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April 05, 2012

Confirmed: MSNBC Will Report Anything Appearing on The Daily Kos
— Ace

MSNBC, the "news" organization, announced it as actual news.

And:

This isnÂ’t the first time Roberts and the showÂ’s staff have fallen victim to less-than-factual information put out in the liberal blogosphere. Last December, Roberts relied on a blog post from the Â“progressive siteÂ” Americablog to tie a campaign ad for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to the Ku Klux Klan. Roberts later apologized for the error.

You're not liberal though, right? Anything that goes up on Daily Kos immediately makes it on to your airwaves -- even when it's a clear parody, or hard-to-believe nonsense from an anonymous "Diarist" -- and you clearly simply believe an-ny-thing-guh that pops up on an absurdly partisan blog, but you're not liberal.

I have this right, right?

Thanks to kbdabear.

MSNBC

Your place for breaking, unverified news that was on The Daily Kos yesterday or the day before.

Posted by: Ace at 12:50 PM | Comments (103)
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1 That's satire? Swift weeps.

Posted by: nickless at April 05, 2012 12:51 PM (MMC8r)

2 Funny how journalists keep touting how they are somehow superior to bloggers and yet quite often original content is being outright lifted from bloggers.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston would be forever alone without AoS at April 05, 2012 12:52 PM (KCvsd)

3
How's that any different from what there doing without the kos?

Posted by: YIKES! at April 05, 2012 12:52 PM (1mF6D)

4 A guy at work was laughing about news he read where Newt Gingrich exploded at a reporter's question and then falling through a plate glass window. I had to ask him where he read it. He looked it up and eventually figured out it was on a parody site.

Dumbshit liberals.

Posted by: Watson at April 05, 2012 12:54 PM (kDLl+)

5 Satire would be that Microsoft and Apple team up to make USB connectors that are male-to-male or female-to-female plugs, eliminating heteronormative peripherals. The Kos thing is just lefty fantasizing.

Posted by: nickless at April 05, 2012 12:55 PM (MMC8r)

6 Hey, they're just leaning forward.

Posted by: Lauren at April 05, 2012 12:56 PM (dIlHU)

7 What are the names and addresses of the Comcast executives and board. We need to ask them if they think this is acceptable for their corporation.

Posted by: rd at April 05, 2012 12:56 PM (9sUlj)

8 It just shows how stupid their non-fact checkers are.

Posted by: Vic at April 05, 2012 12:56 PM (YdQQY)

9 How is this different from ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN?

Posted by: Mr. Pink at April 05, 2012 12:57 PM (swkkW)

10 This seems kind of tame in it's mocking. Shouldn't Ace be poking them with a pointed stick?

Sweep the leg!

Posted by: toby928© at April 05, 2012 12:58 PM (GTbGH)

11 5 Satire would be that Microsoft and Apple team up to make USB connectors that are male-to-male or female-to-female plugs, eliminating heteronormative peripherals.USB cables are already male/male. They tag team two female devices together in a peripheral orgy.

Posted by: wooga at April 05, 2012 12:58 PM (vjyZP)

12 #9, someone didn't run it by the Journolist peer editing group first.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston would be forever alone without AoS at April 05, 2012 12:58 PM (KCvsd)

13 Why does anybody confuse MSNBC, the network that actually pays Al The Rev Sharpy Sharpton, with a legitimate News Network? They are scum.

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (i6RpT)

14 Satire would be that Microsoft and Apple team up to make USB connectors
that are male-to-male or female-to-female plugs, eliminating
heteronormative peripherals.USB cables are already male/male.

They tag team two female devices together in a peripheral orgy.
Formatting error!

Posted by: wooga at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (vjyZP)

15 [snort] [snerf] [snort] [snort]

Posted by: joncelli, practicing his cheers for Romney at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (RD7QR)

What's so hard to understand? Reich-Wingers are beneath contempt so why would anyone lie about them?

You have your standards, we have our templates.

Posted by: PMSNBC at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (D0Y13)

17 Kos is a mainstream site, yes?

Posted by: MFM at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (GdalM)

18 journalists keep touting how they are somehow superior to bloggers

We need to get rid of these dirty bloggers. Get some j-school grads in there.

Posted by: Marion Barry, Esq. at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (6TB1Z)

19 This is the shit they did with Palin. You remember the fucking phony chain email filled with lies about her banning books? They ran that shit on the fucking news. There were people out there who beleived it. They dont give a fuck about the truth. They want to lie if it will hurt Republicans.

