FOX: "Cut His Mike" As Guest Mentions McCain's Role In Keating Five

[kpete]

Fox host tells guest mentioning McCain role in Keating Five scandal to 'pipe down'
Nick Juliano
Published: Thursday September 25, 2008


'Cut his mike,' producer suggests

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Appearing Thursday morning on Fox & Friends, radio host Mike Papatino tried to remind viewers about McCain's intervention with federal regulators on behalf of real estate mogul Charles Keating, who was trying to avoid regulations of a savings and loan he owned during the S&L crisis of the 1980s.

F&F's Steve Doocy told Papatonio to "pipe down," called him "rude" and demanded he "cut it out." A show producer could be overheard saying "cut his mike."

As Papatonio tries one last time to explain the details of the Keating Five scandal, Doocy again cuts him off.

"This is not the History Channel," he says.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fox_host_tells_guest_mentioning_Keating_0925.html

[ReadTomPaine]

1. Tells you all you need to know. n/t

[roguevalley]

26. I wish someone would stand up and punch doocy in the face. now

that would be a youtube that I would pay to see.

[nc4bo]

2. Afraid of something ya think?? nt

[ErinBerin84]

3. haha....is this for real? He really said "this is not the History channel?"

So classic. Though, I'm sure people have learned a lot about who the Weather Underground were this year, from Fox.

[Jennicut]

4. They are nuts there.

This morning they had a caption up that said Mac worried about voter fraud. "Mac"??? How obvious are they in the ass kissing department?

[BuyingThyme]

5. They allowed Mike on Fox?

Who did they think he was?

[Window]

6. Damn. Those fools are off the hook crazy.

[asdjrocky]

7. It's only the History Channel when they want to talk about

Michelle Obamas thesis, or where Obama went to school, or whitewater or.... Well, you get the picture.

[Supersedeas]

29. FOX news 'producers' to the rescue

[NatBurner]

8. these assholes are shithouse rat insane

wtf?

[DefenseLawyer]

9. Steve Doocy is just punch you in the face stupid.

[blogslut]

10. Hahahaha

Just laughing because Papatino's "foil" was Micheal (Daddy-Didn't-Love-Me-So-I-stole-The-White House-Silverware) Reagan.

[blondeatlast]

15. ...

:spray:

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. They should have had Ron Reagan instead of Papantonio

Nothing against Pap, but the whole thing would have been funnier if it had been Michael Reagan being schooled by his little brother on the FAUX dime.

[Supersedeas]

11. Integrity check?

[AspenRose]

12. I *heart* Mike Papantonio

:loveya:

Rock on, Mike! Truth to power!

[Ganja Ninja]

13. It's not the truth channel either. n/t

[zulchzulu]

14. So when Johnny Songbird brings up this POW ever-changing story...

...we can say "This is not the History Channel."

OK. Done.

[Politics_Guy25]

16. OMG-that's outrageous-to be expected from Fox though-n/t

[Cha]

17. No, it's not History Channel..it's Fucking Propaganda Central for

lying a$$holes like john mccain.

THis needs to go viral.

[NoodleyAppendage]

19. This means that the Keating Five issue is a WINNER for an Obama ad.

I only hope Obama's relatively lackluster media company pays attention to what the Repukes are really afraid of and cuts out the bullshit, alienating "ageism" ads.

J

[progressoid]

20. "This is not the History Channel,"

Yeah, this is FOX we don't want facts and stuff. Just hyperbole.

[Essene]

21. The Youtube version... here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURdhhdL_60

[Shakespeare]

23. In the comments: "Steve Doocy has the intelligence of a ramen noodle"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[gmudem]

24. That's an insult to ramen noodles.

And as a college student, I take those seriously. :)

[NYC_SKP]

22. Better video link here:

IMHO.

http://www.goleft.tv/viewer.asp?v=1828

Rec'd must read.

Thanks.

[11 Bravo]

25. Steve Douche-y is a sniveling punk.

[Orsino]

It's not the History Channel; it's the Cartoon Network. n/t

[glinda]

27. Other Media Outlets should cover K5 and What Fox Did

This is news. The American Public is deeply uninformed. This has to be taken up for some Media and is their responsibility to the Democratic process.

[Raineyb]

28. Doocy is a douchebag

He had the nerve to say that Obama should go to his day job that's what McLame is doing? McLame hasn't bothered to show up for work in months! So now McLame is going to show up for his day job? Why so he can go and fuck up what they're doing?

The gall of these people really!

Everything McLame touches turns to shit. He's got the anti-Midas touch.

Regards

[RedLetterRev]

34. In the military, we called that "the Ex-Lax Touch" :D n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

30. Not the history channel? Well, I guess they just said that facts don't

get in the way of their message.

[Stevepol]

31. At the end, as he is being told "This is not the history channel," Mike says,

"No surprise. No surprise." He knew this would be likely to happen if he tried to interrupt their shilling with facts.

[K Gardner]

32. Figures.. another KPete Breaking Duzy ! K&R

[Median Democrat]

33. This Is Why Fox Will Not Moderate A Debate, Can You Imagine Them Cutting Obama's Mike?

[kpete]

35. Keith

brought this up