METEORITE HAS PUBLISHED A VIDEO OF AN MSNBC HOST LAWRENCE
O'DONNELL LOSING HIS PATIENCE WITH HIS CREW.
THIS WAS LEAKED, WHOEVER LEAKED IT IS A BAD ACTOR.
IT IS NOT COOL.
HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.
BUT THE VIDEO WAS AWESOME.
I DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS,
ULTIMATELY I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE SHOULD.
I LIKE THAT STANDARD.
IF SOMETHING IS TOO FUN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AS DAMAGING HIS
REPUTATION, NO.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
HE DID APOLOGIZE FOR IT VIA TWEET.
BUT LET'S GET TO IT.
LET'S GO TO THE FIRST CLIP.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHY AM I LOSING THIS?
WHY DON'T I HAVE
SOUND?
ALL RIGHT, IT IS BACK.
SOMEONE IS PRESSING BUTTONS AND TURNING MY SOUND OFF.
WHO WAS ASKING FOR A LABOR DAY RUN DOWN IN MY EAR?
HE IS NOT ON AIR, BUT THE CAMERAS ARE ALWAYS ROLLING.
WHEN I WAS AT MSNBC I WAS COGNIZANT OF THIS.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU FORGET, BUT STUFF IS GOING ON.
WITH ME, I GET HUNGRY BECAUSE I AM RUNNING THE WHOLE DAY SO I
WOULD BE EATING A BANANA OFF AIR AND I WOULD SAY I CAN'T WAIT
FOR THESE TAPES TO BE RELEASED ONE DAY.
SOMEONE HAS THOSE TAPES SOMEWHERE.
THAT IS WHAT I FEEL BAD FOR LAWRENCE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD AN EAR PIECE IN YOUR EAR, IT IS SUPER
ANNOYING.
OF COURSE YOU GET USE TO IT.
ANA, HAS ONE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH.
WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING IT IS FRUSTRATING.
IT IS TOO AMUSING AND I FEEL BAD.
IT IS GOOD, BUT IT GETS BETTER.
UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOING A LIVE SHOW, AND YOU DO A
LIVE SHOW WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT CABLE NEWS OUTLET.
THERE IS SO MUCH PRESSURE FOR EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT.
JUST LET LOOSE.
I GET IT, THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON IN YOUR EAR.
JUST BE HONEST WITH YOUR AUDIENCE AND MOVE ON.
BUT HE IS CONDITIONED TO FREAK OUT AS SOON AS THERE IS A TECH
ISSUE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
DAMMIT.
10 SECONDS.
THAT IS TO ANA'S POINT.
IS NOT JUST TO PICK ON LAWRENCE HE WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING A BAD
DAY.
BUT BECAUSE TV IS SO FAKE.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT O'REILLY DID.
IT IS OKAY.
AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW ANNA TOLD SOMEONE TO TURN ON THE MONITOR.
IT IS OKAY.
EVERYONE JUST BRING IT DOWN AND BE HUMAN FOR A SECOND.
EVEN THE ANGER MAKES YOU MORE HUMAN.
I KNOW HE LOSES IT, BUT THIS DID NOT MAKE ME DISLIKE HIM.
IT JUST SHOWED HIS HUMAN SIDE AND YOU NEVER SEE THE HUMAN
SIDE OF PEOPLE.
IT MADE ME APPRECIATE HIM AS A HUMAN.
WE ALL HAVE OUR MELTDOWNS, IT IS NOT THE END.
AND TRAGEDY ñ AND INTO THAT TRAGEDY TODAY STEPS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THERE IS INSANITY IN THE CONTROL ROOM TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO USE THAT LINE FROM NOW ON.
THERE IS INSANITY IN THE CONTROL ROOM TONIGHT.
HIS COMMENTS GET BETTER.
NEXT ONE.
SOMEONE IN THE CONTROL ROOM IS OUT OF CONTROL.
I WANT THAT WENT ON THE SOUNDBOARD AS WELL.
HE HAS NOW LOST IT AND IS UPSET.
HIS EAR PIECE IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND
SOMEONE TRIES TO HELP THEM.
HERE IS HIS REACTION.
WHO HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE SUNDAY MORNING ñ
YOU HAVE INSANITY IN MY EAR PIECE.
DON'T LEAVE IT THERE.
IT IS NOT MY EARPIECE, IT IS SOMEONE TALKING ON OUR LINES.
FUCK.
FUCKING OUT OF CONTROL SHIT.
