DURING MORNING JOE LAST WEEK MIKA BRZEZINSKI
SAID SOMETHING PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL.
IT DIDN'T SEEM TO
GET A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON'S
CAMPAIGN DURING THE ELECTION AND HOW THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE
THE TONE THAT MIKA BRZEZINSKI TOOK.
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN OTHER PAST HOSTS ON MSNBC WHO HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF
INDIVIDUALS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM WASHINGTON ABOUT THEIR TONE AND
IT SEEMS LIKE IT ALSO HAPPENED TO MIKA BRZEZINSKI.
DURING
THE ELECTION, BREZINSKI MADE SOME COMMENTS ON HER SHOW ABOUT
THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT REALLY IN THE BAG FOR HILLARY
CLINTON.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS A CERTAIN KIND OF
ARROGANCE WITHIN THE HILLARY CAMP THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.
THEY COULD BE UNDERESTIMATING DONALD TRUMP'S POSSIBILITY
OF WINNING.
SHE HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT A CALL THAT SHE GOT FROM THE HILLARY
CAMP AS A RESULT OF HER COMMENTS.
WILSON, I WAS CONCERNED THE CAMPAIGN WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING
THAT PERHAPS THERE WAS AN ARROGANCE THAT THEY NEEDED TO
GET OFF THEIR HIGH HORSE AND UNDERSTOOD THIS ISN’T OVER.
I
WANT TO SAY, NBC GOT A CALL FROM THE CAMPAIGN, RIGHT, I HAD DONE
SOMETHING THAT WAS JOURNALISTICALLY INAPPROPRIATE
OR SOMETHING I NEEDED TO BE PULLED OFF THE AIR.
THINK ABOUT
THAT.
THAT'S CRAZY.
IT’S SHOOTING THE WRONG MESSENGER.
BY THE WAY, THERE WERE ALSO PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE
CAMPAIGN THAT TRIED TO TELL THE CAMPAIGN IT WAS IN TROUBLE.
THOSE PEOPLE WERE SHUT OUT.
AND HERE WE ARE.
I'VE BEEN THERE, SISTER.
SOME ARE SKEPTICAL LIKE OH
REALLY, WOULD THEY REALLY DO THAT?
YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
YES, POWERFUL PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON CALL THE MEDIA ALL
OF THE TIME AND I WOULD ARGUE THE DEMOCRATS DO IT MORE THAN
REPUBLICANS DO.
REPUBLICANS DO A BETTER JOB OF BEATING
DOWN THE PRESS AND SAYING YOU ARE SO LIBERAL, YOU ARE SO LIBERAL
AND THEN YOU GET THE PRESS SAYING, NO.
I'M SUPER CONSERVATIVE.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF MANIPULATING THE CONVERSATION.
LOOK AT WHAT TRUMP JUST DID AFTER THE ELECTION, HE
PULLED IN 19 EXECUTIVES AND ANCHORS FROM CORPORATE
MEDIA AND BASICALLY TOLD THEM HEY, KNOW YOUR ROLE.
I AM IN CHARGE NOW.
YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN GO TO THAT MEETING.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHDOGS IN THE
GOVERNMENT.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT HIS COMMANDS ARE FOR HOW I
SHOULD CONDUCT MY JOURNALISM.
IT’S NOT HIS BUSINESS.
BUT IF YOU
THINK THE DEMOCRATS DON'T DO IT, YOU ARE ENORMOUSLY NAÏVE.
AND
THE HILLARY CLINTON TEAM, THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT MANIPULATING
AND CONTROLLING THE MEDIA.
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
WHEN I WAS
AT MSNBC I HAD ISSUES WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
A LOT OF
YOU KNOW THE STORY, I GOT TOLD BY THE PERSON WHO RUNS MSNBC WHO
STILL RUNS IT, PHIL GRIFFIN THAT WASHINGTON WAS UNHAPPY WITH MY
TONE AND THE NBC WAS NOT OUTSIDERS, THEY WERE INSIDERS AND I
NEEDED TO ACT MORE LIKE IT AND I DIDN'T AND HENCE I LEFT MSNBC
OVER THE DISAGREEMENT AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL
LIKE OH, COME ON.
REALLY, THEY'RE CORRELATING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT?
YES, THEY DO.
THERE'S A TON OF PRESSURE.
1ST
OF ALL THESE CAMPAIGN SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON AIR SO THE
HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN IS SPENDING A TON OF MONEY WITH
MSNBC.
IF THEIR TOP ADVERTISERS CALL, THEY TAKE THAT CALL.
IN A
FIELD THE STORY BEFORE, THEY ONCE ASKED ME TO MOVE ONE OF
THEIR SPONSORS DOWN A STORY.
THEY WANTED ME TO TAKE IT OUT, I
DIDN'T DO IT.
BUT I HAD IT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THAT IS PART
OF WHY THEY ARE ON PROMPTER.
THEY WANT TO CHECK YOUR SCRIPTS
BEFORE THE SHOW AND THEY HAD ME MOVE IT TO ONE OF THE LOWER
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT THE SPONSORS.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S THE
GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS CONTROL OVER THEIR MERGERS, THE
REGULATIONS WISHES TO THE TUNE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
THEIR BUSINESS.
