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NBC Fires Employee Who Leaked Lawrence O’Donnell ‘Stop the Hammering’ Meltdown
free beacon ^ | Oct 2017 | Cawthorne

Posted on 10/16/2017 11:07:40 AM PDT by doug from upland

October 16, 2017 12:45 pm

NBC has tracked down and fired the employee responsible for leaking the video of MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell's infamous meltdown, during which he cursed at his crew and yelled about hearing random noises in his earpiece during a live broadcast of his show.

Multiple sources said a male editor for the "Today" show compiled and leaked the eight-minute video to Mediaite last month of O'Donnell yelling at his staff during the Aug. 29 broadcast of his show, "The Last Word," according to Page Six.

In the clip, an increasingly perturbed O’Donnell slams his fist on his desk, rants about "insanity in the control room," and demands someone "stop the hammering!" and what he calls "f—king out-of-control s—t."

The video was slipped to Mediaite as a broadcast-quality digital clip, and so only a handful of people are believed to be capable of accessing and transmitting such a file, sources connected with the leak told Page Six. The leaker, whose name has not been released, left a clear digital trail that allowed NBC to track him down.

NBC declined to comment to Page Six.

O'Donnell has not mentioned on his show that the leaker had been caught, but he did tweet, shortly after the video went viral, that "a better anchorman and a better person would’ve had a better reaction to technical difficulties."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hammering; meltdown; nbc; odonnell
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1 posted on 10/16/2017 11:07:41 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Well, that leaves you out, Larry.

I still remember what you did to John O’Neill live on the air.


2 posted on 10/16/2017 11:09:27 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: doug from upland

http://freebeacon.com/culture/msnbcs-lawrence-odonnell-meltdown/


3 posted on 10/16/2017 11:11:03 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: sauropod
For those who have not seen it yet:

Lawrence O'Donnell's COMPLETE MELTDOWN
4 posted on 10/16/2017 11:11:03 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: doug from upland

Amazing what they can find when they want to look.
Now, take the crack investigating team and look into Hillary’s corruption.

crickets . . .


5 posted on 10/16/2017 11:11:04 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: doug from upland

“a better anchorman and a better person would’ve had a better reaction to technical difficulties.”

he tells himself, oh they can’t find a better man....


6 posted on 10/16/2017 11:12:48 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: doug from upland

But it was worth it.

Leaker can get another job if he has the technical chops.

Who leaked the clip of Bill O’Reilly screaming “Do it live!” “F it”?


7 posted on 10/16/2017 11:12:52 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Jim 0216

Sorry. I did a search for O’Donnell and the article did now show up. I’ll ask mod to lock this.


8 posted on 10/16/2017 11:12:55 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: Macoozie

My thoughts as well.


9 posted on 10/16/2017 11:13:28 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: doug from upland

Oops. I thought it had already been posted. I guess mine is the first. So don’t lock it. LOL


10 posted on 10/16/2017 11:13:59 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: Jim 0216

The hot link is already there by the title. Click on free beacon and there it is.


11 posted on 10/16/2017 11:14:44 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: doug from upland

Jim’s link is from freebeacon, Dog.


12 posted on 10/16/2017 11:15:15 AM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: doug from upland

Dog = Doug :-)


13 posted on 10/16/2017 11:15:35 AM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: kevcol

Vielen Dank!


14 posted on 10/16/2017 11:24:02 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: doug from upland

If Mediaite can’t protect their sources better than that they’ll get fewer scoops. They should have degraded the “broadcast-quality digital clip...only a handful of people are believed to be capable of accessing and transmitting” to make it look like cell phone or tablet footage, to widen the list of suspects and protect the source.


15 posted on 10/16/2017 11:24:47 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: kevcol

That look.
On his face.
I have seen it somewhere before.

Oh, yeah..........IT........................


16 posted on 10/16/2017 11:25:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: doug from upland

O’Donnell is demon-possessed (and I’m not joking)...


17 posted on 10/16/2017 11:26:25 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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To: JimRed

My exact thought. A grainy copy might have saved the guy’s job. Although maybe he didn’t care.


18 posted on 10/16/2017 11:29:59 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: Jim 0216

Sorry for misunderstanding. I did didn’t realize you had linked to the actual meltdown. Thanks.


19 posted on 10/16/2017 11:31:58 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: kevcol

He has insanity in his ear. I think he mistook his ear for his brain. These people never made it to adulthood mentally.


20 posted on 10/16/2017 11:33:11 AM PDT by Trillian
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