Wow! Lawrence O'Donnell ripping the skin off the media and reporters at M-A-L

[Stinky The Clown]

And the media's failure to cover Harris Walz event today.

And mostly how they fawned over Fat Elvis

[Irish_Dem]

1. No one can dish out a dressing down like LOD.

[Zoomie1986]

75. Definitely

When he's not ripping somebody a new one, his voice makes my knees melt.

[Irish_Dem]

77. I know, he has the voice, doesn't he.

And he is a bit of a poet and romantic.
He paints pictures with his words.

Idealistic and proud of it.

[3catwoman3]

78. He is the master of cold fury...

…and the steely-eyed stare.

[Irish_Dem]

79. And he does it all so eloquently.

[grumpyduck]

2. Link?

[Ocelot II]

4. It will probably be posted on MSNBC's site later.

[yellowdogintexas]

74. it is on You Tube "It's 2016 all over again"

He followed his tirade with the UAW meeting in its entirety

[Stinky The Clown]

8. FIOS 603

[irisblue]

29. The 5 minute clip from twitter

Link to tweet

[Cha]

47. Mhalo, irisblue

And , LO'D:

Yeah, he fucking nailed the Press.

[Amaryllis]

66. Here:

[Deuxcents]

3. 👏

[RussBLib]

5. I wish Lawrence would reveal some names....

... of these media enablers of Trump. Let's hear some names of these cowards, that probably have yelled at Biden and Jean-Pierre.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Marigold]

6. He's on Fire!

Watching it now. He is rightfully incensed as we should all be. Glad to see he did not spare his own network.

[choie]

15. while he's at it..

he might want to spit some venom at his colleague, Ari Melber, for having Stephen Miller on his show. The absolute perversity.

[yellowdogintexas]

73. actually having Miller on his show showed how horrible he is.

I watched it and Miller's melt down was a thing of beauty. Ari did not let him off the hook either.

[msfiddlestix]

80. Right? I don't have cable, but I read about it here on DU, 50 facepalms and still counting

It's really hard for me to understand why he does that. I've heard him repeat his standing excuse to give "all sides" opportunity to speak

I feel like saying, yeah sure Ari let;s voluntarily give Nazi permission to spew their bile and their reasons for it which might reach more maggots to like your show!

fuck.

[Attilatheblond]

27. Definately had his Irish up re the injustice of how media coddles Trump and abuses DEMs

It was like a rush of fresh air.

[Cha]

49. Building For Years!

[Raven123]

7. Every journalist at TFG's presser should have to watch this show

They actually might learn how to do their job

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Lawrence is in great form

[Uncle Joe]

10. It's almost as good as sex.

Thanks for the thread Stinky The Clown

[Stinky The Clown]

12. And now he is playing as if live the Harris / Walz event with the UAW in Wayne MI

THANK YOU LAWRENCE !!!!!!!

[BattleRow]

63. Now THAT is

MUST see T.V!

Lawrence used every piece of wood in the shed to whoop on their sorry asses!

A good ole fashioned ,long overdue,finely tuned attitude adjustment.

Walz and O'Donnell are two real men .Gives me the strength to carry on!

[onecaliberal]

13. They fawned over a child rapist.

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. K&R

[Hekate]

16. It was goddam impressive

[senseandsensibility]

17. He speaks for me

and this show is cathartic. If you don't understand why I criticize the corporate political media so much, Lawrence is explaining the problem so well!

[RidinWithHarris]

18. I needed that! I was starting to think that the media was being *a little* more fair than they'd been with Biden

Lawrence helped remind how miserable their double standards are, and almost certainly will continue to be.

I can't blame Harris for not giving a presser yet. You know the press won't be as polite and softball with her as they were with Trump.

They'll come after her like a pack of hyenas, with loaded questions, interrupting her answers, never satisfied with any answer she provides as if, no matter what she says, she's lying hiding something.

The correct and fair approach is, of course, between those two extremes and exactly the same way for both candidates.

[AwakeAtLast]

19. I have never seen him so steamed!

He even threw his paper down! Righteous ranting!

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Yes! That was a real moment. SLAM

Shocking in the moment. Like a slap.

[FemDemERA]

20. On FIRE!! 🔥

I so wish he could be a debate moderator! Hoping he has Harris/Walz on his show at some point.

[godsentme]

21. It's glorious

He's pissed. He called out all the networks including MSNBC for airing the yeti and ignoring VP Harris at UAW.

