Rob Reiner smokes the media for not making Trump actually answer a question

[KelleyKramer]

I haven't had cable for a long time, so watching clips of news shows on the internet is almost like watching a spectacle

Reiner is pretty much saying when someone spews bullshit you have to call them on it

Amazingly, both hosts he was talking to are just flabbergasted... what? How in the world could we actually make someone answer a question??

You said yourself he talks in circles, how the hell are we suppose to get an answer out of that?

Seriously, that is their defense. And even worse, they seem deeply offended.. they are really really offended that a journalist should be expected to get a politician to answer a question

After cutting the cable for years, this stuff seems pretty crazy

Video is here ..

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[4lbs]

1. He said pretty much the same thing to Chris "Tweety" Matthews on MSNBC when at the DNC

last week.

He told them, just keep asking the question, over, and over, and over, and over, like what Katy Tur did.

You'll either get a flippant answer that makes him (Drumpf) look bad, or he'll do what he did to Katy and "shush" them.

Either way, he will come off looking really bad, and cause another news story.

[KelleyKramer]

2. What was tweety's response?

So tweety being a jacked up hyper 'journalist' and he still can't get a politician to actually answer a question?

Wow, being a cable tv news host really is hard work

[Gabi Hayes]

3. who loves Harry Shearer? we have him to thank for this hot mic exchange

between those lying hypocrites:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/morning-joe-hot-mic-trump-conversation

The co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" chatted with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about everything from his golfing excursions to his debate performance during commercial breaks while filming a town hall last week, according to audio obtained by comedian and radio host Harry Shearer.


Shearer said Sunday on his radio program that the audio was obtained by his staff members for an ongoing "Found Objects" segment. In the clip, host Mika Brzezinski can be heard talking about which questions she should ask Trump. It's not clear from the audio to whom she is directing her question.

“You don’t want me to do the ones—with deportation?” Brzezinski said.

After some cross-talk, co-host Joe Scarborough said, "We really have to get you some questions."

“That’s right, nothing too hard Mika," Trump interjected.

"Okay," Brzezinski said.

anybody know how to get this to Reiner? too bad Harry didn't get this to him....they were both in Spinal Tap, and must be friends.

[KelleyKramer]

4. Very interesting

Thanks for posting

That explains a lot

[Gabi Hayes]

5. can you believe how badly removed from reality those two liars must be?

they KNOW this footage exists, and, I think, actually tried to 'explain' it.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. you will appreciate these

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/morning-blow-how-joe-and-mika-became-trumps-lapdogs-20160223?page=2

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/joe-scarborough-blows-cnn-kissing-and

[Gabi Hayes]

8. and this....mika's daddy to joe S. ''stunningly superficial''.....

[OnDoutside]

19. WOW ! That was some burn !

[awoke_in_2003]

22. Poor Mika

Daddy embarrassed her in front of her boyfriend. These two make me sick.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. 'This Is Spinal Tap' was directed by Rob Reiner and written by Reiner, Chris Guest,

Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Those guys created the whole shindig.

[reddread]

14. they didnt create much

im sure you can trace much of their gags to actual events of the 60's and 70's.
RIP Keith.

[canetoad]

7. I'm not from the US

Reiner is ledgendary. Who are those two supparating jellyfish?

[Gabi Hayes]

9. I remember you! we have exchanged niceties in the past.

it's suppurating, btw.

you gave an interesting description of the cane toad and its terrible effects on the Australian biosphere.

[canetoad]

10. Hey Gabi

Yeah, I took a break for a number of years. At election time DU is a great place to hang out for followers of US politics.




Survivors, all of us.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. all aboard the TRUMPTRAIN!

nice to have you back

[panader0]

17. How's the crop this year?

[canetoad]

21. Beautiful!!

[LS_Editor]

11. Just more phony news.

And pretend journalists. I don't miss cable or satellite. Fuck them.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Didn't Chuck Todd say ...

"If I ask tough questions, my guests won't come back on my show (Meet The Press)."

[left-of-center2012]

16. A line from the White House correspondents dinner...

"Wolfe Blitzer (CNN) asked the waiter about the soup,
but he didn’t ask about the entree ...
because that would have been a follow up question.”

[herding cats]

18. My goodness those two did seem rather defensive, didn't they?

[63splitwindow]

23. The way she kept looking over to the other two for assurance she was correct was irritating as hell.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. Softballing Republicans is pretty much what they have done for forever

However, what they really should be doing is to stop covering every.single.thing he does, says, tweets, etc. He's a Presidential candidate, so I know he's going to get some coverage no matter what, but they need to pull back......a lot.

[JawJaw]

26. I quite agree.

The next question after "why do you keep going in circles, not answering questions?" should be "why are you wasting your time, our time and the American peoples' time with this nonsense you spout?"

Quickly followed by "Why the hell should we give you ANY airtime AT. ALL. ?"

Then

"Do you want us to call a cab for you?"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

27. I think that the Billy Madison Principal actually summed it up best:

Principal: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

[Initech]

24. Uh Mr. Reiner? I think I know the answer to every Donald Trump question ever.

"I'm the best! Nobody is a better (blank) than I am! I am the best (blank)! I am the most connected (blank), I know the most people who are the best at (blank). Nobody has better friends than I do!"

[LuckyLib]

25. Rob Reiner couldn't have written a better script to illuminate the

idiocy of cable news. They are frantically tap-dancing, genuinely horrified that someone is calling them on their lack of professional skill. Talking over each other, interrupting him, pin-balling in 20 directions. Disgusting. And frightening to think so many Americans tune in daily. I wouldn't watch this crap if you paid me.