Anchor tears up Paris Hilton story - Liberty/RP "related"

[MusoSpuso]

Mika Brzezinski, a news caster for MSNBC tore up a "leading" news story about Paris Hilton on Live television.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/

The above isn't a direct link but if you bring up their video pop up window it should be at the top of "Most Viewed". No doubt the video will be buried very soon.

Why do I post this? I don't know...it just seemed to strike something in me. People are getting sick of the decay in this country. The morale, economic and political decay. We're sick of being spoon fed lies and flashy non-sense. Misdirection for the truth occurring under our noses. I say kudos to this woman. I don't know anything else about her...she could be a neo-con for all I konw. But this gesture, which could very well cost her career, is a powerful one and is one I think related to what Ron Paul talks about when he talks about his admiration of Ghandi and MLK etc. and their use of non-violent protest. Now, I of course don't mean to necessarily equate her personally (as recent news stories attempted to do with Ron Paul and the NH tax standoff situation) but I do want to point out that we need to start taking back this country--violence or not. The revolution wasn't won by sticking flowers in the Red Coats' wigs. No one's going to do it for us. I personally am sick to death. If it comes to a fight, I'll be on the front line. Give me liberty or give me death! Amen!

***end rant***

:D

[IRO-bot]

That was the best video I have seen in weeks.

[Noodles]

E-mail her with support, good people.

[Thomas_Paine]

Did they pull it? I followed the link but no video

[Original_Intent]

Good for her. She was way hotter than Paris Hilton anyway. :D

[Original_Intent]

Did they pull it? I followed the link but no video

No you need to actually pull up a video (any video) and then go to most watched on the side bar.

[PatriotOne]

I know longer watch the news on TV except for rare occasions, but I can see one positive thing about MSM covering such fluff like Paris Hilton. It could be drawing the younger generation to actually watch the news and then provide exposure to other more pressing issues (while waiting for the fluff).

A silver lining to what seems disgusting perhaps.

[LibertyEagle]

I don't see it. HELP!

[MsDoodahs]

I'm downloading a youtube of this now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

Takes a while, so I can't say if this is or isn't what you saw...

[spacebetween]

I'm downloading a youtube of this now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

Takes a while, so I can't say if this is or isn't what you saw...

That's it!

Great video. Go Mika!

[Original_Intent]

I'm downloading a youtube of this now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

Takes a while, so I can't say if this is or isn't what you saw...

Yep, thats it.

[MusoSpuso]

I don't see it. HELP!

Here's the youtube just in case the "Real News" decides to censor it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

[The Dane]

I did not see it on MSNBC. Heres the youtube version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0


Edit: you are postin fast here...

Normally i dont like women who freak out like that. Not this time though. This Joe guy on the right is provoking her like she is his worst enemy. Bastard.

[Spirit of '76]

That's Zbigniew Brzezinski's daughter.

[nayjevin]

I emailed here.

viewerservices@msnbc.com

Couldn't find her email. Might be Mika.Brzezinski@msnbc.com

will try and let you know

[GreyBlood]

It looked fake.

[MusoSpuso]

It looked fake.

"It"?

Please elaborate.

[MsDoodahs]

That's Zbigniew Brzezinski's daughter.

They're all in bed together - the power politicians, the media, and the corporate powerful. Their goal: control the people.

Makes me SICK.


I was also wondering if this was planned and set up.

It's still downloading so I haven't gotten to watch it yet...but I'd venture a guess that it was planned and she simply performed as instructed.

I hope I'm wrong...

[nayjevin]

Ya, now that you say so I suppose it could have been faked. She appeared to be shaking when she tried to burn the thing, but the guys certainly had all their techniques of ridiculing her and paris at the same time down.

if she gets fired we can be pretty sure.

Mika.Brzezinski@msnbc.com hasn't bounced on me.

[MusoSpuso]

They're all in bed together - the power politicians, the media, and the corporate powerful. Their goal: control the people.

Makes me SICK.


I was also wondering if this was planned and set up.

It's still downloading so I haven't gotten to watch it yet...but I'd venture a guess that it was planned and she simply performed as instructed.

I hope I'm wrong...

I've watched it three times and viewed it for a co-worker. It does not appear to be fake or setup. The facial emotions and the awkward camera switches, particularly to switch away from Brzezinski, just don't lend itself to be a fake--unless it's a very well thought out and executed fake...and they're all incredible actors as well. It's possible, but I wouldn't agree without some solid proof.

[torchbearer]

EFFEN AWESOME!!!!! The reporters are starting to rebel against the Orwellian media machine.
They are going to strap her down and force her to watch Paris Hilton videos until she cracks and confesses that she loves big brother. Picture it.

[Give me liberty]

Mika and her reporters did a wonderfully job!

I am getting sick of paris hilton.

[MsDoodahs]

Set up. Totally.

Why?

Lighter.

Shredder.

Camera set to catch her shredding the paper.

Set up, 100%.

[Spirit of '76]

I seriously doubt it was fake. I think she was probably just feeling her oats this morning.

