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Who Emailed Mika Background for Nasty Question to Townsend?
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/20/2007 6:05:01 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Have a look at the screencap. It's Mika Brzezinski scrolling what looks to be her Blackberry as she reads a hostile question to Fran Townsend, President Bush's top White House adviser on terrorism and homeland security.

Townsend, who has announced that she's stepping down after four years in the Bush administration, appeared on today's "Morning Joe." After some conversation with Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski took over, peppering Townsend with a series of challenging questions on everything from the failure to capture Bin Laden to waterboarding.

Mika appeared to have Blackberry in hand throughout. When it came to her last, and nastiest, question, she was busily scrolling through it as she read off its screen.

View video here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; elections; frantownsend; mikabrzezinksi

1 posted on 11/20/2007 6:05:03 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Who emailed Mika? Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 11/20/2007 6:05:47 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Finally! Conservative comedy: http://youtube.com/newsbusted)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Who emailed Mika?

Chavez?

3 posted on 11/20/2007 6:06:38 AM PST by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people. Socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How freaking rude is *that*? I’da cut out of the interview as soon as she pulled out a fricking Blackberry (of course, no one wants to interview me so that point is moot).


4 posted on 11/20/2007 6:07:41 AM PST by craig_eddy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

A planted question on MSLSD?


5 posted on 11/20/2007 6:07:50 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

OK, I did it.


6 posted on 11/20/2007 6:09:38 AM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: neodad

At least you had the decency to confirm what we all pretty much knew ;-)


7 posted on 11/20/2007 6:12:26 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Finally! Conservative comedy: http://youtube.com/newsbusted)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Mika doesn’t have the brains to think of her own nasty questions. She had to have them fed to her.


8 posted on 11/20/2007 6:14:02 AM PST by Stark_GOP
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Townsend, if she knew what was going on, should have immediately ended the interview. The Fourth Amendment provides us with the right to face our accuser - Townsend has the same right.


9 posted on 11/20/2007 6:35:29 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So we can rule out the writers for the show, since they are on strike. Unless, it was a writer then we have a SCAB! story?


10 posted on 11/20/2007 6:45:41 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature
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To: DustyMoment

That’s only in a court of law, but I’m assuming you knew that.


11 posted on 11/20/2007 6:51:37 AM PST by Hornet19 (It's Time to Put Up or Shut Up...Where Do You Stand?)
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To: Stark_GOP
the questions probably came RIGHT FROM THE TOP OF NBC.


12 posted on 11/20/2007 7:04:02 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If it were me, as soon as I notice she’s looking at her BlackBerry, for the next answer, I’d look down at my own BB and say, “excuse me, I’m just looking for the answer on my BlackBerry”.


13 posted on 11/20/2007 7:30:31 AM PST by GOP_Proud (I'm really tired of the Paulie WalNUTS.)
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To: Diogenesis

Off with his head for drawing a likeness of the Prophet!!!


14 posted on 11/20/2007 7:32:05 AM PST by Stark_GOP
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I vote for her dad, Zbig mouth...


15 posted on 11/20/2007 8:05:20 AM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to)
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Update | 10:48 AM ET — Mystery Solved: Morning Joe Executive Producer Chris Licht has emailed me to say: “Mika was reading research emailed from a segment producer to her Blackberry: specifically, the Bloomberg News article re: Townsend says election is potential terrorism target.”


16 posted on 11/20/2007 9:19:07 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Finally! Conservative comedy: http://youtube.com/newsbusted)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Interesting...still annoying but interesting.


17 posted on 11/20/2007 9:28:16 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

One thing this video proves....women over a certain age should not show early morning cleavage. Someone should tell Mika she’s over the limit.


18 posted on 11/20/2007 5:14:13 PM PST by YaYa123
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