Posted by: Mr. Pink at April 05, 2012 12:59 PM (swkkW)

20 CurrenTV never did that.......

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:00 PM (UK9cE)

21 How is this different from ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN? Posted by: Mr. Pink at April 05, 2012 04:57 PM (swkkW) The truth? Actually MSNBC is really the worst of them all. It is just All Democratic talking points all day. I mean they actually pay Sharpton and used to pay Olbermann.

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 05, 2012 01:00 PM (i6RpT)

22 Holy shit-snacks:

"On March 28th, Senator Grassley wrote Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack ObamaÂ’s chief Counsel, to inform her that Congressional committees investigating Fast and Furious wanted to question Kevin OÂ’Reilly, a former National Security Adviser to the President."

SHIT STATUS TO BE UPDATE.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 05, 2012 01:01 PM (JEpGb)

23 I have this right, right?

NO sir, you do NOT.

You're not leaning forward enough.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:01 PM (UK9cE)

24 The sources for this story were unimpeachable, UNIMPEACHABLE I SAY.

Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at April 05, 2012 01:01 PM (chysP)

25 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 05, 2012 01:01 PM (8y9MW)

26 This is like when Ledeen got p0nked by the Jumping In Pools satire:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2009/10/ bloggers-beware-of-jumping-in-pools-blog/

Although, Ledeen is just one pundit, not a newsorg with layers and layers of fact-checking.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 05, 2012 01:01 PM (QTHTd)

27 Corporations are people too. So they can get married. But are Apple and Microsoft both guys or both chicks?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 05, 2012 01:02 PM (aiS1s)

28 Do you think if I walked up to a chick at a bar and mentioned my "infinite WHIP" she'd know I was grumbling about my fantasy team...?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 05, 2012 01:02 PM (HethX)

29 But are Apple and Microsoft both guys or both chicks?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 05, 2012 05:02 PM (aiS1s)

Let's put it this way: Microsoft pitches and Apple catches.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 05, 2012 01:03 PM (RD7QR)

30 But it's the bloggers that are rubes.

Posted by: nickless at April 05, 2012 01:03 PM (MMC8r)

31 This wouldn't have happened if Keefums were still there

He sourced his own Kos diaries

Posted by: kbdabear at April 05, 2012 01:04 PM (Y+DPZ)

32 GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME YOU DAMN DIRTY BLOGGERS

Posted by: Chuck Heston looking hawt at the dance contest at April 05, 2012 01:05 PM (jm/9g)

33 I thought Kos was the research arm of NBC/Universal.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 05, 2012 01:05 PM (niW49)

34 >Kos is a mainstream site, yes?

Posted by: MFM at April 05, 2012 04:59 PM (GdalM)

Centrist, like the NYTimes and Chris Matthews

Posted by: the journalist next in line to blow Obama at April 05, 2012 01:07 PM (8sCoq)

Remember the hayclon days when news reporters left their desks and bravely went outside and met with real live people doing actual things and recorded the 5 W's?

Le. Sigh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 05, 2012 01:07 PM (4q5tP)

36 Uh-oh, feces has recently become tangible. link @ nic

Posted by: maddogg at April 05, 2012 01:08 PM (OlN4e)

37 the Just Run With It! media

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 05, 2012 01:08 PM (jUytm)

halcyon >>> hayclon

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 05, 2012 01:08 PM (4q5tP)

39 the It sounds true! media

Posted by: the journalist next in line to blow Obama at April 05, 2012 01:09 PM (8sCoq)

40 This is not as bad as deliberately editing a fucking recording to make an American non political citizen look racist. Seriously this isnt even a comparision.

Posted by: Mr. Pink at April 05, 2012 01:10 PM (swkkW)

41 Layers and layers of fact-checking.

Just not on this story.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 05, 2012 01:10 PM (8y9MW)

42 It was on the internet, therefore it HAS to be true.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:10 PM (UK9cE)

43 It's like Thomas Roberts is Walter Cronkite, Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle all rolled into one. Imagine the countless hours spent pouring over DKos, TPM, Media Matters, etc looking for those stories the other news stations are just too timid to cover.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 05, 2012 01:10 PM (SY2Kh)

44 Seriously this isnt even a comparision.

Luckily, we can attack both.
We're good that way.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 05, 2012 01:11 PM (8y9MW)

45 >It was on the internet, therefore it HAS to be true.

