I am not redefining anything. You made an erroneous observation about the headline which states his words were shouted down.
'Just Shut Up': Scarborough Shouts Down RNC Chairman's Words On Weiner
A person's words can be shouted down in person or from a tape when those words fail to be heard. In this case the tape was not played thus it was "shouted down".
"IMO the headline is purposely misleading and inflammatory. Why else wouldn’t it be something like, “Scarborough refuses to play tape of RNC Chair’s comments on Weiner”?"
Because it was Mika Brzezinsk who was going to play the tape, but Scarborough shouted the tape down by interrupting her with "shut up" over her voice, and then the tape was not played. That makes another erroneous observation on your part.
“I am not redefining anything. You made an erroneous observation about the headline which states his words were shouted down.”
Your comments are ridiculous. There was no erroneous observation about the headline. “Words” is another way to imply comments or discussion. By your definition you can “shout down” an essay because it is made up of “words”. Shouting down is not refusing to play a tape, it involves a verbal confrontation between PEOPLE. There was no confrontation or argument between Mika and Scab and no real shouting.