MS-NBC Host Childishly Attacks Financial Whiz Peter Schiff about ObamaCare… O’Donnell, Stop Drinking the Obama Kool-Aid, Dude (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 8, 2009
Painful, ridiculous “news” video to watch. No wonder I’ve not watched MS-NBC for news in ages. Lawrence O’Donnell, stop drinking the mind-numbing Obama Kool-Aid or start selling women’s shoes… you’re an idiot and a disgrace. Get a muzzle, Larry…
Excellent commentary from Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey:
Video: World’s worst TV interview
Let’s say you’re a talk-show host and you get the one guy who precisely predicted the financial collapse a year before it happened. You want to talk to him about the health-care reform debate and the financial implications of the current legislation. Note also that the guest has been openly considering a run against an incumbent Senator. As an interviewer, what strategy would you choose?
A. Ask him to detail in depth how he predicted the financial collapse and to provide parallels to what he sees in the health-care debate
B. Acknowledge his success in predicted the 2008 collapse, but focus instead on the financial implications of health-care reform as a separate topic
C. Research the topic thoroughly and debate him point-for-point on substantive matters within the bill
D. Talk over him, don’t allow him to answer anything completely, offer juvenile demands to force the guest to give complicated answers in “30 seconds”, and berate him when he attempts to explain why that’s the entire problem with the health-care debate
Most interviewers will choose either A, B, or C, and all three are legitimate ways to interview an expert guest. If you want D, you usually have to tune in to MS-NBC, where Lawrence O’Donnell filled in for Ed Schultz on The Ed Show and channeled his inner Wally George. O’Donnell interviewed Peter Schiff, the man who tried to warn everyone that the housing bubble would burst and create a catastrophe, only in the sense that Schiff was allowed to remain on camera during an almost-uninterrupted diatribe by O’Donnell:
Why did O’Donnell act like a middle-school bully instead of a news interviewer? Apart from the fact that O’Donnell is a middle-school bully on air, Schiff wants to run against Chris Dodd for his Senate seat, and Schiff opposes ObamaCare. Instead of allowing Schiff to actually explain why, O’Donnell simply shouts over him and issues ridiculous time demands, and does just about everything short of sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling “NA-NA-NA-I-CAN’T-HEAR-YOU” when Schiff tries to explain his positions.
You know, if MS-NBC was an actual news organization, someone there would be embarrassed.
A few links here and here and here from Michelle Malkin on the latest happenings with Obama crony Chris Dodd.
Summary from video creator:
This host does not understand that Americans are sick and tired of 30-second talking points from politicians. Americans in vast numbers are abandoning cable news networks because of stunts like this. Throughout the entire interview the host badgers and belittles Schiff, who is barely able to open his mouth before the host interrupts him again.
For the jaw-dropping transcript of this horrific “interview from hell,” check out Noel Sheppard’s writeup at NewsBusters: MSNBC’s O’Donnell Performs Possibly the Worst Interview in History. Scroll to just below the video embed.
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Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: Protesting the Protesters
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The IUSB Vision Weblog: Union Thugs Attacking Citizens Speaking Out Against ObamaCare at Townhalls
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The Conservative Underground: Horrors in the New Healthcare Bill – Plain Facts for Review!
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Endre Balogh, Big Hollywood: ObamaCare: Facts are Stubborn Things
GayPatriot: Obama’s Changing Rhetoric Redux and Liberty, not Racism, Drives Critics of Obamacare
Politico: White House to Democrats: ‘Punch back twice as hard’
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Teh Resistance Blog: “Democrats” don’t really understand the concept of “Democracy”
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Atlas Shrugs: Tampa, St. Louis …Obama’s Union Thugs are Beating People up at Town Hall Meetings
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Iowahawk, Big Hollywood: Know Your Town Hall Mob Agitators!
Hot Air: Cornyn to Obama: Shut down Snitch Central
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Hot Air Green Room: An Open Letter To The President
Sharp Right Turn: White House tries to intimidate on healthcare opposition
The Clampdown: The Chicago Way
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I felt bad for Schiff, and hoped I was going to see him leap across the table and punch O’ Donnell in the face. Typical tactic, after O’ Donnell had asked a question of Schiff, and knew Schiff would provide an answer that would make good common sense, he would cut Schiff off and put words in his mouth.
How can MSNBC be a biased new source anyway, they are owned by GE, who has provided millions to the Obama campagain. And as we have just seen, GE is a corrupt company. GE = We bring evil to life.
Great point about GE, Chris, one I’d not considered.
Yes, Schiff most definitely took ‘the high road’ during that embarrassment of a hit job interview. O’Donnell is an angry, bitter nut job.