IN THE CAMPAIGN CYCLE, IT'S ALSO THEIR ADVERTISER.
DO THEY GIVE NOTES TO THESE MEDIA COMPANIES?
OF COURSE THEY DO.
WE'VE EVIDENCE OF IT AS WELL AND IT
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HUGE DURING THE ELECTION AFTER THE
DNC'S EMAILS GOT HACKED.
ASIDE FROM THE MONEY INVOLVED IN THE
REGULATION INVOLVED, THERE'S ALSO THE SUCCESSION WITH KEEPING
CLOSE TIES WITH POLITICIANS YOU CAN GET THEM ON YOUR SHOWS.
SEE
YOU CAN GET THEM ON YOUR SHOWS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLY
CRITICAL OF A POLITICIAN, OR MEMBERS OF THAT POLITICIANS
CAMP THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO COME ON YOUR PROGRAMMING.
CORPORATE MEDIA HAS THIS IDEA THAT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT
GETTING THE BIG NAMES ON YOUR SHOW.
ORIGINAL JOURNALISTS DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE BIG NAMES.
THEY CARE ABOUT HOLDING THOSE BIG NAMES ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR ACTIONS AND IN THIS CASE, MIKA BREZINSKI'S
CRITICISM WAS MILD.
IT WAS SO MEDIOCRE.
I WOULDN'T EVEN
SAY SHE WAS A HEAVY HITTER, SHE REALLY WENT AFTER HILLARY.
SHE GAVE YOU ADVICE YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN WHEN YOU WERE
RUNNING YOUR CAMPAIGN.
IN THE SEGMENT SHE BRIEFLY MENTIONED IT, PEOPLE ARE SAYING IF
THAT REALLY HAPPENED THEY WOULD'VE MADE A BIGGER DEAL OUT OF IT.
NO THEY WOULDN'T BECAUSE HER BOSSES DON'T WANT A BIG DEAL OUT
OF IT.
YOU THINK THEY WANT THAT STORY OUT ABOUT HOW THEY CATER
TO THE POLITICIANS, THE GOVERNMENT, ADVERTISERS?
THAT'S
THE LAST STORY THEY WANT TIME.
THAT'S WHY SHE SAYS WHAT'S NEXT?
THEY WANT TO MOVE ON, THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ON
AND I GUARANTEE THAT SHE GOT IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE FOR
SAYING THAT THERE.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED BY NEVER
MENTIONED AGAIN.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE EVIDENCE THAT WE DO HAVE.
AS EVERYONE
KNOWS, THERE WAS A DNC LEAK THAT EMAILS WERE HACKED INTO.
WE GOT
A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HILLARY'S
CAMP.
ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT HAD TO DO WITH
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHOLZ AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HILLARY'S CAMP
GOING AFTER BIG-NAME REPORTERS ARE HOSTS AND BASICALLY TELLING
THEM TO KNOW THEIR ROLE.
ONE OF THE EMAILS WAS SENT ON MAY 18 OF
THIS YEAR TO CHUCK TODD WITH THE SUBJECT CHUCK, THIS MUST STOP.
IN
THE EMAIL WASSERMAN SCHULTZ AFFORDS CHUCK AN ARTICLE FROM
GLOSSING THE CRITICISM WASSERMAN SCHOLZ
HAD RECEIVED FROM THE MORNING JOE COHOSTS.
BREZINSKI IS QUOTED
AS SAYING THAT WASSERMAN SCHOLZ SHOULD STEP DOWN OVER HER POOR
HANDLING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
BEFORE
CONTACTING TODD IN AN EMAIL TO THE DNC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
LUIS MIRANDA, WASSERMAN SCHULTZ WAS MORE FORCEFUL, WRITING, THIS
IS THE LAST STRAW.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
SHE NEEDS TO
APOLOGIZE.
GOES ON AND ON.
I HAVE EVIDENCE.
BUT THESE EMAILS INDICATE THAT THERE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY
TO SEE WHO IS SAYING WHAT AND IF THEY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER
THAT PERSON, THEY WILL TRY TO FLEX THE MUSCLE AND GET
THEM OFF THE AIR.
TO NOTES ABOUT THAT I CAN I WAS INSIDE THE MACHINES I HAVE
SOME INSIGHT INTO IT.
WHAT IS THE REASON CHUCK TODD IS
INVOLVED IS BECAUSE WHEN HE COVERS THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
FIRST QUESTION IN DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS ALWAYS GOES TO
CHUCK TODD BECAUSE NBC PLAYS BALL.
AND IF YOU DON'T PLAY
BALL, YOU DON'T GET THE FIRST QUESTION.
MAYBE DON'T ANY
QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE OF ITS ABOUT AGAINST KEY, WHY EMAIL CHUCK
TODD?
BECAUSE HER CHILD, REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE
DOCKET BACK ON MESSAGE.
