[hattend]

You mean they let it get out on the air after warning the director it was coming?

They are really, really stupid at MSNBC.

[rlmorel]

I can visualize this scene...the technical guy who is supposed to be monitoring the feed like a hawk, and has the responsibility of jumping in and mashing the button when he hears the broadcaster say something like:

HALPERIN: "Boy, that was a long segment. You know what? After reading that last page, I'd like to put my foot up Sarah Palin's a**!" (LONG PAUSE) Harry! You got that, right?"

(CAMERA PANS TO HARRY THE SEVEN SECOND DELAY UNION GUY...HIS INDEX FINGER IS FIRMLY PLANTED IN HIS RIGHT NOSTRIL UP TO HIS FIRST KNUCKLE AS HE STARES BLANKLY AT THE OPPOSITE WALL)

HARRY THE SEVEN SECOND DELAY UNION GUY: (TURNS HEAD ABRUPTLY) "Huh?"

HALPERIN: "You got that...right? Right? We weren't on the air, right? Were we? WERE WE? OH MY GOD! ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!"

[des]

Contrived.