[MusoSpuso]

Set up. Totally.

Why?

Lighter.

Shredder.

Camera set to catch her shredding the paper.

Set up, 100%.

She took the lighter from the pocket of the guy next to her. People do carry lighters from time to time particularly smokers

It's a news room/office--paper shredders are pretty common. I have one in my office as a matter of fact.

Again, I don't dismiss the possibility but I'm just don't think so IMO

[torchbearer]

I just sent mika a very nice email. She is my hero.

[Spirit of '76]

Set up. Totally.

Why?

Lighter..

I think she's a smoker. She covers lots of smoking ban stories and stories about tobacco.

[Original_Intent]

I don't think it's fake.

[Spirit of '76]

She took the lighter from the pocket of the guy next to her.

I thought she took it from her purse.

[MsDoodahs]

I'm very cynical.

[maggiebott]

It's there, you have to go to videos and then most watched if it isn't in the bottome choices. This really is a must see since most journalists don't have the guts to stand up for what's right!

[IRO-bot]

She is a total hottie too!!! Power to her

[maggiebott]

I wrote telling her she had balls but still think her neocon father is an s.o.b.

[glts]

Bologna! It looks like they planned this reaction from the beginning why else was a lighter and a paper shredder so convenient? They probably have received so many complaints that they are trying to look like they really care about the actual news. Actors all of them!

[briatx]

This looked real to me. And its about damn time.

It was just too awkward to have been staged. Do you honestly believe that the producers WANT their anchors to go off script and say that the story they've been obsessing over for weeks now is meaningless and that we should focus on the weakening support for war story instead?

[nayjevin]

Wow thanks!!!!
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

-----Original Message-----
From: Nay <nayjevin@gmail.com>
To: Brzezinski, Mika (NBC Universal, MSNBC) <Mika.Brzezinski@MSNBC.COM>
Sent: Wed Jun 27 13:42:21 2007
Subject: You Are A Hero

Integrity in journalism is sorely lacking. I hope that a station finds you whose producers will respect it. Might have to go to Internet T.V. That's where I get my news. Somebody turned me on to a video of what you did on YouTube.

I just freakin loved it.

Jay Nevin

[MsDoodahs]

This looked real to me. And its about damn time.

It was just too awkward to have been staged. Do you honestly believe that the producers WANT their anchors to go off script and say that the story they've been obsessing over for weeks now is meaningless and that we should focus on the weakening support for war story instead?

Do you honestly think that her producer wasn't in on the stunt?

If it was planned (and IMO it was) - she didn't plan it on her own.

[ThePieSwindler]

Not sure i trust anyone related to Zbignew... but was still pretty cool.

[nayjevin]

IMO if it was staged it was because she was really tired of it and they were receiving tons of emails from people who were too, so they catered.

o well it was a rare occurrence

and MSNBC the company gained nothing for my having seen it

thanks youtube

[kalami]

News is serious business! Now let's switch something just as contrived, but totally different in content.

[LibertyBelle]

Maybe she was just trying to show her dad up, because he said she was mousey. Ya never know! Here I am dad, on national TV not being mousey. So there, you mean snake! Stick it where the sun don't shine. It would have been better had she said "My dad's an evil son-of-a-bitch, don't let him fool you." :D

I kinda think this is what happened, because it really didn't looked staged. The shaking because she was actually standing up to old Zieg, who no doubt is the authoritarian type. Regardless, maybe she started a trend for reporters.

[torchbearer]

Mika replied:

My goodness thanks
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld



-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Sanders <brentsanders@hotmail.com>
To: Brzezinski, Mika (NBC Universal, MSNBC) <Mika.Brzezinski@MSNBC.COM>
Sent: Wed Jun 27 13:57:05 2007
Subject: You have gained the respect of many fair minded individuals.



Mika,

A clip of your refusal to do the Paris Hilton story as a lead has become one of the most talked about events of the day on the blogosphere.

I want to thank you for your courage... but at the same time i fear...
remember 1984? The orwellian brand of journalism that we now have... what did they do to the one who rebelled?

I hope you fair better, you are in the hearts of many americans... and personally, you have become a hero in my book.

Thank you most sincerely,

[torchbearer]

I think we should encourage this kind of behavior. A show of support for this one reporter might give other reporters the courage to do the same. They can't fire all the reporters.
Plus, an added bonus. She gets a taste of the power of the internet. She becomes a well known reporter over night.. suddenly she understands the 'Ron Paul Phenom'.

[Noodles]

That's what I'm screaming!:D

Tip of the iceberg.

[torchbearer]

bump

[DAZ]

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this. If you look at the times in the lower right corner, the three incidences all occurred an hour apart. I guess whoever posted it just edited them together. I tend to believe that the simplest answer is usually the right one, and it doesn't seem to me that it's a fake. I think she just got really pissed that her producer refused to stop making them lead with a meaningless story when something with the importance of a Republican moving away from the war needed to be mentioned.

[SeanEdwards]

I wrote telling her she had balls but still think her neocon father is an s.o.b.

