Howard Kurtz Scolds Mika Brzezinski for Moderating White House Forum on Obama's Job Performance
As NewsBusters reported, President Obama praised Mika Brzezinski Friday after she participated in a White House forum regarding the President's performance on women's issues.
CNN's Howard Kurtz on Sunday's Reliable Sources took issue with this asking his guests, "Should an MSNBC anchor be moderating a White House event and talking about celebrating what the administration has accomplished?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: I want to get to one more element here in this segment, and that is the president held a day-long, at least a lengthy event at the White House about women, trying to make the case the administration has cared a lot about this important voting bloc, and the Republicans perhaps not so much.
And moderating a discussion over at the White House was MSNBC co- host of "Morning Joe," Mika Brzezinski. Let's take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARACK OBAMA, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT: I thank Mika for helping moderate today and proving on your show every morning that women really are the better half.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI, COHOST, "MORNING JOE": We are going to be looking at the accomplishments of this White House as it pertains to women and the economy.
We have clearly a lot of work still to do and many challenges before us. And the key is to talk about them, address them and overcome them as soon as possible, but also to celebrate what has been done, especially in the past few years by this administration.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KURTZ: Debra Saunders, should an MSNBC anchor be moderating a White House event and talking about celebrating what the administration has accomplished?
DEBRA SAUNDERS, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: No. She shouldn't be doing it.
For some giggles, watch the perilously liberal John Aravosis totally strike out.
JOHN ARAVOSIS, AMERICABLOG: You know, Fox hosts do this and they have in the past.
KURTZ: Not at the White House.
Strike one.
ARAVOSIS: Not at the White House, but they go to campaign events.
Strike two - journalists from both sides of the aisle report from campaign events.
ARAVOSIS: I don't necessarily like it. I think what -- I agree with you to some degree, OK?
Mika Brzezinski's on a show which leans right, obviously, so maybe the White House thought, hey, we're getting somebody from a right-wing show, so there's the balance right there.
I do think that it depends how she carried herself. If she was a real journalist and asked them tough questions, then I think it is good.
"Mika Brzezinski's on a show which leans right?" Why, because she has a sometimes conservative co-host who likes to play from both sides of the fence with predominantly liberal guests?
Sadly, this is how liberal media members "think": if there's one person on a television program expressing a conservative view, the show is right-leaning despite the number of lefties represented.
Strike three. But I digress:
KURTZ: Well, Mika Brzezinski is entitled to have opinions. She's on an opinion show. She's no longer a reporter for CBS News. But I just think the optics of moderating at the White House are not ideal.
No, they certainly aren't, Howie.
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This is the bimbo who has her
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 1:13am.
This is the bimbo who has her talking points texted to her, while the psuedo-conservative Joe Schmoe flaps his gums about whatever........and she bats her eyelashes and mumbles some worthless statement???
And how many damn 'conferences' has Boy Baraka had on 'jobs' and the 'economy', since he was (s)elected???
All the guy does it talk............about anything!!! In his mind - that solves the problem.
But, truth be known - having Sulka..........whoops, I mean Mika (or was that Vodka???)...........host some conference on 'women's whatever' isn't any surprise to anyone who pays attention to current events. I'm surprised that Moooooooooooooooooooochelle wasn't the host, except..........hey..................she doesn't NEED a damn job!!! She can do whatever she wants now, and working is NOT one of her priorities!!! In fact, back when she was some advisor to some hospital in Chicago, she was working less than 20 hours and week, for about a third of a mil per year!!!
Nice 'work' if you can get it!!!
I like the "WE' in this quote
Submitted by OuttaMyWay on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 1:28pm.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI, COHOST, "MORNING JOE": We are going to be looking at the accomplishments of this White House as it pertains to women and the economy.
We have clearly a lot of work still to do and many challenges before us.
--that implies she is working for the POTUS, not morning joe. we know this, but they try to play it down
Painful
Submitted by cobokat on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 6:52am.
