Kos blackballed from MSNBC by Joe S because he made "dead intern" tweet

[WI_DEM]

Why I am blacklisted by MSNBC
by kos
Wed Jul 07, 2010 at 10:46:03 AM PDT
In case you were wondering why you haven't seen me on MSNBC recently, it seems that Joe Scarborough, he of the lowest rated morning show in cableland, has blackballed me. And Phil Griffin, the alleged president of MSNBC, is going along with it.

It all began May 29, with Joe Scarborough taking to Twitter to whine about the media coverage of the supposed Sestak scandal (remember that one?):

JoeNBC: The Sestak story is as unbelievable a cover story as Nixon throwing little Checkers under the bus. A farce on it's face. Luckily for the White House, the media has been negligent on this story since Day 1. The press will let this laughable story slide.

That was too much horseshit for me. If there was someone who had ZERO ground to stand on whining about media bias, it was Scarborough. So I shot back:

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.

It degenerated from there.

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.

Markos: @JoeNBC, I've never suggested you're a murderer. I've noted media hypocrisy in going after Gary Condit. But he was Dem. You aren't.

JoeNBC: Anyone in media who interviews @markos, know that you're extending your credibility to someone who regularly suggests that I'm a murderer.

Markos: A bit touchy, @JoeNBC? Links for where I accuse you of being a murderer please.

www.dailykos.com

[rfranklin]

1. A guilty conscience perhaps?

Methinks the lady doth protest too much!

[11cents]

5. Right. Innocent people never protest when they're accused of murder.

And perhaps we can have a moratorium on ladies protesting too much. It's not actually a good argument for anything.

[Jim Sagle]

8. A Death in the Congressman's Office

From American Politics Journal:

A Death in the Congressman's Office
Does Anybody in the Press Care About Lori Klausutis?
By Denis Wright and Chris George

August 8, 2001 (APJP)


Once upon a time, the phrase "investigative reporter" actually meant something. It usually involved hard work, possibly even mentation. Now, it seems, they just make stuff up. Especially on the Fox News Channel, where an uninitiated viewer could easily think she/he had tuned in Comedy Central. It's "Chandra-Chandra-Chandra" with the occasional "Condit is just like Clinton" thrown in. Given our media's 24/7 obsession with the Gary Condit "scandal", you might assume that there is a real dearth of hard news to pursue.

In reality, there is indeed a news story percolating out there. The story bears remarkable and ironic similarities to the Condit/Levy story. Both involve Congressmen, rumors of infidelity, and the fate of a younger female subordinate. The details are so similar as to remind one of two alternate universes. The difference between the two stories? First, in the Klausutis case as not in the Levy case, there is a real body, very dead. Second, the Klausutis case involves a Republican.

The story had a brief flutter in the Northwest Florida press, which ran a few very short stories on Lori's death. With the exception of the Northwest Florida Daily News, they were of the "Aw-what-a-shame/ nothing-to-see-here-move-along-now-folks" variety. But nationally, this mysterious death earned a mere one paragraph mention in The Washington Post's NATION IN BRIEF column:

"FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. - Lori Klausutis, a 28-year-old office worker for Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fl), was found dead in the congressman's district office. Police said preliminary findings from the medical examiner's office showed no foul play or any outward indication of suicide."

A presumption of innocence wouldn't be worth much in this case, now would it?

[Oceansaway]

2. if Joe had nothing to hide,

he'd clear the air,not whine about it....

[femmocrat]

3. Besides Lockdown and Predator, Morning Joe is the worst show on MSNBC.

Don't know who watches it. He is such a gasbag and Mika is annoying as hell.

[DJ13]

4. You forgot "Caught on Camera"

:rofl:

[femmocrat]

7. You are so right.

I'm sure I never watched that one! LOL

[ejpoeta]

6. but pat buchanan can keep spewing his bs.

[Blue Owl]

9. a tad revealing

don't you think, Scumbarrow?

[Stinky The Clown]

10. They sound like two DU posters going at it.

[RamboLiberal]

11. Guess I'm one of the few DU'ers who think Markos could've kept it classier

and really think the dead intern story has been hyped by many because Scarborough is a Repuke. I've read enough of the story to think he had nothing to do with her death. We didn't like the bumper stickers and the harping by RW'ers on the net about Ted Kennedy's car.

How would we feel if a cable show guest had tweeted Ted Kennedy about Mary Jo Koepechne?

The story should've stayed with those of us on the net & Markos if he wants to be on cable should've left it alone.

[joeybee12]

13. Markos is a d**k...don't really care about the intern crack, but he never

has anything interesting or original to say..it's just always about him...I've stopped following kos years ago,

[grasswire]

12. Phil Griffin needs to go.

He's also blackballing David Shuster.

Griffin apparently has lost objectivity.

[benld74]

14. That whole case reeked of coverup,,,