After Condemning McCarthyism, Maddow Enlists Viewers To Out Animator Of Huckabee History Series
By Mark Finkelstein | May 13, 2011 | 07:45
Rachel Maddow has engaged in a strange--sinister?--irony. On her MSNBC show last night, one moment Maddow was condemning the late Senator Joe McCarthy for encouraging people to "turn in their friends" in the entertainment industry. The next moment, Maddow was urging her viewers to . . . turn in someone in the entertainment industry--the animator of Mike Huckabee's history series for kids.
Maddow devoted a sarcastic segment to mocking Huckabee's series of DVDs on American history. Along the way she accused Huckabee of engaging in revisionist history. Her example was the way a Huckabee DVD described Ronald Reagan's testimony as a friendly witness at a McCarthy hearing, in his role as president of the Screen Actors Guild, as Reagan having "worked against Communism in Hollywood."
Maddow then said this: "We asked [Huckabee's production company] today who had done the animation on these DVDs. They would not tell us. If you know who brought this amazing animated sauce to life, please get in touch with us. We would like to know."
View video after the jump.
In notoriously liberal Hollywood, being outed as Mike Huckabee's animator could have bad career consequences. Ironic, no, that Maddow was enlisting her viewers in such an outing just seconds after decrying the way people exposed during the McCarthy hearings "never worked again."
I'll be back with a transcript, but in the meantime watch Maddow invite her audience to do her oppo research.
Might Maddow have a list of 205 names of people in Hollywood who have collaborated . . . with conservatives?
Update: Ann Coulter Exposes Maddow's 'Bunk' History
Having read this item, Ann Coulter got in touch to point out Maddow's faulty grasp of American history, writing: "her history is bunk. McCarthy had nothing to do with the Hollywood hearings. That was HUAC. Maddow went on and on about McCarthy calling Hollywood actors to testify. Great hearings, but McCarthy had nothing whatsoever to do with them. He was interested in commies working for the government."
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Maddow is a twisted puppy
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 8:06am.
Maybe her instructions were not clear? Maybe she is simply dumb as dirt.
Does anyone have clear proof that she is indeed a Rhodes scholar?
Does anyone have clear proof she is indeed a Rhodes scholar?
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 9:40am.
More likely she is Randi Rhodes without the wig.
and without...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 11:25am.
the big boobs and the extra X chromosone.
Oh, she doesn't want to "out" a fellow homo?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 8:12am.
She wants to "out" an animator?......whatever.....
Of course liberals have an
Submitted by povertypimpin on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 8:24am.
Of course liberals have an enemies list in hollywood. That's why very few conservatives from that neck of the woods speak up. Maddow wants to know who it is so she can send the gay mafia on a hit job.
MSNBC ignores history because the facts don't . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 9:16am.
. . . fit their storyline. Matthews, Schultz, and Maddow are notorious for their twisting of history.
Just the other day, Matthews and his guest Ronald Reagan Jr. pushed the lie that nowhere in history have tax cuts resulted in increased Federal revenue, when among the many examples of such success was that of Matthews' own hero "Jack" Kennedy.
Maddow's is perhaps most notable since she allegedly has a PhD. PhD's were once regarded as trained intellectuals who applied analytical methods and standards to arrive at truth -- something Maddow wouldn't recognize if you painted it on a sign and posted it on her set.
She wants the American public
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 10:04am.
She wants the American public to do the work her staff is unable to do? Are they (Maddow's staff) that incompetent? I realize that second question is somewhat rhetorical in nature but needed to be asked.
And keep in mind that facts don't matter to Maddow. She distorts and fabricates things in attempts to advance her ultra-liberal/socialist agenda as well as engage in malicious smears on conservatives.
Maddow
Submitted by jessieH on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 10:55am.
It was me! It was my sister! It was my brother! It was my father, mother, cousin, friend. It was everyone. Now, Mr.-Ms. Maddow, who you gonna go after? Who's life do you want to try to destroy? Take your best shot! I dare you!
I used to say it humorously...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 1:04pm.
but now I realize the truth of it - progressives (socialists/statists) have absolutely no sense of irony.
Nor a sense of humor IMHO.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 2:07pm.
Nor a sense of humor IMHO.
I heard a rumor
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 3:28pm.
I cannot confirm it but in the interest of helping out good 'ol Maddow, I heard a rumor that it was Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Sic 'em, Rach!
Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.
Seal Of Approval?
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 7:13pm.
Maddow approved cartoon.
Probably not from the guys that created Huckabee's cartoon.