Posted on 11/08/2017 5:13:47 AM PST by MarvinStinson
The portion of former interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile’s book exposing ethically questionable behavior by the Clinton campaign surprisingly got a lot of play on the network Sunday morning shows. But during NBC’s Meet the Press, former anchor Tom Brokaw was not pleased with Brazile for shedding light on how the Clinton campaign bought the DNC and added it to their campaign arsenal. And towards the end of the program, he criticized her for doing so.
As the program was coming back from a commercial, Todd looked to veteran reporter Eugene Robinson and jokingly wondered, “What did the Clintons do to her? … I don't know what other way to ask this question.”
“No, it's a good question. She just said this morning on another network, you know, anybody that didn't like her telling her story can go to hell,” Robinson explained, quoting her appearance on ABC’s This Week from earlier in the day. “So, she's determined to tell her story and I too think there must have been some interaction between her and the Clinton campaign, between her and Clinton, some interaction that left a very sour taste in her mouth.”
Brokaw chimed in as he set his sights on Brazile. “Well, I think this is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the Democratic Party, frankly,” he chided. “I mean, this is a time they ought to be talking about the future and they ought to be organizing themselves about what they want to do with the country.”
He dismissed Clinton’s shady dealings with the DNC as something that people didn’t need to worry about anymore because the 2016 election was in the past.
“Donna is well-known, as you all know, for kind of ready, fire, aim on a lot of the stuff she does,” he sneered, to Todd and one other panelist’s laughter. “But to go back over this now when they're trying to win congressional races and trying to get ready for '18 seems to me to be beyond counter-productive.” Todd then shifted the conversation to the gubernatorial race in Virginia.
But NBC White House Correspondent Kasie Hunt brought it back around when she connected the Virginia race with Clinton’s, arguing that if the Democratic candidate lost it would be because of the same reasons Clinton lost as well. She added:
Look, this DNC controversy, I’m sitting there and watching it. Every Democrat I ask about it tries to ignore questions about it. They pretend they're not even seeing it. They have their heads in the sand about the state of their own liberal base and they can watch the Republicans self-emulate and so they're ignoring their own problems. It's going to come back to bite them. “But that’s exactly it. So, I can make this counterargument about the Brazile book and the allegations, which is that this was going on beneath the surface,” Robinson responded. “Whether or not, you know, it wasn't clearly visible, but perhaps it was a boil that had to be lanced at some point and a fight that Democrats have to have.”
Brokaw’s assertion that Brazile’s accusations shouldn’t be discussed because they’re in the past was ridiculous because that could just be applied to Trump. As a journalist, he should be interested in holding all politicians accountable for their actions and not just the Republican. But this is also coming from the same man who earlier in the program claimed he couldn’t think of a President who put more blame on other people than Donald Trump.
Brokejaw’s assertion that Brazile’s accusations shouldn’t be discussed because they’re in the past was ridiculous.
Red leather, yellow leather.
Truth—Truth for its own sake—is “beyond counter-productive,” right Brokaw? That’s how far into the cesspool you have sunk.
Don't the RATs have anything better than that?
Broke-jaw peels his cheeks for Killery. What else is new?
Racist!
Brokaw always was a suck-up to Billary, Inc.
Funny, Brokejaw is speaking like a Democrat Party hack rather than as an independent voice aspiring to any objectivity....
Oh, right, because he is just a Democrat Party hack.... like most of his compatriots in the MSM.
Why do we still keep calling it "the news"? To me, the news is a strict recitation of the facts, the truth. Television "news" is all propaganda and fluff all the time. Propaganda and fluff to soothe the masses.
I have not consumed MSM "news" for several years.
Partisan Media Shill ping. Thanks MarvinStinson.
Is Brokejaw frantic because he took part in the Lolita Island trips?
“But to go back over this now when they’re trying to win congressional races and trying to get ready for ‘18 seems to me to be beyond counter-productive.”
So telling the truth is only permitted when it is productive for the progressives? That certainly is the practice of much of the media.
So here, as supposed journalist, puts party before truth. That’s what we are dealing with.
"Get back on the plantation, Donna."
Television “news” is all propaganda and fluff all the time. Propaganda and fluff to soothe the masses.
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Instead of ‘news’ media, we should call it something else ...... Fluffaganda? Propaguff?
BTW, on the latter (propag[andafl]uff), ‘guff’ turns out to be: NOUN; trivial, worthless, or insolent talk or ideas.
They long for the good old days when the press could pull the wool over the people’s eyes.
Brokaw’s and Blather’s true colors are showing. Leftists and anti-American to the core.
If cable “news” channels or network “news” programs were actually about news, they would be broadcasting events from PDJT’s Asian trip, especially his speeches. Instead, they comment on the trip, focusing on trivia such as hamburgers and feeding fish. His speech before the South Korean National Assembly was outstanding, both in content and presentation.
Or perhaps he knows that Brazile is going to drop some REAL explosive bombs.
All the old MSM hacks are rallying round the brains behind the Clinton Crime family. It is truly amazing how the fall over themselves to prop up the Pantsuit for president.
Interesting choice of words. Even the most novice politician usually uses the word "for" rather than "with" in this situation. Perhaps this is truly what's in their small hearts--get into power, and look at all the things you can do with the country.
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