I think we should be prepared for a this administration to receive a second term. The liberal media is going to do everything in their power to make sure it happens and sadly I see no one on the Republican side who is strong enough to take them out. What does Mitt Romney need to do? Does he need better guidance? Does he need to put a a clear vision on what he will do as president? A lot can happen between now and the election but right now the optics are not good. Many die hard conservatives say he's not conservative enough but at this point it should not matter-the most important thing to do is getting rid of this administration-the country cannot take another four years of this and we cannot wait until 2016-it will be too late and the damage will be done.
Ham Sammich 2012
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:20am.
ABO.
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America is not lost yet........
Submitted by totsotvaitn on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 1:21pm.
I agree with the first part of your comment that we should be prepared for this administration to win a second term........ BUT......... i wouldn't go so far as to say that the Republicans don't have someone strong enough to win the election. Republicans have a real chance to take the White House and the Senate. ............ BUT............ Americans have been so beaten up, dumbed down, and maligned in the past sixty years by the left-leaning, finger pointing, socialistic liberal thinking permeating our schools, churches, radio, television, newspapers,movies, documentaries,books and videos that many can no longer see through the lies and deception anymore. Many Americans have become spoiled, mentally lazy, inconsiderate, demanding, self serving and dependant on Big Government and may blindly jump off the political cliff in November and kill what is left of our wonderful country...............BUT............We can hope and pray that THE SLEEPER WITHIN ALL OF US AWAKENS and we will vote this administration into history.
I Hope
Submitted by cobokat on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 4:56pm.
I hope you are right and the sleeping giants will rise and vote these people out of office. Everyday the news is grim-IRS needing $500 million for the enforcement of Obamacare. Too many people are more interested in People magazine and Dancing with the Stars that they have no idea that little by little their freedom is on the brink.
Howie should have slapped ...
Submitted by kayakguy on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 7:55am.
this guy down too....
This guy is going out of the way to make a he said she said issue of it... and NOBODY thinks MJ is a right wing or right leaning show
"JOHN ARAVOSIS, AMERICABLOG: You know, Fox hosts do this and they have in the past.
KURTZ: Not at the White House.
Strike one.
ARAVOSIS: Not at the White House, but they go to campaign events.
Strike two - journalists from both sides of the aisle report from campaign events.
ARAVOSIS: I don't necessarily like it. I think what -- I agree with you to some degree, OK?
Mika Brzezinski's on a show which leans right, obviously, so maybe the White House thought, hey, we're getting somebody from a right-wing show, so there's the balance right there.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/04/08/howard-kurtz-scolds-mika-brzezinski-moderating-white-house-forum-obam#comment-form#ixzz1rXl6AYHp"
Did she get paid for the gig?
Submitted by KyWriter on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 8:12am.
Then she was merely plying her trade, taking money for supplying certain personal services, although I'm certain she would have done it for free. Mika's just a working girl, in all its definitions.
I love how....
Submitted by Nemesisesq on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 8:15am.
whenever bias is called out on the MSM the first response is well fox news does it. I also love how Morning Joe is a right wing show.
What did he say?
Submitted by Kawliga on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 8:55am.
Mikka is on a "right wing" show????? LMAO
The AMERICABLOG - AYE?
Submitted by Conservator on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:43am.
Some may wonder how anyone can refer to 'Morning Joe' as a conservative show as did John Aravosis - "...Mika Brzezinski's on a show which leans right..."
But I looked at the AMERICABLOG a few minutes ago and below was their lead story:
Chris Hayes: "The only hope on climage change is civil disobedience"—and the clock is ticking - MONDAY, APRIL 09, 2012
I'm sure Aravosis believes Chris Hayes is a centrist like Obama. Why are these far left radicals afforded a medium to push their progressive putrid propaganda is beyond me. Did Aravosis appearance help CNN's 'Reliable Sources' viewership? - NO. While Kurtz rebutted his ludicrous points, I think any right-of-center American following politics could have done the same and at least as well.
Consider the source
Submitted by greydawg on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 12:09pm.
To an ultra-strange tweetie like Aravosis, Morning Joe actually does seem conservative.
Mika's pedigree
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 8:34pm.
Mika Brzinski is to Kim Kardashian as Zbignew Brzinski is to OJ lawyer Robert Kardashian.
Both Mika and Kim have cashed in, but neither has really accomplished much.