Remember When a Dead Intern Was Found in Joe Scarborough's Office?

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Back in 2010, Markos Moulitsas, better known as the founder of the Daily Kos blog, was a regular guest on MSNBC. The pairing of a liberal blogger and a liberal network was a natural one, so Moulitsas was used to going on TV and swapping insults about Republicans with Keith Olbermann or whoever.

That state of affairs came to a screeching halt in July of 2010, when Moulitsas found himself summarily blacklisted from MSNBC. His offense? Mentioning, on Twitter, the strange, sad story of Lori Klausutis, the intern who was found dead in Joe Scarborough’s office when the “Morning Joe” host was still a Republican congressman.

Here’s their exchange:

Markos: Like story of a certain dead intern. RT @JoeNBC: Luckily for the White House, the media has been negligent on this story since Day 1.

Markos: But if you want to talk about bullshit “scandals”, @JoeNBC, there’s this one about Joe Sestak and the White House you might’ve heard of.

JoeNBC: @markos Unbelievable. You have a long history of spreading lies suggesting I am a murderer. This is the 3rd or 4th time by my count.

http://gawker.com/remember-when-a-dead-intern-was-found-in-joe-scarboroug-1711985081

[bravenak]

1. Joe Scarborough murdered an intern?

Not a big surprise.

[Autumn]

3. It was a strange case, of course republicans are never questioned too deeply

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html

[ColesCountyDem]

6. Was JS in Ft. Walton Beach, at the time? Serious question. n/t

[Autumn]

7. I don't know.

[ColesCountyDem]

10. Thank you! The only information I could find on Google indicated that ...

The only online resource Google produced that referenced Joe's whereabouts said that he returned to FL within 3 hours of Ms. Klausutis' body being found. There are numerous articles, etc., about the outrageously incompetent medical examiner and Ms. Klausutis' bungled autopsy, rumors of an affair, etc., but nothing that puts Joe in FL at the time of her death.

I have no love for Joe at all, but I also loathe the tabloid-esque whispering campaigns that accuse, without actually accusing. Members of our party are far, far more often the focus of this deplorable activity, and I cannot pretend that it's not equally reprehensible when it involves the GOP.

I'll keep looking, but as far as I can determine, there's no way Joe could have murdered Ms. Klausutis himself.

[Botany]

2. And in the summer of 2001 when Lori Klausutis was found dead on Joe's floor w/her ....

.... one side of her skull fractured and the other side w/a 1" hole in it our
"liberal media" spent all of its time talking about Chandra Levy going missing
and blaming Gary Condit for the crime and to my mind this was all
about trying to take the heat off of Joe S.

[Mnemosyne]

4. Will never forget it. nt

[SoapBox]

5. I definitely remember when he was black listed.

[appalachiablue]

8. No wonder he hates Michael Moore. Joe appeared on Charlie Rose a few years ago and was

nasty to Paul Krugman, another guest and went off on a rage about 'you, and Al Gore and Michael Moore'.

[Separation]

9. !

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