DO IT ON AIR IT'LL BE MORE FUN.
DO IT LIVE.
NOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN THE
BUILDING.
AND CENK HAS EXPERIENCED THIS AND ALSO LOST HIS PATIENCE.
IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES.
TAKE A LOOK.
STOP THE HAMMERING.
STOP THE HAMMERING OUT THERE.
WHO HAS A HAMMER?
WHERE IS IT?
WHERE IS THE HAMMER?
GO UP ON THE OTHER FLOOR, SOME OF YOU GO UP THERE AND STOP
THE HAMMERING.
STOP THE HAMMERING.
I WILL GO DOWN TO THE GOT THEM FOR MYSELF AND STOP IT.
GET THE GOT DAMN COMMERCIAL BREAK GOING.
CALL FUCKING PHIL GRIFFIN, I DON'T CARE WHO THE FUCK YOU
HAVE TO CALL.
STOP THE HAMMERING.
EMPTY OUT THE GOT THEM CONTROL ROOM AND FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING
ON THAT IT IS EITHER THERE OR THERE, ARE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
IT'S EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH OR EAST OR WEST.
YOU ARE RIGHT, ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
I KNOW HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME NOW AND YES WE ARE LAUGHING.
IT IS OKAY, YOU WILL LOVE ONE DAY TOO.
I DIDN'T DO IT ON
AIR BUT IT WAS LITERALLY DRILLING IN THE ROOM ABOVE OUR
HEADS WHEN WE WERE ON AIR AMERICA AT THE TIME.
I GOT ON THE PHONE WITH THE LANDLORD AND I LET IT RIP.
I'VE NEVER HEARD CENK LOSE HIS TEMPER LIKE THAT.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HIM LOSE HIS TEMPER ON THE SHOW, BUT IT
WAS SCARY.
IT GOT REAL QUIET IN THE OFFICE.
ON THIS ONE, PROBABLY THE REASON IT GOT LEAKED IS
BECAUSE SOMEONE DID NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING YELLED AT.
THEY ARE PROBABLY FURIOUSLY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO THAT IS
RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
IT WOULD AT LEAST APPEAR THAT HE WAS MUNCHING DOWN, AND THAT IS
THE NO-NO.
WHEN I WAS YELLING AT THE LANDLORD I WAS PUNCHING UP.
I WASN'T RANDOMLY PICKING A PERSON IN THE CONTROL ROOM.
AGAIN, IN HIS DEFENSE, HE IS SUPER FRUSTRATING AND THIS THING
IS CONSTANT IN HIS EAR AND NO ONE IS MAKING IT STOP.
I'M NOT MAKING IT UP, THERE ACTUALLY IS HAMMERING IN MY
EAR, CAN SOMEONE MAKE IT STOP.
WE SHOULD PUT THAT ON THE SOUNDBOARD TWO ñ
SOMEBODY CALL FUCKING PHIL GRIFFIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I BOTHER TO SAY HOW WE CUT THE SLOTS WHEN
YOU DON'T DO IT?
I DON'T KNOW WHY ñ SO NOW I HAVE TO CHASE
THOSE STUPID GOD DAMN ENTRAILS THAT YOU ALLOWED HIM TO STICK
OUT THERE.
JESUS CHRIST, CRAZY FUCKING SOUND COMING IN MY EAR.
THIS FUCKING STUPID HAMMERING.
I TOLD YOU WHY I WANTED THOSE FUCKING WORDS CUT.
IT JUST FUCKING SUCKS.
IT FUCKING SUCKS TO BE OUT HERE WITH THIS OUT OF CONTROL SHIT.
ANY FUCKING THINKING COME IN MY EAR AT ANY MOMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I KNOW.
ANYBODY CAN GET INTO MY FUCKING EAR AT ANYTIME.
SOME WOMAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AFTER THE SHOW.
FUCKING GUESS FACES COMING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING SCRIPT.
DUDE, I'M SO HAPPY WE DON'T HAVE TELEPROMPTERS.
YOU BECOME A SLAVE TO THAT SCRIPT.
YOU BECOME SO CONDITIONED TO READ FROM A TELEPROMPTER THAT
YOU FORGET HOW TO BE A HUMAN AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE NEWS LIKE
A HUMAN.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT HIS FAULT, THAT IS JUST THE MODEL
OF TELEVISION NEWS.
THAT IS WHAT YOU LEARN IN JOURNALISM SCHOOL.
YOU LEARN HOW TO OPERATE A FUCKING TELEPROMPTER.
