MSNBC's Tamron Hall Shuts Down Romney Apologist

[Hissyspit]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/tamron-hall-tim-carney-squabble-over-romney-and-t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. B R A V A !

ENCORE!

[JoePhilly]

2. This was awesome.

[movonne]

3. This was great....finally standing up and talking them down instead

of letting them scream over you the whole interview...

[Jamaal510]

4. Nice job, Tamron!

I love how the Romney guy wasn't allowed to play the "media victim" card that conservatives love to play, and how Tamron essentially threw his words back in his face. She told him that nobody forced him to come on the show and be interviewed, and he knew beforehand what they were about to discuss. Now THAT is quality interviewing and reporting, unlike that garbage from Meet the Press and how Gregory never calls out the Wingnuts for their nonsense.

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Love Tamron holding her ground and taking no crap from this douche...

Interesting to compare and contrast Andrea Mitchell's response when confronted with similar situations on the same network.

Spineless pandering and simpering backpedaling are more her style.

[calimary]

23. This guy has been an irritant for awhile. SO THRILLED that Tamron finally had enough.

He's as smug as ann romney! Tamron is way behind the rest of us, though, I'll tell ya! But I'm glad she nailed his ass - he's had it coming for a LONG time.

And andrea's in a difficult spot. She doesn't want to dare screw around with the exclusive Georgetown cocktail party circuit to which she and her bigshot husband alan greenspan have access.

[BiggJawn]

34. Don't want to risk getting dropped from Tweety's "A" List...

Gawd forbid that Andrea or David Gregory find themselves shunned from Sunday afternoon Drinky-Poos...

[Recursion]

39. Tim's a friend of mine. Something about being on camera morphs him into a giant asshole

I've never understood that.

[chervilant]

46. Morphs him?

He seems a little slow on the uptake, too. Is that an aspect of his personality that you've seen?

[Recursion]

57. Yes, morphs

He's a writer and doesn't do well at the pace of live tv, and gets irritated. I mean, even here he said "meta-meta-commentary" and used that correctly.

[otohara]

6. Righteous Smack Down

she's pretty cool IMO.

[nenagh]

7. Beautifully done....

and thanks for posting it.

[lamp_shade]

8. This is a "MUST SEE". K&R.

[polichick]

9. Tamron's tough - don't mess with her. Nice job!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. they agreed on the topics, and fuckhead tried to backstab her and change the meme.

Good on her. He ended up looking like a weasel, precisely the image that Rmoney should promote. It is the most honest, actually.

[Recursion]

40. There's already a "Heavy Meta" T-shirt being sold

I swear, this town...

[erpowers]

11. Maybe This Should Happen More

Maybe more news anchors should do this. If he knew the topic before hand he could have made his thoughts known before hand.

[freshwest]

12. Great! Enough is enough of these equivocating, slippery snakes.

[Tx4obama]

13. Here's a link to the FULL segment -- 10:00 minute VIDEO

VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-tamron-hall-reams-tim-carney-cuts-his-mic-for-accusing-her-of-media-trick/

[Enrique]

14. don't try that meta-meta shit with Tamron

[SheilaT]

15. Wow!

Would that more reporters would push back when people like this guy try to evade questions.

I listen to the BBC regularly because my community radio station carries it, and I have noticed that the BBC reporters often push back when someone being interviewed doesn't answer the question the first time.

[railsback]

16. David Gregory

Your 'manhood' has been further downgraded to 'worse than wimpy'. THAT is how you handle a GOP shill spouting written down idiotic talking points.

Well done, Tamron

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Tamron Hall should be hosting Meet the Press

[beac]

22. I couldn't agree more!

Not that the pols that go on MTP would ever let that happen... they LOVE being tongue-bathed by Gregory, the media's most submissive poodle.

[brightertomorrow]

25. wow she was great

Sure would love to see her hosting Meet The Press too. I might even watch it again if that happened.

[chervilant]

48. +++++++++++++!!!!!!

I stopped watching MTP a LONG time ago, but I would watch if she would host.

[SemperEadem]

52. No kidding...

but NBC knows that no one from the thug side would come on the network if they could not get NBC to collude in their shilling--which is why Andrea Mitchell and David Gregory have the high profile shows they have.

[spooky3]

17. That's exactly what someone with backbone does!

I don't care if lying Republicans NEVER agree to come on an MSNBC show again. If the choice is to allow them to lie, tap dance, etc., or not have them on at all, I'll take the latter. Sooner or later, if every honest journalist follows her lead (and Rachel's and other hosts'), they will learn that if they want to get their message out on any vehicle other than Fox, they will have to do it honestly.

[nolabear]

19. OMG That was a thing of beauty! It's as thought she was speaking my thoughts.

Of course mine were running to STFU, but she was far more eloquent.

[Aviation Pro]

20. Fuck yes....

...After close to three decades of fuckwit Republicant nonsense the media and the American people are shutting these pieholes down. Want to spin, asswipes, here's a toilet bowl, have fucking fun.

