to information that enables you to tell the truth about something Mr. Former Mayor, can you keep your mouth shut until you do have those facts?" Then she should ask, "How about an apology and an admission that you lied?"
Of course, she'd never get either, but the fact that she went to trouble to details the deceit and then pushes it by refusing to just let it slide, like so many 'journalists' do, would truly help 'right the ship'. But then, that would require actual journalistic integrity and talent, something which none of these people have.
It's mostly show business, now.
When Giuliani was spouting his nonsense, I was screaming at my TV (as I do at some point every time I watch Morning Joe). Why didn't Mika have the same reaction at the time?
She wasn't silent because she was "stunned." She was silent because she's a coward.
Give her high marks for candor: on today's show, Mika Brzezinski admitted that she has been "working with the White House" on oil spill talking points. But that still leaves the issue of the journalistic propriety of someone in Brzezinski's position serving as such a blatant shill for the president. H/t tip NB reader Ray R.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2010/06/21/mika-admits-im-working-white-house-oil-spill-talking-points#ixzz0rUzlXFk4
Yeah, you're such a "conservative." You're just a groupie. Have fun being stupid, I've got to go back to jury duty.
The title in your link clearly says that Mika herself said, "I'm working (THE) WH oil spill talking points." One must know that although the THE isn't there originally, without it, the comment doesn't make sense. Sometimes those who fail to do this will misinterpret the meaning of the comment.
She was doing her research to either confirm or reject what the WH has been saying about the spill as opposed to what Guiliani said.
It does not say that she was working at, or for, the WH.
It has to be interpreted the way that it is supposed to be interpreted in order to understand its' true meaning.
Always question the writer's motive(s) in the way he/she draws attention to his/her material. Writers use subtle techniques to promote their POV and to convince their readers to endorse that POV and replicate it. That's the trap. Just because it sounds reasonable and logical doesn't mean it is. One should always question and verify before accepting what anyone says because that is the only thing that always leads to accurate answers.