[ariadne0614]

23. Nicolle went straight to the UAW event when her show started. n/t

[jumptheshadow]

22. O'Donnell did some real public service tonight

Showing the contrast between the passivity of the Trump reporters and the attack dogs who go after President Biden and his staff. I hope some of them are shamed. I hope they start to do their jobs in the future -- calling out the lies, following up on unanswered questions, digging further if a colleague's question goes unanswered.

I hope Harris establishes a protocol in her press conferences that stops the rude, destructive questioning in its tracks.

Thanks, too, for showing the Harris speech in its entirety today. Given her small audience and the fact that it was in union offices, the earnest homily had a different tone than her previous speeches this week. I'm so glad Mr. O'Donnell took the time to show it.

[Cheezoholic]

24. Nobody Red Formans someone better than Red Forman than LOD!

Best media treasure in my lifetime as far as I'm concerned!

[BadgerMom]

25. Fire! And I loved it!

I commented on an earlier post about MSNBC cutting away AFTER AN HOUR (!) and said it was unacceptable to allow him on that long. Thank you, Mr. O’Donnell, for addressing this with a larger audience!

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. They scream at Biden and demand answers and for trump there is nothing like that at all.

No wonder this country is in such DEEP trouble with these vile fucking fascist killers.

[iluvtennis]

30. M$M created this trump MONSTER from the time he rode down the escalator in 2015. It's sickening.

M$M you really need to do your jobs.

[Farmer-Rick]

31. He makes some very good points

When Pedo Trump spits out lies in response to reporters' questions. He's not really answering a question. He's just feeding them bull sh*t.

And everytime he spits out a number you can bet he just pulled that number out of his butt.

What purpose did that stupid chat with reporters serve? A chance for him to charge the media corporations for the moldy, rotten food he serves? An opportunity for reporters to see yet another badly decorated, dirty, fake luxury building?

[vanlassie]

32. When Lawrence said he was going to ask us for a favor after the last break,

I thought for sure he was going to ask us to defend him if his bosses are upset. 😛

[Rhiannon12866]

35. He was asking viewers to buy his book about the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago

[Demsrule86]

40. you can get an ebook for $7.99. I love Laurence.

[Rhiannon12866]

43. He said there's an audio book read by him, if it's on disc I'd love to listen in my car when I'm driving

So far, I've listened to Jimmy Carter's autobiography (several times, there's so much in it!), both of Mary Trump's books and just finished Liz Cheney's book which I really recommend!

[StarryNite]

33. Lawrence is my absolute favorite.

He seems to be the only one with any integrity. He was the only one who stood up for President Biden.

The others have no shame. They will continue to kiss the orange asshole of the orange weirdo. I don't know if they are in the cult or if they are afraid of him but either way they are failures and losers and I'm sick and tired of it.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. Here's the video for those who missed it:

Lawrence O'Donnell: 'Stupidest' candidate Trump did not answer reporters' questions - The Last Word - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132127286

[cliffside]

45. Thank you! nt

[Rhiannon12866]

46. You're more than welcome - I agree that Lawrence's lesson tonight was must-see-TV!

[cliffside]

48. Sure was and I appreciate your clips :) nt

[Rhiannon12866]

50. Awww, thanks!

I tend to post what I watch.

[cliffside]

52. Makes sense, now I need to find Stephanie Ruhle from tonight, she interviewed someone who wrote an article

about Trump's stock and how anyone can basically funnel money to him ... an interesting take. Now if he does not win their money might not be worth much

[Rhiannon12866]

53. I'll be posting that next, I try to post MSNBC videos in some kind of order...

[cliffside]

54. Thank you! I could not find it, I'll look tomorrow :). nt

[Rhiannon12866]

55. There were two videos tonight, agree that it was an especially good show!

[H2O Man]

36. Recommended.

Lawrence is the very best.

[GreenWave]

37. They want 50/50 for ratings.

[proud patriot]

38. way to kick ass Lawrence

[Akakoji]

39. Worthless unless he names names

I want to know which reporters were there, who they work for, what questions each asked, and their contact information. This has to stop now.

[moondust]

41. Are they scared?

Maybe he'll shut us down if we don't show enough reverence.

Nah, they've been groveling for decades. The Apprentice was a years-long farce pretending the Bankruptcy King was some great businessman who knew what it takes. etc. etc. etc.

