MSNBC Anchor Introduces Rev. Al Sharpton When She's Really Interviewing Rev. Jesse Jackson

TVNewser ^ | October 21, 2009 | Chris Ariens

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Around 2:30pmET this afternoon, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer was introducing a segment on unemployment and brought in her guest: "Joining me now to talk about this and the nation's real problem of joblessness, the Rev. Al Sharpton..."

One problem: Brewer was interviewing the Rev. Jesse Jackson. And he made her aware of that fact.

"I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson."

"Right. I'm so sorry," said Brewer. "The script in front of me said Rev. Al Sharpton. I'm looking at your face. I know who you are, Rev. Jackson, we all do. I'm sorry."

[rightwingintelligentsia]

[Mr. K]

BUT THE WORDS!! THE WORDS SAY YOU ARE AL SHARPTON!!! BRING BACK THE WORDS

[Altura Ct.]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[PennsylvaniaMom]

rwi, you know how on the internet and in txts people always do ‘roflmao.’

I am.

[GeronL]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

The "real" news organization....

[clintonh8r]

They all look the same to you, right, Contessa?

[maggief]

Was that nitwit reading her script or emails from the WH?

[mortal19440]

Who gives a squat? One race baiter is the same as another.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

ROFL—I guess it’s natural that someone would get the “Justice Brothers” confused . . . I do, sometimes.

[dfwgator]

They all look alike. /s

[shiva]

They all look the same to you, right, Contessa?

Now, that's funny!!!!!

[dr_who]

She asked for a 20K salary. Bryant Gumball wanted 250k plus several company cars. I wonder where he’s working nowadays.

[Always Right]

Has anyone ever seen Jackson and Sharpton in the same room and the same time? Two race-bating Jew-hating attention-whore shakedown artists. I can see how they are easily confused.

[MinuteGal]

The Barebrained Contessa.

Leni

[Markos33]

A poverty pimp by any other name...

[ronniesgal]

exactly what I was thinking!!! Too funny

[stayathomemom]

The “Justice Brothers” are twins!

[Anti-Kenyan]

Ha Ha. No it is only racist when republicans say it......

[Radl]

She’s still shook up from that ass kicking ahe suffered from the John Ziegler interview.

[bigbob]

I got just two words for either Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, and they ain’t Merry Christmas!

[NewJerseyJoe]

Not a big deal — the two are interchangeable.

[BAW]

ROFLMAO

[CheneyChick]

Now if FOX had done this.....

[Palladin]

HAH! HAhahahahaha!

Couldn’t have happened to a bigger bitch.

[Stayfree]

triple whammy
Both are black, both are reverends, and both are just a little shady...

[citizencon]

Yet another proof of MSNBC’s ‘credibility’ as a ‘news organization’...

[liberty75]

I hope MSNBC offers a good employee vision plan, 'cause this isn't the first time she's done something like this. From Newsbusters:

"MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer fretted over health care reform protesters legally carrying guns: 'A man at a pro-health care reform rally...wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip....there are questions about whether this has racial overtones....white people showing up with guns.' Brewer failed to mention the man she described was black."

[Exit148]

If that had happened on FOX, it would be news all over the place and maybe even a comment from the WH.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Just imagine if Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity had made such a mistake.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Jackson (off air): Da’ Truble wit you white folks is we all looks alike to yo.

[FreedomGuru]

What does Sharpton or Jackson know about jobs? Unless freeloading and race baiting is considered a job.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

(snort)...”Justice Brothers...”

Oh my this one is too funny.

One more:

“I’ll take African American race hustlers for $800, Alex...”

[Snurple]

I can understand her screw up. They are both black...both are race pimps.....both make a living extorting business owners...both are homely....both voted for the zero....easy mistake.

[Ann Archy]

OMG! Did she “think” they all look alike??? Contessa, Contessa, Contessa....you stupid idiot.

[TChad]

"Right. I'm so sorry," said Brewer. "The script in front of me said Rev. Al Sharpton. I'm looking at your face. I know who you are, Rev. Jackson, we all do. I'm sorry."

The Brits are right to call these people "news readers." That's all they are. Male or female, their job is to look cute and read what is in front of them. They aren't journalists.

That said, this was a fairly gracious recovery on her part.

[Jackknife]

[beethovenfan]

What difference does it make?

[Feckless]

...like the difference between $#it and diarrhea

[RichInOC]

Those people all look alike, anyway...

:-D )))

[isom35]

“gotta be Contessa” I said to myself.

[HD1200]

So Sad.

A NORMAL person would laugh this off on-air after the mistake, but Jackson is visibly angry about it.

What a sick man he is.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

"Right. I'm so sorry," said Brewer. "The script in front of me said...

Oh Boo Hoo...it's the scripts fault...way to take responsibilty like a liberal.

PS - Could you imagine if this happened at Fox News - there would be all types of protests.

[ZX12R]

Hey, if you’ve seen one race whore reverend , you’ve seen them all. God that was funny.

[6323cd]

Contessa used to work at our local NBC affiliate here in Milwaukee. Once, when reporting that the police had discovered a cache of weapons, she pronounced it "cash-ay".
What a dim bulb.

[reagan_fanatic]

"Ahhh ahm deeply disturbed at this mispronounciation abomination..."

[RabidBartender]

Haha, fata** Contessa. I remember when she got seriously owned by that conservative radio guy she was interviewing a few months back.