Re: MSNBC Journalist Burns and Shreds Paris Hilton Story

[barazimg]

Artard!

[frankebos]

Einfach nur schlecht mein Freund.

Your statement is not worth any Youtube time that's a fact.

[Neocal595]

He can't handle smart woman. The red neck comes in many shapes and forms.

[ALiberalDemocrat]

Wow, way to ignore the issue and attack me. Argumentam ad hominem is sure easier than debating an issue on the merits.

[johnnycracker]

:)If she felt so strongly about it, shouldn't she have done it off the air in the pre-show meeting/preparation? Instead, she waited until they were live on air and spent 3 minutes talking about not-talking-about-Paris. What's the difference? It's still "about" Paris, isn't it? Totally staged and totally LAME.

[derast]

Blablabla... you are not funny Sir!

Mika on the ozher hand simply is great!

[tkdpete]

To all the people who said some variation of "it's about NOT covering Paris". Surely you can't be oblivious to fact that making a big production number including fire and shredders is designed ENTIRELY to get cheap ratings from Paris. If Mika didn't want to cover Paris she could / would have just started on her second story. This whole episode was a farce designed to entertain and help Joe's show get ratings, nothing more.

[beki17]

do you live inside her head. so because she is a journalist she can not have an opinion and express that opinion. isn't that the point of the first amendment.

[greg925]

Damn, I never thaught of it like that. It was kind of weird that there just happened to be a paper shredder behind her.

[beki17]

who cares if it was imromptu, that is not the point

[tkdpete]

Yeah beki17 that's EXACTLY the point. When "journalism" crosses the line to "theater" everyone loses. You're old enough (40 if your profile is accurate) to remember Walter Cronkite, can you imagine him pulling a ridiculous stunt like this? Not in a million years.

[beki17]

Walter Cronkite didn't have to deal with this tripe

[mitch007]

Yeah, where's the fat guy?!  It's MC Rove again isn't it....dammit.

[paabling]

what fat guy>?

[trystwfate]

Hey guys. The first part was spontaneous and the shredder bit is made up.

Please see the "explanation" video.

This basically means that the part where they show Paris walking out of prison while Mika strongly objects is part of the set-up.

And note that they don't waste the opportunity to show Paris' mug in this second video.

I feel like a puppet for some reason.

[anearnhardtfan]

Whether it was staged or not at least someone finally said it. Paris Hilton is not the lead story when we have troops over seas!!

[andrewstubeaccount]

your a hero bro, she tried to be all powerful and acting like she was all prideful and gonna start some revolution. look at her trying to light it, it looks like some bad acting. theres a difference between news casting and acting to anyone who wants to say something, news casting involves public speaking and thats it but good job man

[THUNDERZ1ALPHA]

Does it really matter if it was set up or not?? It doesnt change the fact that SHE IS RIGHT!! The hilton story isnt going to solve the health care, welfare, immigration, war etc... problems in this country. I would never like to say that a persons opinion does not matter and I wont, but SIR Its not that your point or opinion doesnt matter it just moot. The issue is real though and that should be discussed.

[THUNDERZ1ALPHA]

And by the way, Mika NEVER said the story SHOULDNT be covered, she said it shouldnt be the LEAD story.

[wydeboi]

Yes it was impromptu, and offices have shredders (news offices have also been studios for years now) and her statements are valid. What motive could there be to stage this and what was the staging supposed to be saying? You added nothing to he debate, sorry.

[tkdpete]

Debate? Uh, I'm suggesting the Mika thing was an act perpetrated by Joe S and company, not a spontaneous act by Mika Brzezinski. That's my position in the debate. What's yours? Oh yeah, offices do have shredders by TV studios don't because the noise bleeds onto the mics. And the guy with the lighter, was he just about to spark up a blunt off camera? C'mon.

[jay78251]

i want to know more about the fat guy dancing. i lol'd

[borgprocrast]

yawn

[SPAZ111]

I don't care if it was all an act because the point she was making is real

[vividetail]

so what if it was staged, they made a point

[Hiyellowhornet]

I think he's got a point. The whole thing seemed pretty facile to me also, and I'm fully in sympathy with the idea of anchors acting out if that's actually going on. But I don't think it was, I think it was staged.

[iappo]

what an asshole

[tkdpete]

Gee I guess we're not going to be best friends. :(

[glozier]

good on her shows guts . americans obsessed with trivia.I dont think they are aware of any other country in the world unless they are at war with it

[okviegas]

stupid arsehole!

[isagani1969]

What the ...!@?

[froilanvincent]

stupid white pig... hahahahaha

[xstunts101]

And the very specially placed paper shredder???

[bodkan]

i worked in a lot of studios ... there was never a paper shredder. there will be never a paper shredder because of the noise of a paper shredder.

[Martel1964]

Never mind! Thanx Mika :)