IT NOT ONLY DISCONNECTS YOU FROM THE TOPIC YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, IT DISCONNECTS YOU FROM THE AUDIENCE.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LAUGH
WHEN HE SAYS ALL THESE THINGS
COMING IN MY EAR.
IT REMINDED ME OF THE STAR TREK WHERE THE ALIEN BUGS GO INSIDE
THEIR EARS.
BUT IT IS A METAPHOR FOR OVERLY PRODUCED TELEVISION.
WHERE THERE ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SPEAKING TO
YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY.
THEY THINK IT IS WELL PUT TOGETHER, BUT IT IS OVERLY
PRODUCED.
ALL OF THIS IS FUN AND GAMES.
I HAVE THROWN PENS BEFORE, WHATEVER.
WE HAVE ALL HAD BAD DAYS.
BUT IT IS NOT ALLOWED ON TV.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT.
BUT IT IS MANICURED IN A WAY THAT IS SO ARTIFICIAL, WE ARE
VOMITING THE FAKENESS.
IN FACT WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE STREET ABOUT WHY THEY WATCH
US, THEY ALL SAY YOU ARE REAL AND GENUINE.
ONE OF THEM JUST SET IN NEW YORK, IT MADE ME REALIZE IN
HINDSIGHT HOW MUCH THEY ARE ACTING ON TV.
LAWRENCE I KNOW A LITTLE BIT, HE IS A REALLY SMART GUY, AND
OFTENTIMES A FUN GUY.
HE IS HAVING A BAD DAY THERE.
FOR ME IT IS NOT PERSONAL AT ALL, I LIKE HIM.
THAT IS WHY I CALL MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON TV NEWS ACTORS, NOT
NEWS ANCHORS.
BECAUSE SOMEONE IS MESSING WITH THE SCRIPT.
THAT IS WHY HE IS FRUSTRATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT HE COULDN'T BE A NEWS ANCHOR.
HE IS A SMART GUY, I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
REPERCUSSIONS WOULD BE IF HE
DECIDED TO SAY FUCK THE SCRIPT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT?
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
I WAS LITERALLY IN THAT SAME SEAT.
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN
THE POST GAME.
BUT REAL QUICK I REMEMBER FIRST OF ALL WHEN I WAS COMING ON
RIGHT AFTER OBAMA HAD GIVEN A SPEECH ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN
REVOLUTION.
IMMEDIATELY THEY WERE COMING IN MY EAR SAYING DON'T KEEP IT
REAL.
I WILL TELL YOU THE FULL STORY.
THAT WAS A LITERAL THING THAT WAS SAID TO ME.
AT THAT POINT I WAS DOING PROMPTERLESS FOR 10 YEARS.
LET ME GO PROMPTERLESS.
IT WASN'T THAT THEY WANTED IT PERFECTLY PRODUCED.
THAT WAS A
HUGE PART OF THE EQUATION, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY PEELED IT BACK,
IT WAS BECAUSE MANAGEMENT READS THE SCRIPTS AHEAD OF TIME.
YEAH, THEY WANT TO CONTROL IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THE REASON THEY HAVE A PROMPTER IS THAT YOU
THAT YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING OFF MESSAGE LIKE AGAINST AN
ADVERTISER, AGAINST POLITICIANS, THAT HASN'T BEEN PREVETTED
AND THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM OF TELEVISION.
YEAH.
REAL QUICK, LAWRENCE O'DONNELL DID APOLOGIZE FOR
THIS.
HE SAID, A BETTER ANCHORMAN AND A BETTER PERSON
WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER REACTION TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I'M SORRY.
THAT'S A GREAT APOLOGY.
IT IS A GREAT APOLOGY.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT APOLOGY HAD HE BEEN THIS CRAZY TYRANT.
I THINK HE WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR.
YOUR FINE.
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY.
I'M SURE HE'S GETTING A TON OF
HEAT AND EVERYONE'S MAKING FUN OF HIM ONLINE AND SO, YEAH.
FEELS REALLY BAD.
ANOTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU IN THE POST GAME.
ONE TIME I GOT MY SISTER IN A LOT OF TROUBLE AND I SAID ONE
DAY WE'LL LAUGH ABOUT THIS AND SHE SAID, WE'LL NEVER LAUGH
ABOUT
THIS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT LAWRENCE IS FEELING TODAY.
RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
ONE DAY YOU WILL LAUGH ABOUT IT.