Well, Uncle Walter and the NYT knew a thing or two about censoring unfavourable coverage of a certain Soviet leader.
Posted on 02/20/2023 2:57:07 AM PST by Enlightened1
A former MSNBC host is dishing on how she was prohibited from speaking unfavorably about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before she ran for president in 2016 without approval from the network’s president.
Ex-MSNBC host Krystal Ball is exposing the Left-wing network’s efforts to censor and sway a story to appeal to viewers they want to brainwash.
Ball claimed that the cable news staff are “reliable purveyors of whatever it is that that network wants to purvey.”
During an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” she recalled one of her 2014 monologues where she criticized Clinton, urging her not to run for president and saying that the Democrat had sold out to Wall Street.
“[Clinton was] not the woman to address the deep inequality, corporate political capture, and middle-class rot afflicting our country,” Ball said. “So although I deeply admire and respect Secretary Clinton, I must say: ‘Don’t run Hillary. Don’t run,’”
“I was allowed to say it,” Ball said. “I deliver my thing. I did it exactly how I wanted to do it.”
However, according to Ball, then-MSNBC president, Phil Griffin, did not like her dogging on Clinton.
“Afterwards, I get pulled into an office, and you know [I was told], ‘Great monologue, everything’s fine. But next time you do any commentary on Hillary Clinton, it has to get approved by the president of the network,” Ball told Rogan.
The former host said that the reprimand from the network affected how she covered Clinton while on-air.
“I would love to say that didn’t affect me, and I was just there to be a truth-teller,” she said. “But listen, I’m a human being. I’m sure I responded to the incentives of that system of like, ‘I don’t want to get in trouble with the boss.”’
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Someone named Krystal Ball didn’t see this coming?
Alternative Universes seems to be all the rage for the movies now. Even cartoons , like Rick and Morty , for example. Who needs all that when you have the fake Universe that Leftists continue to create and fine tune every day?
Is it still considered whistle blowing if we already know what she was blowing??
Knew*
Self-anointed overlord.
Yeah, right?
Well, Uncle Walter and the NYT knew a thing or two about censoring unfavourable coverage of a certain Soviet leader.
Classic playbook,the left’s meeee tooooo deflection reflections trick. Somewhere, and we probably won’t never ever see it, is a Trump support sequester story.
MSNBC censoring political coverage? Who knew?
May I remind everyone that this is the censorship we support with our TV subscriptions?
I guess this includes coverage of Biden ordering the bombing or Nord Stream pipeline?
How long before she’s picked up by Fox Snews? Maybe she and Juan can co-chair a primetime show together
7 years later, she is finally squeaking about it. How long have people been sitting on these tidbits and keeping silent? And we think, surely, the average FBI agent would say something if there was a danger to our freedoms.
Nope. They all stay mum to save their jobs.
7 years later, she is finally squeaking about it.
I used to watch Krystal and some guy on a TV show and they were Fabulous! I can’t remember the name of it though.
I rarely laugh out loud at a comment - thanks for making my day!
“May I remind everyone that this is the censorship we support with our TV subscriptions?”
Excellent point.
I am comfortable with the thought that I have never paid for television. I can’t stand the boob tube, however I do stream and it is for the most part news, docs, science and DIYs.
I still purchase used movies on dvd, a few filmography classes in college influenced an appreciation of the artform.
Management exercises control over what goes out over the air. It’s not just politics. They can’t afford to drive away audience or sponsors, and the show can’t be unfriendly to guests because that would deter future guests from wanting to appear.
I think the show and guests plan what they’ll talk about before going on air. A guest doesn’t want their career damaged. On-air hostility and emotion (the essence of entertainment) can be good for the show and the guests.
Yeah, I haven't had one of those since obammy was selected the first time.
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