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posted by Juan Cole @ 6/30/2007 03:09:00 AM
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19 Comments:
Mika Brzezinski : A real journalist (thank you it seems they still exist !)
FINALLY. Maybe there's hope.
Looks like maybe it's choreographed. I've heard you
should only believe half of what you read in the
news media . As far as t.v. news goes that should be just about zero. I have a very hard time believing that anything being said on American t.v. news hasn't been rehearsed ahead of time.
I agree with her sentiments. But making such a dramatic fuss on air just draws more attention to the Hilton story. I think her actions were insincere. If she really found the story so objectionable, she should have not mentioned it for a second, and spent the three minutes she wasted talking about Iraq.
One wonders, though, if this attractive Caucasian female would have succeeded in the world of celebrity media stars, had she not been related to her famous father Zbigniew.
it a hoax that was scripted...acted out to look spontaneous. It is a well considered elaborate media ploy to enable them to look like in some twisted way one woman is willing to stand up to all crap that is American entertainment and culture.
And two thumbs down to Joe and whoever the Tucker Show moron is who was appearing with him. I thought is was supremely insulting and patronizing of both of them to overrule Mika and insist on the footage of that brainless, self-absorbed parasite. They are emblematic of what has gone wrong with the media in this country. Brava to Mika Brzezinski. Joe and Mo should take a good hard look at themselves in a mirror and ask themselves how the parents or loved ones of a wounded or killed American soldier would feel, having watched that shameful, shameful use of the people's airwaves.
Bravo, Mika. The "Morning Joe" boys' club constantly belittles her; my guess is that she'll be moving on soon and will be replaced by one of the less intelligent hairdos MSNBC seems to favor.
her old man would be proud. by the way, this is a shameless plug for his book, the grandchessboard.
Daddy, I wanna new car
Considering the seriousness of ME situation, I would not exaggerate the importance of the recent media experiment by Brzezinski’s daughter.
Sure, Ms. Brzezinski knows from the first hands what is going on in Iraq. However, if she really wanted to be serious, she would not act spontaneously, but make an appropriate public statement. In fact, the actual meaning of what happened is not that different from moderate hysterics like "Daddy, I wanna new car or…".
Great way to start the day!!! Must send thank you comment to the show
Can you believe the two jerks actually got in a Paris Hilton clip anyway?
Slowly, inch by inch MSNBC might actually be headed to morphing into a real news channel. First there is Keith Olberman and now Mika Brzezinski (they should give her a show of her own). They could can Matthews and give her the slot it would be a great gift to us news hounds.
I see Informed Comment today after reading an account by a new, young newspaper reporter in my local paper about how our City Council has been giving itself hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally for about 15 years. The story broke after a temporary budget director discovered the dishonesty. She is gone now, but a legal audit has confirmed she was right. Little bits of honesty do shake things up and inspire. Thanks, Mika. Thanks, Juan.
Brava, Mika.
I don't see how a pretty anchorwoman making a spectacle of herself while getting patronized by overgrown frat boys can be considered a remarkable showing of good journalism or a sign that "real news" is on the way. The video clip was the stupidest segment of broadcast TV I've seen all year.
When you have a man-woman-man lineup arguing on TV, at least have them argue about the person on stage in front of them who's awaiting judgement on his or her just-completed singing/dancing/juggling/stupid pet tricks performance.
The acts of good journalism that should be applauded go on behind the scenes--we become aware of them when the story airs, not when the "controversy" gets played out in this clumsy fashion. In this case, the Paris story still got the lead spot, and the news show also got a good chunk of free publicity to boot. You guys got played, and unfortunately so did I since I watched the clip too.
Mika is fabulous! This is what we need, journalists standing up to the rubbish of the newstainment industry, of the sort Gore describes in The Assault on Reason (Run Al, run!....) Finally, I think there's lots of silly nitpicking of her by critics who don't see the big picture of her basic accomplishment.
I think this was fantastic. While I agree, Ms. Brzenzski should've just moved ahead with her own lead, in a media climate like this where people like Ken Silverstein are attacked for going undercover to do exposes of atrocious lobbyists I think that the job of the ethical journalist is now two-pronged: not only must they struggle to give us fair, balanced, and informative news but they MUST also throw back the curtain so we see who/what is preventing them from doing their jobs in the first place.
I hope we see many more instances of this sort of journalistic integrity.
Mika, you're a real polska kobieta! You really showed those goons!
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