Shocking! MSNBC Absolutely Destroys the Associated Press Over Their Hit Piece.

[JnyBlu]

Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnel calls out the AP big time for their hit piece on Dr. Paul's air travel. I'm kind of shocked.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o'donnell/46034360#46034360

[Icymudpuppy]

Wow! Is that real investigative journalism!? I didn't think it existed in the msm. Amazing. Larry needs some love.

[JnyBlu]

Wow! Is that real investigative journalism!? I didn't think it existed in the msm. Amazing. Larry needs some love.

You can go here to leave him a comment. I already did.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080934/ns/community-msnbc_com_chat/t/lawrence-odonnell/#.TxZgQ6WJfl5

[kill the banks]

figures love that man Ron Paul

[hells_unicorn]

Wow?! This is Lawrence O'Donnell saying this stuff? Doing actual investigation? Telling the truth in defense of probably the biggest adversary of left-wing big government? I think I just crossed into a parallel universe.

[ShaneEnochs]

I think I just read in another thread like two minutes ago that he was trashing Paul about something or another.

[TheViper]

After watching the clip, it wasn't Lawrence that did the research but his staff. Kudos for bringing up the truth but after watching him bring up Newsletter quotes yesterday, he's gained no love from me.

[kylejack]

Nice piece. Usually I hate this guy and find him abrasive.

[hells_unicorn]

Nice piece. Usually I hate this guy and find him abrasive.

Keep in mind this guy is a former Democrat Party staffer and is largely a partisan hack. That's part of what makes what happened here so surprising.

[Okie RP fan]

Funny, it was O'Donnell who said "...take away Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman really got second [in New Hampshire]."

[Razmear]

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o%27donnell/46034360#46034360

[NoPants]

After watching the clip, it wasn't Lawrence that did the research but his staff. Kudos for bringing up the truth but after watching him bring up Newsletter quotes yesterday, he's gained no love from me.

Agreed, and I don't get why we should be sending thank you messages anytime someone shows a modicum of integrity that is nearly always lacking from their reports. It's like I sit on my ass at work for weeks and then I do my job for 10 minutes and my boss walks in and pats me on the back. That sounds reasonable.

[MJU1983]

Tube: http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/01/ron-paul-exposed-flying-first-class-on-congressional-trips-jan-17-2012/

[dan5430]

Man! He wanted to say "Haha got you Ron Paul!" But he was an actual "reporter" for once and probably made him sit back and say, "wow, Ron Paul, really is pretty damn consistent."

Maybe look at him differently, more favorably?

[JnyBlu]

Agreed, and I don't get why we should be sending thank you messages anytime someone shows a modicum of integrity that is nearly always lacking from their reports. It's like I sit on my ass at work for weeks and then I do my job for 10 minutes and my boss walks in and pats me on the back. That sounds reasonable.

You're probably right. I think I look at many in the media like puppies we're trying to train. I scold them when they're bad but I give them a treat when they do good. :D

[speciallyblend]

Funny, it was O'Donnell who said "...take away Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman really got second [in New Hampshire]."


exactly , i trust talking to mr hanky over 2 faced msnbc folks.

[JJ2]

Wow. He despises Ron Paul!

[AhuwaleKaNaneHuna]

Wow, a real journalist that investigates the facts before regurgitating someone elses smear. Not only that, he stepped up to present the facts and correct the smear. These bits and pieces, that keep hope and faith alive for humanity to me are sweet.

I knew he was flying in first class only with frequent flyer upgrades and the people at AP knew that too. That's common for people who fly a lot. What the hell is wrong with whoever wrote that piece.

Thanks for posting this.

[mport1]

Holy crap. I cannot believe I just saw that coming out of O'Donnell mouth. Am I dreaming?

[Mckarnin]

I left my comment here via the comments form. The show is "The Last Word".

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10285339/

[Dsylexic]

not buying the two faced dirtbag. his punditry is inch deep.ignore his praise.also,dont forget to slam him for his 'take paul out-he is a fraud candidate' lines.
it is not like he has woken up.his team tried to dig dirt and they couldnt find any.thats about it

[nowwearefree]

Credit where it is due
but O donnel is truly against Ron Paul and is biased almost all the time
o well, i guess a broken watch is right twice a day

[jasonxe]

He still quotes Paul as writing the newsletters. Should send him the Ben S piece.

[Maximus]

not buying the two faced dirtbag. his punditry is inch deep.ignore his praise.also,dont forget to slam him for his 'take paul out-he is a fraud candidate' lines.
it is not like he has woken up.his team tried to dig dirt and they couldnt find any.thats about it

You seriously wonder why some of the pundits hate us?! Thank him for his very nice piece and move on.

