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Petulant MSNBC Crew Sneers at 'Shameless,' Mindless,' 'Stunning' Sean Hannity
NewsBusters.org ^ | June 20, 2013 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 06/20/2013 5:33:17 PM PDT by Kaslin

A sneering group of MSNBC hosts and analysts on Thursday berated Sean Hannity for his "mindless" anti-government attitude, mocking him as "pathetic." The Fox News host gave an interview to Playboy magazine in which he dismissed much of the federal government as "dysfunctional." Ex-Newsweek editor Howard Fineman, who has bragged about "steering clear of partisanship," slammed Hannity for having a "deliberate lack of self-awareness [that] is just stunning."

Speaking of the federal government, Fineman continued, "One of the reasons why the system is so dysfunctional is because of the mindlessly accusatory nature of what he...what they [conservatives] do." The journalist, who has prided himself on "keeping an even keel ideologically," accused Hannity of being "an enthusiastically, vigorous user of that style of rhetoric and politics and it's one of the main reasons why things aren't working." Fineman exhorted viewers, "Wake up! Wake up!" [MP3 audio here. See video below.]

Petty MSNBC Crew Mocks 'Shameless,' Mindless,' Stunning Sean Hannity

Time columnist Joe Klein excoriated Hannity: "There are an awful lot of scared people out there in this country right now. He preys on them, just as Rush does and the others. He's shameless."

Perhaps one reason the MSNBC crew had such anger for the Fox News host is that in the Playboy interview, Hannity mocked MSNBC's low ratings.

A transcript of the June 20 segment is below:

12:55pm ET

ALEX WAGNER: What do Donna Summer, Braveheart, the Grateful Dead, Angelina Jolie, meditation and the Passion of the Christ have in common? They're all a few of Sean Hannity's favorite things. In an interview with Playboy this month, Hannity talks politics, pot smoking and Obama the Muslim. Joy, because we never tire of talking about how people are convinced President Obama is a Muslim.

JOY REID: That's right.

WAGNER: Hannity plays playboy, "Obama did grow up in Kenya and he told the New York Times he went to a school there and one of the beautiful things on the planet is Islamic prayer at at sunset. He went to a Muslim school in Indonesia or wherever it was. Kenya. I forget. Now you've got me. I think it was Indonesia." The problem with this is it's still in the water supply.

REID: Not only that, but he's got no geography education in, like, school because–

WAGNER: Indonesia, Kenya. Whatever. It's pathetic.

REID: Indonesia, Kenya.

JOE KLEIN: Television should be an educational tool. Let me say to Sean, Indonesia is Asia. It's just off of Asia. It's an archipelago of a lot of different islands.

WAGNER: Do we have a map?

KLEIN: And Kenya is in Africa, so they're, you know, very, very far apart and very, very different cultures.

HOWARD FINEMAN: I think you lost him– You lost him at archipelago.

KLEIN: A bunch of islands.

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: He doesn't read the articles, so he's not going to read the maps. He's looking for other pictures.

WAGNER: Oooh! Going there. Playboy. I do know just because someone thinks, Howard, that Islamic prayer is beautiful at sunset doesn't actually mean they're a Muslim.

FINEMAN: No. I mean– There are many things that strike me about this. One of them is he says, "I don't know why people put faith in government. The system is dysfunctional. It doesn't work." That's like somebody saying, you know, "this bicycle that I just stuck a, a, a--"

WAGNER: Twig in the spokes of.

FINEMAN: "Twig in the spokes of won't go anywhere." I mean, the lack of sort of self-awareness, deliberate lack of self-awareness is just stunning. One of the reasons why the system is so dysfunctional is because of the mindlessly accusatory nature of what he--

WAGNER: People like Sean Hannity!

FINEMAN: --what they do. What they do. Listen, nobody is innocent in all this, I will grant that. But he is a, for better or worse, he's an enthusiastically, vigorous user of that style of rhetoric and politics, and it's one of the main reasons why things aren't working. Wake up! Wake up!

KLEIN: The reason for it. The reason is there's an audience for it.

FINEMAN: Of course. I know that.

KLEIN: There are an awful lot of scared people out there in this country right now. He preys on them, just as Rush does and the others. He's shameless.



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To: Kaslin

I’m not the biggest fan of Hannity, but I’d consider getting criticized by that group of clowns a badge of honor.

Howard Fineman keeping an even ideological keel...bwahahaa! Oh gosh, stop it Howie! You take the comedy just too far!

Joe Klein’s articles aren’t worth picking up dog doo with. He’s a hack.


21 posted on 06/20/2013 5:58:14 PM PDT by DemforBush (Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
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To: bigbob

>> Sean ain’t very bright

It’s not that he isn’t bright — he’s impatient and often disinterested in other opinions giving the impression he’s dense.


22 posted on 06/20/2013 5:59:22 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Kaslin

“deliberate lack of self-awareness [that] is just stunning.”

What the hell does that even mean?!


23 posted on 06/20/2013 6:03:01 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Kaslin

No offense to you or anything, but I think if MSNBC and its hosts were never again mentioned in FR thread titles, they would all eventually be completely forgotten. Why give that channel free publicity? I have a difficult time believing anybody here wastes their time watching that imbecility on parade, and apparently hardly anybody anywhere watches that channel. I am certain nobody here gives the slightest rat’s ass what any of those people have to say about anything, so why the daily threads?

I’m even embarrassed to be bumping the thread with this post, but I had to get that off my chest.