Posted by: Â© Sponge at April 05, 2012 05:10 PM (UK9cE)

works for me

Posted by: Chris Matthews, from the Committee to Fellate The President at April 05, 2012 01:12 PM (8sCoq)

46 What's wrong with this ? The narrative was checked and doublechecked.

Posted by: MSM crack team at April 05, 2012 01:12 PM (AWmfW)

47 It's like Thomas Roberts is Walter Cronkite, Bob Woodward and ~~Ernie~~ Gomer Pyle all rolled into one. Imagine the countless hours spent pouring over DKos, TPM, Media Matters, etc looking for those stories the other news stations are just too timid to cover.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 05, 2012 05:10 PM (SY2Kh)

Fixed.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:13 PM (UK9cE)

48 We're also working on a 3-part series on how Republican women are dumb because they're so fertile

Posted by: Chris Matthews, from the Committee to Fellate The President at April 05, 2012 01:14 PM (8sCoq)

49 It's like Thomas Roberts is Walter Cronkite, Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle all rolled into one. Imagine the countless hours spent pouring over DKos, TPM, Media Matters, etc looking for those stories the other news stations are just too timid to cover.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 05, 2012 05:10 PM (SY2Kh)

Actually considering Wally's track record of pushing the left wing agenda Roberts is just following in his commie footsteps

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 05, 2012 01:15 PM (1Jaio)

50 diesock

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 05, 2012 01:16 PM (8sCoq)

51 I don't remember exactly when but a few years ago there were stories that MSNBC made a definitive business decision to turn radically left. Anyone else remember that?

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 05, 2012 01:16 PM (i6RpT)

52 If you add up the monthly traffic totals of radical leftist sites like dailykos and moveon etc.. pretty quickly you get to significant fraction of total democrat voters. Dig up the parallel extreme websites on this side and compare the numbers.

Also it might be nice to compare O'Reilly ratings to say CNN or MSNBC but add all the same time slot leftist media ratings together and you will see that even though conservatives outnumber leftists we are still behind.

Anyway just my .02

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 05, 2012 01:16 PM (RfvTE)

53 msncb really went down hill after kieth oberman died

those idiot need to get there act together

#JusticeForVerlang

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at April 05, 2012 01:16 PM (+lsX1)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 05, 2012 05:12 PM (FcKXR)

Thats your unionized federal employee, working hard to make sure the taxpayer is getting his/her moneys worth.

Posted by: maddogg at April 05, 2012 01:16 PM (OlN4e)

55 This is how clueless, amoral twirps like obama get elected.

Posted by: GW at April 05, 2012 01:17 PM (y0VOX)

56
MSNBC

Your place for breaking, unverified news that was on The Daily Kos yesterday or the day before.

Okay, better.

Posted by: toby928© at April 05, 2012 01:18 PM (GTbGH)

57 One of the more potent simple non partisan skewering/discrediting etc.. I ever heard was:

"If it wasn't for CNN I would have no idea whats happening on Twitter."

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 05, 2012 01:19 PM (RfvTE)

58 Microsoft and Apple have teamed up to build two robots as a competition to see which one could overpower and buttfuck the other in support of gay men and to announce a new charity, "Packin' Fudge."

PRINT IT, bitches.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:19 PM (UK9cE)

59 FINISH HIM!

Posted by: toby928© at April 05, 2012 01:19 PM (GTbGH)

60 One of my oldies but goodies: The Fallacious Period of Manhttp://tinyurl.com/cpx85x8

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 05, 2012 01:20 PM (d0Tfm)

61 Layers of fact checkers and editors, the MSM has.

Posted by: huerfano at April 05, 2012 01:22 PM (bAGA/)

62
MSNBC Producer: Wow! Listen to this,
"Mitt Romney wears women's panties!" Sound right to you Bill?

Bill the coffee boy: Yeah. He looks gay. Hey Joe, ya' think Romney's gay?

Joe the floor sweep: Prob'ly

MSNBC Producer: Checked and double checked. Go with it.