Her dad isn't a neocon.

[Blowback]

It doesn't appear fake to me. If it's not fake, she is a badass.

[angelatc]

Normally i dont like women who freak out like that.


She didn't freak out, but it's pretty apparent that her two anchors were trying to make that happen.

[Spirit of '76]

Ok, apparently there was a bit of build up before she got down to ripping and shredding.

She had refused to read the Hilton story at the top of the hour.

Then later, when reading the story about Lugar, she interjected with a qeustion of her own that wasn't in the script :

"Whatever happened to the Iraq Study Group, because I believe President Bush asked for those pieces of advice, correct?" she asked.

Scarbrough jumped all over her for "editorializing", and there was some back and forth over it.

It was then that the editor again gave her the Hilton story to read, pretty much just to shut her up.

That's when she got feisty and ripped it up.

[ladyjade3]

Yay! I got a Wow thanks too!

I sent this:

"Mika,

Thanks for standing up for real news today. Some of us out here are tired of being told to care about Paris Hilton, when we should be concerned about the (mis)direction of our country. The Ron Paulaholics of the internet have caught wind of you, and tho we don't know much about you, we think you're one cool chick!"

Maybe if she knows she's getting support emails from us, she'll understand that RonPaulaholics are real news too. :)

[MusoSpuso]

Ok, apparently there was a bit of build up before she got down to ripping and shredding.

She had refused to read the Hilton story at the top of the hour.

Then later, when reading the story about Lugar, she interjected with a qeustion of her own that wasn't in the script :

"Whatever happened to the Iraq Study Group, because I believe President Bush asked for those pieces of advice, correct?" she asked.

Scarbrough jumped all over her for "editorializing", and there was some back and forth over it.

It was then that the editor again gave her the Hilton story to read, pretty much just to shut her up.

That's when she got feisty and ripped it up.

yep--not fake people. Don't be so cynical :p

[torchbearer]

I think free thinking reporters should be rewarded with our viewership and praise via email. it can only promote more great journalism.

[MozoVote]

w00t! I'm sharing that clip!

[Zydeco]

I just sent mika a very nice email. She is my hero.

Ha, so did I, and I used the phrase "you're my hero" (before seeing the cited post)

:eek:

[torchbearer]

Ha, so did I, and I used the phrase "you're my hero" (before seeing the cited post)

:eek:

Great minds think alike? ;)

[torchbearer]

oh- and get this.... brianless tv. paris is on larry king tonight. i didn't have any opinion on this guy before now... but.. now- i've lost all respect for this puppet. i may watch just to see the strings that move his body around. i wonder who is on top controlling him?

[torchbearer]

bump

[torchbearer]

bump for tonight's viewers.

[LibertyEagle]

Her dad isn't a neocon.

No, you're right. He's a socialist, globalist, traitor of our country.

[legion]

lame ass publicity stunt, but i don't care because i think this should be encouraged in the mainstream media and public thought.

[Terribliz]

rofl, that's hilarious. she's like freakin out

[ne1buthilary]

according to this she threatened to set it on fire at 7am.. her producer then gave her the story again at 8 and she shredded it.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blog/2007/06/boycotting_paris_or_why_mika_b.html

[torchbearer]

She was nice enough to write a reply email.

[swatmc]

Mika is my hero.

[Arkris]

I sent her an e-mail too, thanking her for doing what we were all thinking.

Who the hell cares what a spoiled brat is doing?!

I agree with Legion though; It might have been a publicity stunt but, regardless, this kind of rebellion to the mind-numbing irrelevent news should be encouraged. Reporters shouldn't be responsible to anybody or anything but the truth.

[DAZ]

i seriously doubt it was a stunt. they know their average viewer has the attention span of an ant. if it was fake, i doubt they'd have drawn the whole thing out over the course of a few hours.

[johngr]

Here's the youtube just in case the "Real News" decides to censor it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

Censor it? Why would they do that? It looked scripted to me. Another psyop. Did anyone notice where the other news reader Joe Scarborough used classic NLP: "The 'war on terror' doesn't begin or end [emphatic hand gesture, pregnant pause] in Iraq.

[winston84]

Way to go Mika!

[Spatch67]

I don't care if it was real or fake, I am in full support of such symbolic behavior!

[nayjevin]

"Mika,

Thanks for standing up for real news today. Some of us out here are tired of being told to care about Paris Hilton, when we should be concerned about the (mis)direction of our country. The Ron Paulaholics of the internet have caught wind of you, and tho we don't know much about you, we think you're one cool chick!"

she mentioned on the show today that she got an email from a lady who called herself a 'paulaholic'

you're famous!

[kimosabi]

I think this was very symbolic, and if nothing else pure dissent.

I think this was an example of a Woman who has realised her country is going down the crapper, but instead on reporting the real news, the MSM is trying to keep everyone distracted with the Paris crap, and she just stood up and said she's not going to play ball anymore...

Good on her...

[duffster]

she mentioned on the show today that she got an email from a lady who called herself a 'paulaholic'


Great! Now she'll definitely be fired!!