[Brooklyn Dame]

21. "I'm DONE!"

That was the nicest beatdown I've seen in quite some time. Good for her! They claim "liberal media bias" but what they really mean is that not everyone is bought and paid for like Fox. Romney's a smug bully and should be exposed.


http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/whats-so-funny-mitt/

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/the-most-boring-and-phony-man-in-the-world/

[Swede Atlanta]

24. That was truly awesome........

I must say that I have listened to and still listen to some talk radio. I listen to both left and right, right just to see what the ditto-heads are spewing on a given day.

It is amazing how quick the reich wing talking heads are to shut down callers and disconnect them if the caller has the audacity to challenge the host's position. Sean Hannity does it. Glenn Beck does it. I know that Michael Savage does it but I haven't had the stomach to listen to him in years.

So this was great to see someone on the left with much more justification in shutting this guy down because he knew what the topic was going to be than the likes of Sean or Glen, running him out of town on a rail.

Way to go!!!!

[sarge43]

26. That was a thing of beauty. n/t

[emsimon33]

27. Way to go!

I wish that more news personnel had the guts to challenge the lies. Not just belittle as they do on Faux News, but call out the liars and manipulators.

[Roy Rolling]

31. News versus News Release

Journalists need to challenge like she did, these apologists are used to just spouting talking points like they are reading a news release. Real journalists challenge and probe and many today simply give a platform for misinformatioin.

[amuse bouche]

28. You go girl

That was great

[CatWoman]

29. poetry in motion!!

good job, Tam

[stlsaxman]

30. Damned right!

Bravo!

[amb123]

32. HOME RUN!

A textbook way to shut a bully up. Way to stand your ground, Tamron.

[Tarheel_Dem]

33. "This is my house!"

[Giantsfootball10]

35. Love Tamron Hall

[Jack Rabbit]

36. I'm patiently waiting for the Republicans to do something right in this election

OK, its going to be a little difficult to sweep haircutgate under the rug under the best of circumstances. Any one who doesn't think it's a big deal to bully a gay high school student is already voting Republican. Everyone else just became less inclined to vote Republican.

The GOP wants to cut women's health care and cut off their access to contraception, call them sluts and whores and then say there's no war on women.

The GOP want the poor to pay more taxes so the obscenely rich won't have to pay. But there no class warfare unless the poor and middle class object.

Finally, they pass voter ID laws aimed at disenfranchising demographic group with Democratic voter profiles. But that's not fascism, that's protecting the integrity of the vote.

And an occupational liar like Carney can't understand why he's kicked off the air after he calls it "a media trick." At least they aren't trying to blame Clinton for Mitt's adolescent misbehavior.

[chervilant]

50. + a gazillion! n/t

[bleever]

37. Reminded me of Nolan Ryan:

"I was probably a much tougher teenager than Mitt Romney."

[pacalo]

38. Way to go, Tamron!!! It's about time someone put these wingnuts in their place!

[kag]

41. Here in Colorado, this is a HUGE issue.

And we're a swing state. I don't think Romney is making ANYONE happy by calling unimportant or trivial.

[bupkus]

42. Wow. It's about time a member of the media took this stance

Instead of allowing certain people the luxury of using the media to bash the media while defusing valid criticism of their party and its candidates. Speak to the issues! Stop trying to defend the indefensible by obfuscating issues with coverage.

Tamron Hall's reaction to this bobble head should be a template for media personnel everywhere. Well, everywhere except FAUX "news".

[nashville_brook]

43. oh hell yeah.

you are in Tamron's house. fuck to the A!

[myrna minx]

44. Excellent!

[rurallib]

45. "I was a much tougher kid in high school than Mitt Romney was"

I bet that is the total truth.
'bout damned time someone called these assholes out

[mother earth]

47. K & R...Romney changes with the wind on ALL issues, not just one, ALL.

Good on Tamron!!!

[valerief]

49. Ha! Beautiful, smart, and tough. Good job. nt

[SemperEadem]

51. Oh Em Gee!!!! Tamron FTW!!! \o/

Yes!!! She totally blew his hissyfit right out of the water.

They all know what the topic is before they arrive, so for him to act like she was sucker punching rmoney is ludicrous.

[bayareaboy]

53. I wrote Ms Hall, yesturday and suggested that she ...

carry a section of the newspaper, and smack folks like Tim Carney before she tells them what kind of assholes they are.

I can see why Larry O'Donnell is carrying on with her!

[whathehell]

54. Go on With Your Bad Self, Tamron!!

"You're kind of in my house"!

Damn straight!..Don't let the mofos interrupt you

so that they can spin their agenda!!

[slor]

55. Fid you hear her suggest that she was probably tougher...

than rmoney was, at the same age. that was funny!

[highplainsdem]

56. Brava!!!

[Left Coast2020]

58. I have a crush on her

Always have