Posted by: Panzer Trout at April 05, 2012 01:22 PM (cYQg0)

63 When they saw this it was, the too good to check so they ran with it.

Posted by: Tjexcite at April 05, 2012 01:23 PM (ovjF+)

64 Baseball, The History/Military Channels, and Fox News. Mix with Beer, Wine, or Hard Liquor and what else do you need?

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 05, 2012 01:23 PM (i6RpT)

65 MSNBC

Because satellite radio doesn't have a channel that reads left-wing blogs. Yet.

Posted by: runninrebel at April 05, 2012 05:21 PM (N/1Dm)

THAT'S funny.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:23 PM (UK9cE)

66 We are truly fucked. The Propaganda tools are all belonging to- them.

Posted by: Yoda at April 05, 2012 01:23 PM (r2PLg)

67 This next November, I want reality to not just bitch-slap these people, but jam a prize-fighter punch into the smug faces of all these media douchebags.

Posted by: Soona at April 05, 2012 01:24 PM (KhmDD)

68 Did Ace do a post on that crazy Mormon thing that one of those MSNBC douches did? (Sullivan, Cooper, whoever--I can't tell them apart)

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 05, 2012 01:24 PM (CMM9V)

69 Did Ace do a post on that crazy Mormon thing that one of those MSNBC douches did? (Sullivan, Cooper, whoever--I can't tell them apart)

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 05, 2012 05:24 PM (CMM9V)

You mean where they claimed that Mormonism was created to cover up some adultery or some shit?

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:25 PM (UK9cE)

"I don't remember exactly when but a few years ago there were stories that MSNBC made a definitive business decision to turn radically left. Anyone else remember that?"

Actually, I do.

I remember a conversation I heard way back when Walter Cronkite was still the most trusted man in America, don't remember who it was with though . The Big Three Networks were losing money on their news operations and that situation had to be remedied. Someone actually declared to the world that network news was now to be centered around what people wanted to know (i.e. bullshit) instead of what they needed to know, which was already in painfully short supply even then.

Which has pretty much gotten us to this point. There are folk who think the Onion is an actual credible news site.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 05, 2012 01:26 PM (d0Tfm)

71 MSNBC: An Army of Burgundys

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 05, 2012 01:28 PM (aiS1s)

72 Which has pretty much gotten us to this point. There are folk who think the Onion is an actual credible news site.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 05, 2012 05:26 PM (d0Tfm)

I have a friend that gets his news from Jon Stewart and thinks that Stephen Colbert is an 'ultra-right winger.'

Posted by: © Sponge at April 05, 2012 01:29 PM (UK9cE)

73 "There are folk who think the Onion is an actual credible news site."

Same with The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 05, 2012 01:29 PM (niW49)

74 All I know is, we have to do something about the Asians, and their filth. Gotta get them OUT of DC.

Posted by: Marion Barry at April 05, 2012 01:30 PM (UpwlP)

75 so satirical , is that plausible deniability, for anyone that doesn't read Kos, but runs to KOS to check ?
satire?
i wouldn't be surprised if they recieved all their info on trayvon'zimmerman also from Kos.
it's probably more real for msnbc to say, they get notes from not only meida matters/the wh, but also Kos on what to frame issues.

Posted by: willow at April 05, 2012 01:30 PM (TomZ9)

76 Beat me to it, Sponge

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 05, 2012 01:30 PM (pVvkk)

77 Professional Journalism 101

Coursework: Copying the news articles of unpaid amateur journalists and calling it yours.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose now with dark clouds! at April 05, 2012 01:30 PM (0q2P7)

78 what-how to frame issues.

Posted by: willow at April 05, 2012 01:30 PM (TomZ9)

79 I have a friend that gets his news from Jon Stewart and thinks that Stephen Colbert is an 'ultra-right winger.'

Posted by: Â© Sponge at April 05, 2012 05:29 PM (UK9cE)

-----------------------------------------

Many of the young people I know get their news from Stewart and/or Colbert because, you know, they're so cooool.

Posted by: Soona at April 05, 2012 01:31 PM (KhmDD)

80 Oh yes. They are a very satirical bunch over there at Daily Kooks. It's side-splitting fun every time I venture over there!

Seriously though.. they really cannot take a joke.. and whenever I have seen these "satirical" pieces up there, there are always tons of comments from people who just didn't "get it".

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 05, 2012 01:31 PM (f9c2L)

"I have a friend that gets his news from Jon Stewart and thinks that Stephen Colbert is an 'ultra-right winger.'"

My poor Mother read an article by Art Buchwald one day which was highly satirical about airport baggage handlers and thought it was real.