A murderer in prison can do good deeds years after his murder, thanking him for picking up something you dropped doesn't make him any less of a murderer, nor you an endorser of murder.

[youngbuck]

Awesome... I'm really sick of the AP articles that appear on Yahoo (yes, I know Yahoo blows). At first I was blaming Yahoo, which I kinda do because they always favor AP articles, but it's a group of AP writers that are consistently ignoring and slandering Dr. Paul.

[AhuwaleKaNaneHuna]

not buying the two faced dirtbag. his punditry is inch deep.ignore his praise.also,dont forget to slam him for his 'take paul out-he is a fraud candidate' lines.
it is not like he has woken up.his team tried to dig dirt and they couldnt find any.thats about it

When he didn't find it, and instead found facts that support Paul walking his talk when it comes to spending, he reported that. He didn't have too. Yet he did. He corrected a media smear against Paul. That's a good thing. Baby steps for some. lol

[Justinfrom1776]

He's trying to make up for his bullshit comment on the N.H. results.. "Take Paul out and Huntsman is 2nd, that's the real story" I don't forgive you Lawerance.

[affa]

i think this article is awesome. i also think the 'Huntsman got 2nd' line was awful.
I'm impressed he went with this story when he could have buried it.

[Nate]

A murderer in prison can do good deeds years after his murder, thanking him for picking up something you dropped doesn't make him any less of a murderer, nor you an endorser of murder.

+rep

Here is my thank you to him:

"We do not ask that those in the media support Paul or his ideas, this is America you have the right to your opinion. All we ask for is some honesty & journalistic integrity, with your piece on the AP story you showed both. Thank you."

[thoughtomator]

I just gave him some positive Twitter feedback for a step in the right direction. It is often this kind of event, where someone goes on a brainwashed anti-Paul tirade only to find out they are wholly and completely wrong, that gets them into realizing that Paul has the correct answers to a lot of the problems we need to solve today.

[Rudeman]

Isn't he a self proclaimed socialist (and proud of it)? Probably why he is hostile to Paul, but I do appreciate he was at least willing to set the record straight on this one issue.

[ghengis86]

Or, seeing as how every neo-conned GOPer is breed to hate the 'Left, Liberal media', there's the chance they're doing it on purpose.

'Did you see that those leftist commie Obama worshippers all love Ron Paul? See I told you he was a liberal'

[TheViper]

Now while we arr giving him props for his reporting of facts, let's request him to do some facts with the newsletters he keeps bringing up.


He waved the newsletter BS around within just hours of this positive report blasting the AP for poor journalism. Get consistent, Lawrence.

[Justinfrom1776]

I don't believe that O'Donnell has any honor.. Foxnews.com picked up the story and ran with it and he just wants to slap them around.. He'll give Ron a bump (and he owes him one after his comments on New Hampshire) if he can stick it to the entire GOP/Right wing media. We should ask that someone friendly to Paul (Harris Faulkner, Neil Cavuto) do a retraction bit on the AP story..

[Justinfrom1776]

Now while we arr giving him props for his reporting of facts, let's request him to do some facts with the newsletters he keeps bringing up.


He waved the newsletter BS around within just hours of this positive report blasting the AP for poor journalism. Get consistent, Lawrence.

Let the newsletters die for now.

[TheViper]

Let the newsletters die for now.
I would if the media would. Lawrence flat out told the people he as interviewing that "quote" was straight from Ron Paul's mouth. I'm fine with letting it all die, especially now that he have much more concrete evidence of the true story but with the media pulling stuff like this, it won't die.

[unknown]

JFC, whos gives a f*ck even if it was true.

Ron Paul would still be light years ahead of anyone else.

Sh*t.

Refusal of the pension alone will probably save tax payers millions.

[jasonxe]

I would if the media would. Lawrence flat out told the people he as interviewing that "quote" was straight from Ron Paul's mouth. I'm fine with letting it all die, especially now that he have much more concrete evidence of the true story but with the media pulling stuff like this, it won't die.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o%27donnell/46034360#46034474

@3:29 is what viper is referring to.


Send Lawerence the Ben Swainn newsletter link if anyone is giving him props.

[unknown]

Or, seeing as how every neo-conned GOPer is breed to hate the 'Left, Liberal media', there's the chance they're doing it on purpose.

'Did you see that those leftist commie Obama worshippers all love Ron Paul? See I told you he was a liberal'

Its probably done more in an effort to appear "fair". They refute some nonsense spin then slam him on the newsletters.

[TheViper]

JFC, whos gives a f*ck even if it was true.

Ron Paul would still be light years ahead of anyone else.

Sh*t.

Refusal of the pension alone will probably save tax payers millions.
People still vote on perception every bit as much (if not more so) than on practical issues.

