*While stakes are high as the presidential campaigns heat up and dirt is flung either way, debates among critics and political pundits are also heating up.
Things went totally south in a segment on MSNBC that was supposed to be about Mitt Romney and his campaign’s poor handling of the Washington Post story about the candidate’s bullying past.
On Friday’s “News Nation,” host Tamron Hall set it off against Washington Examiner correspondent Tim Carney. The two got into a verbal argument way off topic to the point they began to throw personal blows.
Carney accused the host of laying the “old media trick” of “justifying second-day coverage” by “hyping a story in the first place, then claiming people are talking about it.”
Hall, however pointed to the fact the guest knew what the topic of the show was going to be about and he didn’t have to accept the invitation
When Carney tries to protest, saying something about wanting to “go meta-meta,” she cuts him off with, “Hang on. You’re kind of in my house here,” adding, “You’re not going to come on and insult the network.” Think he’ll be invited back? And if so, will she turn his mic back on?
Interestingly on Sunday, Howard Kurtz, of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,”said it was Hall who was “being insulting” to Carney.
“I’m sorry, it was Tamron Hall who was being insulting by silencing him,” said Kurtz. “Carney was perfectly entitled to say that, in his opinion, the story was being hyped.”
Kurtz concluded by asking rhetorically, “does Hall only want guests who agree with her handling of every story?”
Watch the video(s) below and see if you agree.
MSNBC is going strait down the tubes.
She could’ve handled him much differently.
First of all, Kurtz is one of the most bigoted and biased journalist. People like him are why CNN is fast becoming a joke. He seems to have a thing for black talk show hosts. Ask Sharpton.
Now as for Tamron, I empathize with her. When you work for the man, you have to be able to deal with clowns like that being invited to the show. That’s what happened to BET once they sold out. That’s when you had folks like that tom Armstrong Williams being on the show, and it was no longer a place where black journalists could have a constructive discussion about issues affecting black people.
So Romney first admitted to the bullying, even though he lied that he didn’t thought the person was gay. Then a few days later, he totally forgot everything. And this is where I hope Tamron and MSNBC doesn’t chicken out as the Obama camp would do. Whenever the Democrats come up with something to use, they often times allow the Republicans to bully them. “Don’t use anti-terror, even though we wore that out during our time.”
So Romney is a damn bully and a homophobe, two of the hottest topics of late. How the fuc could you not run with that in an election year?
Correction: At a minimum Romney was a bully 50 years ago..which makes the case against him so ridiculous, so petty, so typical of politicians.
I’m not sure I would suggest he’s a homophobe. Bigoted mabye..but nothing suggesting homophobia. Hell, if supporting gay marriage makes you such, Obama was a homophobe prior to last week.
So you are assuming then that he “outgrew” it?
Well, studies have shown that people don’t really “outgrow” these traits.
For example, every serial killer was observed as a child to show sadistic behavior. And of course, we know it gets worse as they grow older.
Romney may not be a serial killer, but like serial killers, as he grew older and became more aware of the norms of society, he learned to hide those traits. But like serial killers, they can’t be totally suppressed and manifests themselves in one form another. Look What Romney did at Bain Capital, for example.
The man built his great wealth destroying already successful companies, managing them into the ground, sucking out their financial life, putting literally thousands of hard working Americans out of jobs, while paying himself huge management fees and stock dividends.
Remember also what he said about the poor.
“I’m not concerned about the very poor.”
Mitt Romney is a degenerate individual with a depraved mentality, whose moral values are unbecoming of a president. I applaud the Obama campaign for highlighting these traits. Even Republicans like Newt Gingrich found his behavior abominable.
You make absolutely no sense. Did you ever have a fight throughout school? Does that you mean that as an adult, you still fight?
Romney did what every person who invests in equity firms expected him to do, make them money. I have zero doubt that many of the people (politicians) railing against him have funds going into the same sort of investment options.
There is nothing “immoral” about anything Romney has said or done.
Romney did what every person who invests in equity firms expected him to do, make them money.
But you don’t have to it by destroying already successful companies, managing them into the ground, sucking out their financial life and putting literally thousands of hard working Americans out of jobs.
“There is nothing “immoral” about anything Romney has said or done.”
Come on dawg. Even Republicans like Perry and Gingrich can see what Romney did at Bain Capital was wrong. He was a degenerate fuc in high school and he’s displaying the same traits fifty years later.
She did the right thing so many people go on these shows and insult the host well guess what she was not having it just like the host who sat and let the lady say the n word over. Respect her or get off her show.
Tamron Hall only did what most others would have done. The guy comes on cocky attempting to insult the show & host etc.
Big fan of Tamron Hall here, and watch her daily on NEWS NATION. I was cheering out loud watching the exchange! She, in an even tone without raising her voice or resorting to childish backbiting or insults, gave the rude and testy Tim Carney the dressing down he deserved! Cutting his mic off was the icing on the cake! He had been warned to show some respect, and when he didn’t, Tamron let him know he wasn’t running ANYTHING in her house! Tamron is a real journalist who has the intelligence and class to be fair and concise in her presentation, and classy enough to keep her cool and be able to call and cancel out the BS that others allow. She was in no way disrespectful, and she never is. She provides equal time to all the stories presented, but she does not tolerate anyone coming on spewing misinformation, lies, or personal attacks. The clips being shown online do not show the entire exchange, which began with Carney making a snide remark about the Democrats’ “so-called silly war on women”. Tamron was immediately offended by the remark and let him know so, warning him that he was there to discuss a specific topic and that she didn’t like him insulting issues that women didn’t feel were “silly”. He failed to heed her warning, attempting to highjack the segment with barbs and cries about media bias and voicing his contempt for MSNBC and all media except for FOX News. That is when Tamron let him know that he was irritating her with his histrionics and that it wouldn’t be tolerated.
He in turn persisted, and that is what led to her telling the producer to take him off the screen, and then when he kept ranting, she gave the call to cut his mic. My admiration of Tamron Hall has only increased thanks to this exchange, as she is the type of journalist that is sorely lacking in today’s media. Anyone who thinks an intelligent professional woman or man for that matter should just smile and let assholes say and do whatever they want as guests must be brain dead themselves.
Tamron allowed her outrage to get out ahead of the interview. She should’ve handled it much different. The dems are accusing republicans of waging a war on women. Why do you think someone who disagreed w/that wouldn’t point it out.
First, if this site doesn’t get rid of all these unwanted pop-ups and audio intrusions, I’m going to take stop visiting this site, and I suggest everyone else do the same until they stop this foolishness.
Now for miss Hall: She’s eye candy pure and simple. Why get upset about anything she does or says on the air, unless she starts dressing like Whoopi Goldberg.
Follow my lead. When I see Ms. Hall on TV, I always pause momentarily and watch her…..with my mute feature activated.
Last of the Frozen Chosin and one of the Chosin Few.
That sounds like quite a sexist comment to make. Perhaps if you actually listened to what Tamron Hall reports instead of muting your tv and treating her as a sex object, you could learn something and broaden your horizons. She is a great journalist and puts on a very informative program, a cut above the majority of news channel types.
“She is a great journalist and puts on a very informative program, a cut above the majority of news channel types.”
No doubt she is!