Perhaps it has more to do with corporate media bosses keeping in sync with their wannabe plutocrat pals.

[uponit7771]

57. RIGHT !!! They should be looking for TFGs ire not trying to avoid it !!

[wishstar]

42. Softball setup of anonymous silent questions and no followups challenging the lies

He was able to stay calm because he was allowed to lie with impunity and not be challenged. Narcissists like him love to be given opportunity to dominate and control the situation.

Was the inability of audience to see or hear the questioners a condition of him doing the interview? I've never seen an interview where the questioners are invisible and silent, and their identities are unknown. I don't get CNN or MSNBC and just happened to see several minutes on C SPan where he was lying and gaslighting every response and wondered what the hell was going on.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

56. Fascist media technique.

So obvious.
Citizen: What was the qhestion
Fascist media: Mind your own damn business!

Walz saying this is the correct, democracy way.

[yellowdogintexas]

76. Brian Tyler Cohen has a video with fact checks. I hope he continues to do this nt

[miyazaki]

44. Happy to see Lawrence taking my

suggestion lol:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19242618

[kentuck]

51. I don't think I have ever seen Lawrence so pissed.

The reporters were like sheep. None knew to follow-up. It was embarrassing.

[WiVoter]

58. I Hope M$NBC Doesn't Try And Pull Some $hit On Him

His voice is our voice. ❤️

[BoRaGard]

59. Corporate media is not America's friend

Owned by republicons, by and large, corporate media proves over and over that money and power are their driving forces -- not truth.

[OldBaldy1701E]

62. Exactly.

The Democratic forerunner gets some clicks from the faithful, those who want to know, and a few observers. That orange gibbon gets them clicks from both sides as one is worshipping and the other is fact checking. Regardless, it all translates into clicks. And, as you so succinctly pointed out, they want money. This is how they get it.

You want it to stop? Stop giving them money. In fact, do the opposite. COST them money. Tell everyone you know. Make sure to say that having money in the news is like having money in healthcare. Such motivation is not analogous to positively contributing to a moral and just society, nor is it helping anyone but those who end up with it. And they are not interested in sharing any of it.

[returnee]

60. Epic!!!! And totally true! (No text)

[malaise]

61. Was brilliant

Sadly he’ll be on vacation next week

[Emile]

64. Great show!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

65. The networks (a.k.a., the billionaires behind them) are not our friends.

Break up the conglomerates or there will never be competition enough to get news reporting without the billionaires' agenda interwoven.

[Evolve Dammit]

67. He nailed it. See if he gets canned like some of the others on MSNBC who PO'd management. Wish I could buy them their

own network. I'd like to buy Fox and make it a yoga/meditation/LBGTQ and platform for other librul issues. Now that would be sweeet.

[GoreWon2000]

68. It's 2000 all over again

The pro repug media's behavior is really nothing new. They pulled this same garbage in 2000 when they let bushthief get away with his big lie that he was a "compassionate conservative" while they trashed Al Gore throughout the campaign. SCOTUS judge Samuel Alito is Exhibit A that proves that the SCOTUS appointed bushthief was no "compassionate conservative".
I did see Lawrence O'Donnell last night and he was great. He spent half his show lambasting the pro repug media for letting the orange turd lie without any pushback. However, he only took the pro repug media's behavior back to 2016 when it really goes back to 2000 as I've previously explained. I do worry that he might get in trouble for what he did. I sure hope not.

[soldierant]

69. "slower at learning from their mistakes"?

Those aren't mistakes. Those are decisions calculated to elect a "Republican" (quotes because they no longer even support the existence of a republic) President for the owners' own personal grees. And those owners are smart enough, mostly, to be aware how devastating any "Republican" president can be for the vast majority of Americans, let alone the one they are pimping for who wants to establish a fascist state here and make it permanent.

[dlk]

70. Reporters in the MSM act like whipped puppies around Trump

It’s even more pathetic, given how ugly they have been with President Biden and press secretary, Karine Jean Pierre. Then the press acts like a pack of rabid dogs. What is wrong with them?

[Nululu]

71. Not a press conference for tfg

Tfg invited friendly media. They never asked about Project 2025. They never asked about reproductive rights. Softball.

Then they ask Harris about lies Tfg and Vance said. By repeating disinformation they reinforce it. Lazy journalism instead of asking about important issues.

[yellowdogintexas]

72. That was epic! nt