Tim Russert Blackballing Arianna At NBC?

[katty]

more:
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/is-tim-russert-blackballing-arianna-at-nbc-during-her-book-tour/

Tim Russert Blackballing Arianna At NBC?

UPDATE: Sources close to Arianna Huffington are claiming just that. Arianna Huffington is currently on book tour for her new political tome Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, And Made Us All Less Safe, in which she goes after Tim Russert (and justifiably so). She's booked all over CNN, ABC, and CBS (but not Fox News Channel because she chose not to go on there). And NBC? Well, one insider says she was booked on Keith Olberman and Morning Joe to talk about her tome -- and then unbooked. "These are shows that call her regularly to come on. And then the word came from on high that she had to be cancelled." Arianna's accolytes are pointing the finger at Tim Russert, well known to be ridiculously thin-skinned, for blackballing her internally at NBC and not permitting her on any of the NBC network or cable outlets.

It's certainly possible, considering how much clout the Washington bureau chief wields at the company (not to mention how much profit his Meet The Press yields for the company). NBC did confirm to me that Arianna Huffington won't be booked on any of the NBC network or cable shows past or present or future for her book. (Interestingly, a Knopf source says the publisher was never given a definitive no. "We were just told to 'Call back tomorrow.' There was never any explanation.")

[horseshoecrab]

1. K&R

:kick:

horseshoecrab

[Va Lefty]

2. Seems Timmy doesn't like being called on his "fair and balanced" questioning

[Supersedeas]

3. NBC showing it true colors??

[Tinksrival]

4. Oh, you mean this Potatoe head:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733752_1735737,00.html



The TIME 100

Tim Russert
By Mario M. Cuomo

"The voters of the United States are about to choose new leadership for the world's most important nation at a time when we are beset with wars, economic failures and confoundedly complicated social issues. Every Sunday, more than 4 million Americans tune in to Meet the Press seeking help in trying to understand the issues and the candidates. They choose that program because Tim Russert is among the most astute, discerning and relentless pursuers of truth in the nation, and has been for years. "



:puke::puke::puke:

[malaise]

5. The hacks and spinners are exposing themselves

one by one. They can lie, spin, distort, interview Pentagon hacks, welcome Armstrong et al, but don't anyone dare call them out.
Keep it up Timmy - you pompous, opinionated, disgusting warmongering, enabling piece of shit. You have helped to destroy the constitution you pretend to defend. When the trials start, you'll be in the docks. Oh and go fuck yourself you fat disgusting embarrassment to journalism.

reword.

[UTUSN]

6. Thinskinned and absurd

In 2000 on C-SPAN, a caller told him he was slanted against GORE, gave some examples, and ended by saying he was no different from Faux.


Instead of engaging on an honest level, G.E.RUSSERT ridiculously replied, "The caller is mistaken. I don't work for (Faux "News"). I work for NBC."


Of course, the caller had been disconnected, so no rebuttal was possible. The moderator let him get away with it.

[sunnystarr]

7. Censorship on public airwaves ....

How American of them :sarcasm: