Journalism! MSNBC Cuts Off Congresswoman Talking About NSA To Get To 'Breaking News' About Justin Bieber
from the priorities dept
If you haven't yet, you should watch this 25-second clip of MSNBC "reporter" Andrea Mitchell cutting off Congresswoman Jane Harman just as she was explaining why the government needs to end the Section 215 bulk phone records collection program that spies on all Americans... in order to rush to cover the "breaking news" of Justin Bieber's court appearance live.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: andrea mitchell, cable news, jane harman, journalism, justin bieber, msnbc, nsa, section 215, sensationalism
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Calling any of them journalists is an insult to journalism.
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Urgh...
This is why no one takes you seriously as a news organization. Even Fox News isn't THAT bad, and they're horrid!
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in *some* ways, it is *not* that faux news, msnbc, etc are big fat liars (though they can resort to that), and its not only that their reportage is bullshit he said/she said idiocy (although that is a problem), it is what they DON'T cover that is the biggest problem...
if you are a 'normal' citizen and semi-rely on tee vee news to get an idea of what is what, you will be SEVERELY crippled in that goal by the near total lack of substantive and salient news that affects your life...
celebrity bullshit ? ? ? tons...
disaster stories ? ? ? no prob...
cat-stuck-in-a-tree ? ? ? we'll have a news chopper there...
sports, gossip, and moronic, 'funny' chatter among the newsdroids ? ? ? all there...
but serious, ongoing, dogged, actual REPORTING that has meaning to us ? ? ? not in the lamestream media, bunky...
welcome to korporate-kontrolled media, citizen...
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pfffffff
Wait, does this mean that they beliebe that the NSA is less important than 'celebrity' gossip?
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No, but I'd lay odds that's exactly what they want us to believe.
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Journalism! Mike completely ignores items like this:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/21/google-eric-schmidt-nsa-tapping-knowledge
UK.go v to Google: Kill impostor taxmen ADs hogging top spot in YOUR search results
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/24/ukgov_to_google_suffocate_imposter_taxmen_found_on_yo ur_search_engine/
There is no such thing as a metaphysically valid distribution of the pie... [The Rich don't intrinsically deserve getting so much.] (@ 17:35) from http://tarpley.net/audio/WCR-20131221.mp3
06:17:23[h-290-5]
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Justin Bieber appeared in court?
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In case of logic-defying events like MSNBC's...
Step 2: Aim palm towards face.
Step 3: Place palm on face, covering both eyes if possible, and press real hard.
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Seriously, Justin Bieber is MORE important than talking about what the NSA is up to? Wow. Talk about messed up priorities imo.
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Congratulations MSNBC, you've done your part for driving people away from national broadcast news, along with the rest of the news crowd. This is why no one is paying you any attention. Most of us have come to the realization that your excuse for news doesn't cut it. No one but the teenagers are interested in Bieber and damn few of them. If you haven't heard yet, Bieber is very close to being out totally.
You keep dishing your news out that way. I can promise I won't be one of the ones watching your show, not yesterday, not today, not tomorrow.
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Re: Just another "news" day
Don't want it, don't need it, ain't gonna bother with it. Just don't care about such useless nonsense.
But the Bozo Squads in the newsrooms are apparently oblivious to what is really important, so it comes as no surprise that such a scenario as msnbc pulled would occur.
Things just get more ridiculous by the day.
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no one it seems, except MSNBC!!
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GG
Legend
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"It's all because of the giant Google conspiracy! Google is the root of all evil pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, look over there at Google etc etc"
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Correction, ex-congresswoman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harman
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Or was this a ploy to get her off the air?
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What's really shocking
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Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jan 24th, 2014 @ 11:20am
Mike claimed to be a reporter? Or are you so stupid that you can't tell the difference between a blogger commenting on a news story and actual journalism?
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How low can you go?
No wonder Old Media feels threatened by the Internet. Not only are they unwilling to compete, but it also looks like they can't compete period and should just give up while they're still behind.
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Jane Harman
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Can't comment now,
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What we can expect next....
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Tip for MSNBC
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Conan with the truth.
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Journalism
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There are some really screwed up individuals out there. And I'm not talking about your normal peaceful protestors who picket like regular folks.
There are some really mentally challenged and sick individuals who screaming at the building about failed tours of duty in the military or reciting the details of bylaws like they know them by heart. Like Obama is going to hear them. Of course there's the whackjob braindamaged woman who camps out on the front door step for the past 20 years. Don't tell me its not seem the least bit spooky to you.
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CNBC Breaking News
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