But the point is still that the media would rather wave around the newsletter issue than point out Paul's pension stance. So you won't even get people to know of the pension issue if all the media wants to do is tear him down as a racist.

[european]

maybe, just maybe, he is starting to discover the true Ron Paul and is opening his mind to a whole new world view :D
Let's just welcome him, if he does another fair piece.

[yaz]

This guy is a liar 99% of the time. He quoted a n3wsl3tter statement that Paul never said during a prostitute segment: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o'donnell/46034360#46034474 Watch his show and you'll quickly find he's disgusting. No one remembers when Schiff was on his show?

[green73]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7oSRPQ2Dtm4

[alucard13mmfmj]

was this seen on TV or is it just seen on the internet?

[RonPaulRevolution!]

DO NOT LEAVE LARRY LOVE! HIT FOLLOWED THAT PIECE UP WITH A RON PAUL HIT PIECE!

[febo]

On the downside - if you only watch the first minute or so, it's a different story!

[MaxPower]

Absolutely incredible; not only do we have a mainstream media outlet running fair piece defending Ron Paul from an asinine attack, but it's by Lawrence O'Donnell, of all people! Let us be grateful for the little moments of decency we are given.

[amonasro]

But let us not forget the Beck meme of 2008:

honey, honey, POISON, honey, honey...

[szczebrzeszyn]

That's cool, but damage is done - plenty of sites reposted this story, I can't see any updates thus far (except in the comments).

[Drex]

MSNBC is bipolar towards RP

[William R]

good for O'Donnell

[GraniteHills]

Here are the authors (hitmen) of the original AP piece:

BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and STEPHEN BRAUN
Associated Press

[Athan]

O'donnell? Your ****ing ****ing me.

[cajuncocoa]

Lawrence O'Donnel is NOT a Ron Paul supporter by any means!! If I had to guess his motives for this piece, I would have to say that he's seen that RP is giving fits to the GOP ptb and is merely trying to stir that pot to help Obama in the long run.

[angelatc]

This guy is a liar 99% of the time. He quoted a n3wsl3tter statement that Paul never said during a prostitute segment: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o'donnell/46034360#46034474 Watch his show and you'll quickly find he's disgusting. No one remembers when Schiff was on his show?

It never ceases to amaze me...even though Sarah Palin seems to agree with us o about 90% of the issues, she gets attacked every time she says something nice about Paul. Yet O'Donnell, who doesn't agree with us on anything that I can think of gets warm fuzzies for airing a piece that nobody outside of these forums even saw.

[jscoppe]

O'Donnell is still a piece of shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYEtTkanDx0

But thanks anyway, Larry.

And btw, all O'Donnell's staff did was contact Ron's people, who clued them in to the truth. Not exactly "crack research".

[MsDoodahs]

Lawrence O'Donnell is the scum of the earth.

Anyone touting the guy here - REGARDLESS OF HIS 30 SECONDS OF PLAYING NICE TO RP - is at best, foolish and at worst, an enemy of RP.

[nbruno322]

Wow that was actually very good!

[szczebrzeszyn]

And btw, all O'Donnell's staff did was contact Ron's people, who clued them in to the truth. Not exactly "crack research".
Yeah, makes you wonder why didn't those 2 AP jerks do the same. It was that simple.

[Cowlesy]

Biggest partisan hack on television today. He's worse than a hack. He actually admitted on live TV he's a socialist. His one good story in no one offsets all the hateful, lying crap he's spewed about Ron and others.

[kylejack]

Probably when the AP called whoever answered them didn't know the details, but did know that Ron Paul often flew first class and didn't give a full answer. After the AP story came out, the people in the campaign or Congress office who had the details were ready to give them to anyone who called.

[TheTexan]

Probably when the AP called whoever answered them didn't know the details, but did know that Ron Paul often flew first class and didn't give a full answer. After the AP story came out, the people in the campaign or Congress office who had the details were ready to give them to anyone who called.

One phone call to someone who doesn't know details does not a story make. No excuse for AP

[low preference guy]

I wonder if RP's team withheld information from AP. If they did, that was smart.

[kylejack]

I wonder if RP's team withheld information from AP. If they did, that was smart.
Not really, because lots of people read AP stories and nobody watches MSNBC

[qh4dotcom]

Wow

[low preference guy]

Not really, because lots of people read AP stories and nobody watches MSNBC

but the AP will retract or damage its reputation. if it comes in a debate RP will look good and the AP will get trashed.

[Adam West]

This wanker deserves nothing. My guess is he is beginning to see the writing on the wall... He can no longer dismiss and bully a growing force. He's trying to cover his ass.

[UNC08]

The AP stories are published all over the world, in small papers and by network news.

The retraction or update, if there is one, will be on a few blogs and on the AP site only. This is ridiculous.