I've seen this shit firsthand.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 05, 2012 01:32 PM (d0Tfm)

82 Imagine the children of parents who believe Stewart is real news.

The future is damned.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 05, 2012 01:32 PM (pVvkk)

83 I'd never heard of this guy before today. Looks like they snagged a reporter who used to dance for Chippendales.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 05, 2012 01:33 PM (9eDbm)

84 I'm sure the Kos folks are scratching their heads, saying but it's True!

Posted by: willow at April 05, 2012 01:33 PM (TomZ9)

85 ... i wouldn't be surprised if they recieved all their info on trayvon'zimmerman also from Kos. ....

In fairness, their ilk usually second-source things at LGF.
You have to do that, to make sure it's really true.

Posted by: jwb7605 at April 05, 2012 01:34 PM (Qxe/p)

86 'well it could be true'
creative writing

Posted by: willow at April 05, 2012 01:34 PM (TomZ9)

87 jwb? yikes well, dang!

Posted by: willow at April 05, 2012 01:34 PM (TomZ9)

88 In all honesty, my first exposure to political satire was an old TV show called "That Was the Week That Was" (Carbon-date me, see if I care) and Mad Magazine.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 05, 2012 01:35 PM (d0Tfm)

89 OT: Obama is misunderstood because he speaks in legal shorthand. DRUDGE.

Posted by: Cast Iron at April 05, 2012 01:35 PM (EL+OC)

90 Steno pool mistakes are bound to happen.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 05, 2012 01:37 PM (UpwlP)

If I were on the board of NBC, I'd be looking at this a thinking perhaps that MSNBC should be dissolved and the new Daily Kos TV news network should be introduced. Big money. A lotta laughs.

Posted by: Soona at April 05, 2012 01:37 PM (KhmDD)

92 So the MSNBC anti-mormon gang is especially awful because they didn't even get the founding and the plural wife thing in the right sequence?

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 05, 2012 01:38 PM (CMM9V)

93 Holy shit, I've been on melting icebergs that were more stable than this blog.

Posted by: Cicero at April 05, 2012 01:39 PM (QKKT0)

94 "21 CurrenTV never did that....... Posted by: Â© Sponge" If they did no one would know. No one watches that network. Honestly, I don't know one single person who watches either Current of Oprah's network.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 05, 2012 01:46 PM (ACvLU)

95 This guy Roberts used to be an NBC anchor for our local affiliate here in Norfolk. He was a douchebag back then and I see nothing's changed.

Posted by: Omedco at April 05, 2012 01:49 PM (ZTbAx)

96 100"21 CurrenTV never did that.......
Posted by: Â© Sponge"

If they did no one would know. No one watches that network.
Honestly, I don't know one single person who watches either Current of Oprah's network.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 05, 2012 05:46 PM (ACvLU)

---

If not for AoS, I wouldn't know Current TV even existed. And I have cable.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 05, 2012 01:58 PM (UpwlP)

97 So, in other words, they've lived up to their everyday low standard for journalistic excellence. Because they're reporters. Whose job is to report whatever crap enters their head from unreliable sources, as long as it fits their preconceptions. How many entire *professions* are that screwed up?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 05, 2012 02:11 PM (bxiXv)

98 Ron Burgundy will read anything you put on that teleprompter...

...anything.

Posted by: Lamontyoubigdummy at April 05, 2012 02:13 PM (USWGK)

99 Isn't that genuine FAUX journalism?

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at April 05, 2012 02:14 PM (l23WN)

100 The fact that this farce, MSNBC started out as a joint venture with Bill Gates MS is loss to most. With the paragons of journalists, the likes of Schultz, Obertmann, Sharpton, and the brilliant Maddow one would believe that this network broadcasts from someones Mom's basement.

Posted by: Buffalobob at April 05, 2012 02:30 PM (K69ej)

101

Due to the recent kerfuffle about George Zimmerman being described as a "white Hispanic", Obama has agreed that his Press spokeschild will now answer to

"Jay Carney-Asada"

Posted by: seamrog at April 05, 2012 03:36 PM (9urmF)

102 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 05, 2012 04:56 PM (7W3wI)

103 And my Father watches MSNBC exclusively for his news. I can't wait till Easter dinner.

Posted by: Pyrocles at April 06, 2012 05:55 AM (cv5Iw)

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