WHAT DO THEY CARE MORE ABOUT MIKA
BREZINSKI THAN JOE SCARBOROUGH?
BECAUSE SHE IS CONSIDERED A
LIBERAL WHICH IS ALREADY FUNNY BUT THAT LIBERALS MUST CARRY
THEIR WATER AND SO THEY GET MUCH MORE ANGRY AT LIBERALS THAN THEY
DO A CONSERVATIVES.
YOU SHOULD SEE THEIR WAY AGAINST ME.
THAT AFFECTS OUR SHOW DOG BACK TO THAT IN THE 2ND.
BUT MORE EMAILS.
OTHER EMAILS INDICATE THAT DNC OFFICIALS WERE ARRANGING TO
GET BREZINSKI AND WASSERMAN SCHOLZ TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER ON
THE PHONE TO CLEAR UP SOME MISPERCEPTIONS OF THE DNC AND
DEBBIE WATERMAN SCHOLZ THAT SHE HAS EXPRESSED ON THE AIR
DNC COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT RYAN BANVILLE WROTE ON MAY 18.
NOW HERE IS DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ COMMENTS IN REGARD
TO A POTENTIAL MEETING WITH BREZINSKI.
SHE WRITES SHE'S ALREADY SERVED AS A JUDGE AND JURY WITHOUT
EVEN BOTHERING TO TALK TO ME.
NOT SURE WHY I WOULD TRUST ME A CONVERSATION WITH HER WOULD
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OR THAT SHE EVEN MATTERS, TO BE FRANK.
AND WHY ARE YOU UPSET ABOUT IT?
IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY UPSET.
I LIKE WHEN THEY GO, LIKE, WHATEVER DOESN’T MATTER.
THEN WHY ARE YOU YELLING?
THEN WHY ARE YOU SO THREATENING CONSEQUENCES IN ALL THESE
THINGS?
BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER AND YOU ARE USED TO MANIPULATING
THE PRESS AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
SORRY, YOU GOT CAUGHT WITH THEIR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO PINPOINT ONE THING THAT LED
TO HILLARY LOSING.
IT WASN'T ONE THING BUT ONE OF THE
MAJOR THINGS WAS THE FACT THAT SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE
FACT THAT SHE WAS FLAWED AND SO DID HER CAMP.
THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHICH IS
WHY THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO UNDERMINE BERNIE
SANDERS AND ENSURE THAT HILLARY CLINTON WON THE NOMINATION
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
AS ANA POINTED OUT, MIKA BREZINSKI IS BARELY LIBERAL AND
HER CRITICISM OF HILLARY CLINTON WAS SUPER MILD.
OUR CRITICISM
OF HILLARY CLINTON WAS SIGNIFICANT AND WE ARE ACTUAL
PROGRESSIVES, SO WERE THERE ANY CLINTON SURROGATE ON THE YOUNG
TURKS DURING THE ELECTION?
OH YEAH OTHER WORDS.
WE HAVE A
AUDIENCE OF 80 MILLION UNIQUE VIEWERS.
THEY ARE LARGELY 18 TO
34-YEAR-OLDS WHO ARE PROGRESSIVE A LITTLE UNDECIDED ABOUT WHO TO
VOTE FOR.
YOU CAN ASK FOR AN AUDIENCE MORE THAN YOU SHOULD
APPEAL TO IF YOU ARE THE CLINTON TEAM.
THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN DYING
TO BE ON THE SHOW.
BY THE WAY, DID YOU SEE ANY HILLARY CLINTON
AS A YOUNG TURKS?
NO YOU DIDN'T.
THIS IS HOW THEY PLAY BALL.
IF
YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND YOU KISS UP TO THEM THEN YOU GET
GOOD ACCESS TO THEIR WEASELLY POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST
IN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MONEY.
YOU GET ADS.
IF YOU ARE IN A
MSNBC GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADS.
IF YOU DON'T KISS UP TO
THEM, WE'VE GOT TROUBLE EVEN THE MILDEST CRITICISM, WE
SHOULD TALK TO HER AND MAYBE EVEN PULL HER OFF THERE.
IS INSANE BY THE WAY.
THE IDEA OF PULLING SOMEONE OFF THE AIR BECAUSE YOU DON'T
AGREE WITH THEIR MESSAGING IS INSANE.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE STATE RUNNING THE MEDIA.
THAT'S WHY WE CRITICIZE OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEIR STATE RUN
MEDIA.
YOU THINK WE DON'T HAVE STATE RUN MEDIA?
OURS IS MORE
SUBTLE AND MAINLY CONTROLLED BY THE MONEY RATHER THAN JUST
ORDERS BUT THEN IT TURNS INTO ORDERS IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE IMPLICIT THREATS AND IF YOU DON'T PLAY BALL THEN YOU DON'T
GET ANY OF THE MONEY AND THE CLINTON TEAM THOUGHT THEY WERE
SO SMART AND THAT SHOWS LIKE OURS NEEDED THEM MORE THAN THEY
NEEDED US BUT YET HERE WE ARE AND THEY ARE IN THE DUSTBIN OF
HISTORY, SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?