FRegards,
LH


24 posted on 06/20/2013 6:06:35 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Kaslin

Howard Fineman, Who Once Slammed ‘Werewolf’ Rush Limbaugh, Absurdly Denies Liberal Bias

August 08, 2012

Journalist Howard Fineman, who previously slammed Rush Limbaugh as a “werewolf,” who knocked Rick Perry and Sarah Palin as stupid, who smeared Tea Partiers as “secessionists,” touted his non-partisan credentials on the website of the liberal Huffington Post.  Fineman absurdly proclaimed, “I’m pretty well known for keeping an even keel ideologically and for steering clear of partisanship.”

Fineman, who once lectured Mitt Romney to tell Limbaugh, “stuff it,” added, “I’m old-fashioned, even out of date, in this deconstructionist era, in which everyone is assumed to have an ulterior — political — motive. I don’t. I really don’t.” Fineman’s defense came after a public squabble with Limbaugh. The radio host derided the journalist for tweeting of the Olympics: “Brits long ago lost their empire, powerful currency. They’ve got social strife, but overall show us how to lose global power gracefully.”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2012/08/08/howard-fineman-who-once-slammed-werewolf-rush-limbaugh-denies-libera#ixzz2WoBdEduf


25 posted on 06/20/2013 6:07:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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You wanna know what they're really pissed about? I'll tellya what they're really pissed about. They're really pissed about the fact that combined, they make less than Hannity, even thought they're so much smarter, and so much more sophisticated, and so much more, well, self aware. That's what they're so pissed about, right there.
26 posted on 06/20/2013 6:07:59 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Hannity never said that, the MSM lies.
That’s what these idiots think conservative broadcasters say.
Need a fact, make one up

I have no doubt that if hes anything he’s a moslem.

But I think he probably supports an serves them more because so many hate America like he does.

Frankly, I think hes more of a Nihilist serving no one but himself.


27 posted on 06/20/2013 6:08:27 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot
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To: Kaslin

Jan 3, 2013

Howard Fineman’s tweet last night, in which he said ‘Florida = thugs and dumb,’” writes former Florida Times-Union columnist Abel Harding. “Many would argue the word is modern code for the ‘n-word.’ …Just another example of why journalists must be cautious on social media.”

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/01/03/howard-fineman-apologizes-for-thugs-tweet/


28 posted on 06/20/2013 6:11:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Gene Eric
It’s not that he isn’t bright — he’s impatient and often disinterested in other opinions giving the impression he’s dense.

Hannity is only interested in hearing his own opinion.
29 posted on 06/20/2013 6:14:06 PM PDT by Old Yeller (You can't spell Stanley Ann without S-A-T-A-N)
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To: Kaslin

Hilarious! Howard Fineman Blames Republicans For Obama’s Plummeting Poll Numbers

April 23, 2011

Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman blames the public’s perception of Republicans in Congress for Obama’s abysmal poll numbers. He claims they are “dragging Obama down with them”.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/04/hilarious-howard-fineman-blames-republicans-for-obamas-plummeting-poll-numbers/


30 posted on 06/20/2013 6:15:52 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Kaslin

I thought Rubio was filling in on Fox Pro Amnesty News !

Hannity killed his limited credibility pushing Rubio -Rove Amnesty crap .

He is bought off troll now


31 posted on 06/20/2013 6:27:28 PM PDT by ncalburt (Amnesty media out in full force)
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To: Kaslin
Petulant MSNBC Crew Sneers at 'Shameless,' Mindless,' 'Stunning' Sean Hannity

Hey now, they can't say that about Hannity.....only WE can say that about Hannity.

32 posted on 06/20/2013 6:28:30 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Old Yeller

I get the same impression.


33 posted on 06/20/2013 6:36:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Kaslin

There’s a fight coming that is going to affect every American. I don’t see the left winning and it will take decades to recover from it.


34 posted on 06/20/2013 6:41:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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To: Kaslin

Why are they picking on Hannity?
He is the best friend they got trying to get Rubio’s amnesty passed.


35 posted on 06/20/2013 7:29:26 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: metafugitive
He makes them look so STUPID.

Because they ARE stupid.

Ignorant, too. And doubly ignorant of what they're stupid about.

Yet, they've all gone to "the best schools".

36 posted on 06/20/2013 7:29:56 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Kaslin

2nd sentence in the article posted here at the top.


37 posted on 06/20/2013 7:35:03 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: TLI
'The reason the neo-communist O'bammy administration is a Three Ring Non-Stop Cluster **** is because conservatives actually have the nerve to point out, ' The intensity, depth and breadth of the typical O-bot’s stupidity strains the limits of conceptual visualization. WHOAH....THERE..TLI

YOU just did it...son.. You, lad have won the Jimsin First Prize Chicken Dinner AWARD. A coveted prize bestowed only on Men like you whose posts represent the highest pinnacle of Conservative Thought. Posts which reach up far and away and above and beyond the call of Conservative Culture....Bless you lad, keep up the good work; we will be looking for even greater contributions from your keyboard going forward.


38 posted on 06/20/2013 7:37:21 PM PDT by jimsin
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To: metafugitive
http://gawker.com/russell-brand-destroys-msnbc-talk-show-host-for-treatin-513992493?autoplay=1
39 posted on 06/20/2013 8:27:34 PM PDT by South40
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Kaslin.

MSNBC’s Sharpton: GOP ‘Will Stop at Nothing to Tear Down the Poor’
NewsBusters.org | June 20, 2013 | Brad Wilmouth
Posted on 06/20/2013 4:48:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3033784/posts


40 posted on 06/20/2013 8:34:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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