[BKom]

Wow! Is that real investigative journalism!? I didn't think it existed in the msm. Amazing. Larry needs some love.

If you send O'Donnell any love over this, you're insane. In the very next segment, he pulled a Tucker Carlson and brought in that self-promoting douchebag from the Bunny Ranch and two of his hookers to talk about why they supported Ron Paul. Then he read something from a newsletter Ron said he didn't write, and quoted it as something Ron "said" and tried to get the hookers to recant. To their credit, they didn't. But it was clearly all about drumming up business for the second oldest profession and nothing else. And O'Donnel is nothing if not a great operative for the D party.

He's the only one who got the airfare story right. So he get credit for that. But he clearly brought in the pimp so it would not be a positive story. He couldn't just leave it at good journalism. He had to mislead in the very next segment. No love needed or deserved here.

[moonshine5757]

(robot voice) confused ... honesty in mainstream media .... malfunction ... malfunction .... alert ... beep ....

[UNC08]

If you send O'Donnell any love over this, you're insane. In the very next segment, he pulled a Tucker Carlson and brought in that self-promoting douchebag from the Bunny Ranch and two of his hookers to talk about why they supported Ron Paul. Then he read something from a newsletter Ron said he didn't write, and quoted it as something Ron "said" and tried to get the hookers to recant. To their credit, they didn't. But it was clearly all about drumming up business for the second oldest profession and nothing else. And O'Donnel is nothing if not a great operative for the D party.

He's the only one who got the airfare story right. So he get credit for that. But he clearly brought in the pimp so it would not be a positive story. He couldn't just leave it at good journalism. He had to mislead in the very next segment. No love needed or deserved here.

Dennis Hof is funny, and I like his show -- but his endorsement doesn't help us one iota.

[pilby]

I'm not seeing any updates or retractions or new stories addressing this. The "Ron Paul Is a Hypocrite" story is still a major headline showing up all over the place and ranked high in Google News results.

I just sent the O'Donnell clip to Drudge. I hope it gets at least a tiny bit of exposure.

[pilby]

It was the same thing with the story about him "storming out of the CNN interview when asked about the newsletters". Even though that was completely debunked once the full video came out, no one seemed to have seen it and the claim that he stormed out is still mentioned in major news stories.

[sunsense]

From the look on his face, I took it that he was royally pissed that he almost did a hit on Ron Paul, and that, if it wasn't for his staff, AP would have made a fool out of him.

More and more people, in and out of the media, are FINALLY, realizing the lies, smears and omissions about Ron Paul, and are getting quite angry.

No matter how biased people are, deep down, most do have a sense of fairness and equal play.

They are seeing this is not the case when Ron Paul is involved and I think they are becoming sickened by this.

As I said on some sites in November and December, this is going to rebound on the media big time.

People will NOT forget and will NOT be fooled again.

I have also noted that none of the media have said much about the 4 SC political endorsements of Ron Paul.

There again, they are also deliberately misinforming about SC and Florida voting rules.

[sailingaway]

but then they stick in that prostitute endorsement which I understand the business wanting the media, but doesn't help Ron. No one really cares about the tickets, I don't hink.

[Trigonx]

From the look on his face, I took it that he was royally pissed that he almost did a hit on Ron Paul, and that, if it wasn't for his staff, AP would have made a fool out of him.

More and more people, in and out of the media, are FINALLY, realizing the lies, smears and omissions about Ron Paul, and are getting quite angry.

No matter how biased people are, deep down, most do have a sense of fairness and equal play.

They are seeing this is not the case when Ron Paul is involved and I think they are becoming sickened by this.

As I said on some sites in November and December, this is going to rebound on the media big time.

People will NOT forget and will NOT be fooled again.

I have also noted that none of the media have said much about the 4 SC political endorsements of Ron Paul.

There again, they are also deliberately misinforming about SC and Florida voting rules.

exactly, he basically said he would have been ecstatic if the AP story was true but instead had to tell a different story.

[sailingaway]

Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnel calls out the AP big time for their hit piece on Dr. Paul's air travel. I'm kind of shocked.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o'donnell/46034360#46034360

OK, that is good, and the other part I was told was there wasn't.

[vechorik]

You can go here to leave him a comment. I already did.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080934/ns/community-msnbc_com_chat/t/lawrence-odonnell/#.TxZgQ6WJfl5

O'Donnell's FaceBook has a comment link for this subject specificially: http://www.facebook.com/thelastword?ref=ts

[revgen]

Holy crap. I cannot believe I just saw that coming out of O'Donnell mouth. Am I dreaming?

Not really. Even O'Donnell admitted that he wanted the report to be true and doesn't agree with alot of Ron Paul's stances politically. He was prepared to do a "hit piece" on Paul over these flights until his staff reported the "bad news".